About us

A Galician answer to the velutina.

Galutina was born to give beekeepers — from Galicia, in their own language — access to the best mechanism that exists against the Asian hornet.

The problem

The Vespa velutina reached the Iberian Peninsula in 2010 and Galicia in 2012. Since then Galician apiaries have been under constant pressure: predation on foragers, colony stress, lost yield. Homemade traps catch everything — including the bees they're meant to protect — and insecticides are neither selective nor sustainable.

The mechanism that works

The mechanism is simple and precise: an 8.75 mm calibrated entry that only admits V. velutina queens, a force-calibrated flap honey bees can't open, and a 6 mm selective exit that lets honey bees out. Reusable, with no persistent chemicals, and protective of biodiversity.

The Galician brand

Galutina is born in Galicia: stock, support, invoicing and conversation in Galician, from our home turf. We work with beekeeping cooperatives, with ASAGA and with public administrations to put the trap in the hands of the people who need it. Beyond the apiary, the same selective design is now being deployed in Galician vineyards (Albariño, Godello, Mencía, Treixadura) where velutina also threatens late-summer harvests.

Direct contact

Write to us at contacto@galutina.com. We answer within 48 working hours.