In 1981, recently-formed in agricultural for the School Federal Agrotécnica of Machado-MG, Elias Donato de Carvalho wanted to stay in your origin area, developing an activity different from the agricultural economical base regional. Being farmer's son and always in contact with the nature, among other alternatives, he decided for the beekeeping. In 1983, he acquired your first families of bees, capturing them in the forests, and with a lot of work, dedication, creativity, search of information and persistence, little by little went organizing your project. In 1997 with experience and a great number of beehives in production, was created the company Apiários Floresta, that three years later obtained registration in the Service of Federal Inspection (SIF), of the Ministry of the Agriculture, seeking to also explore the external market, mainly the Japan, that there is more than two years, imports our products apícolas regularly. The Company Apiários Floresta possess an exclusive method for própolis production developed by your proprietor Elias, denominated E.G.P.P., (Elias Green Plate Propolis) of easy handling with smaller interference in the activity of the bees, reducing your stress, and consequently increasing the productivity and the quality of the própolis. Our area is highly propitiates to the beekeeping due to the climate, altitude, vegetable diversity, pollution absence and lineages of africanized bees resistant the diseases. We don't make use of any medicine (antibiotic) or other that comes interfere in the final quality of the products, reason for the which our products are having great acceptance in the internal and external market.