The Bats and the Bees
Before the distillery, before the barrel, before the pour, there is the agave. And before the agave, there is the bat.
The lesser long-nosed bat is the primary pollinator of the agave plant. It flies at night, visits the flower, carries the pollen. Without it, the agave cannot reproduce. Without the agave, there is no tequila, no mezcal, no Dulce Oro.
Then there are the bees.
The natural honey profiles that define our spirits are born from the hive, from thousands of quiet acts of pollination happening in the fields every day.
Two creatures. Quietly doing the work that makes everything else possible. We owe them more than just acknowledgement.
Dulce Oro is a proud certified member of 1% for the Planet, a global network of businesses committed to donating 1% of annual revenue to environmental causes.
Our giving is focused on the pollinators and ecosystems that are essential to agave and to life on earth. That means supporting education, awareness, habitat restoration, and the organizations on the ground doing the quiet, essential work of protection.
The People Doing the Work
One of the organizations we are proud to support through the 1% for the Planet network is Merlin Tuttle's Bat Conservation.
Founded by Dr. Merlin Tuttle a bat biologist, conservationist, and photographer who has spent over 60 years studying and protecting bats worldwide — MTBC is dedicated to winning friends for bats through science, education, and the kind of imagery that changes how people feel about a misunderstood species.
Their work matters to us because bats matter to agave. And agave matters to everything we do.
The Long Game
Agave is one of the most patient plants on earth. Depending on the species, it can take 10 to 30 years to flower. That flower is everything. It is when the bat arrives, when pollination happens, when genetic diversity is passed forward through the plant. It is how agave adapts, strengthens, and survives.
The problem is that farmed agave is almost always harvested before it ever flowers.
The industry, by its nature, interrupts the cycle.
We are actively exploring a commitment to allow a meaningful number of agave plants to reach full flower; to complete the cycle, to feed the bats, and to give back to the genetic future of the plant that gives us everything.
It is a debt we intend to pay.
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