"The young Eugène Laponche, having just arrived from Auvergne, settled in Draguignan in the Var. Having married the daughter of a beekeeper, he also became passionate about his father-in-law's profession. This is how He began beekeeping with around fifty modern hives (frame hives) in 1925. The Mediterranean climate helped his apiary prosper quickly.
  
His son François learned the trade during his holidays. After obtaining an agricultural technician's certificate, he in turn became a beekeeper in 1973 and took over the family business. The 1980s were marked by a craze for natural and regional products including honey. But also by the arrival of a parasite, the varoa, which destroys a large part of the French livestock. François Laponche refocuses the company on the production of honey and the sale of colonies, and he practices large-scale transhumance. With passion and courage, he continues his family's beautiful beekeeping tradition.
  
During very hot springs, this rare, dark-colored honey is harvested in the hills of Haut Var and the Verdon gorges.
  
Its flavor is very fine."