[note 1] At a young age Janša, together with his brothers Tine and Lovro, showed a great interest in painting (they had a studio in their barn).

[1] Ceferin wrote "Anton rose to the challenge, and even distinguished himself, winning the prestigious state scholarship for a study tour of Italy, awarded only to exceptional students.

His interest came early on, since his father had over one hundred hives at home and neighbouring farmers would gather at the village and discuss farming and bee-keeping.

He kept bees in the imperial gardens (Augarten) and travelled around Austria presenting his observations in regard to moving hives to various pastures.

In his 1775 work he noted: "Bees are a type of fly, hardworking, created by God to provide man with all needed honey and wax.