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SafeAgroBee’s Consortium in France 2023

  2023 will likely be a memorable year for SafeAgroBee partners, as it got off to a good start with promising outcomes. Following the open conference in 30 January 2023, SafeAgroBee partners joined the next day for a full day consortium. After several virtual meetings, they were finally able to meet again, this time in...

Open Conference 30 January 2023

    On the 30th of January, the UMR EGCE (IRD, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay) successfully managed to organize a hybrid open conference in France at the IDEEV institute, about insect driven pollination services. The open conference took place as part of the PRIMA project, SafeAgroBee, and it brought together more than 120 participants with fantastic...

Ever wondered how bees resist Varroa naturally?

Check out this training done by WPII of SafeAgroBee PRIMA project explaining SMR and Recapping   The Varro destructor mite has been an increasing threat to the Apis mellifera honey bees, which causes many colony losses each year. Fortunately, honeybees have a wide range of immunity behaviors that can help them cope with predators like...

An Interesting Conference to Attend in January 2023

Theme: Pollinators and pollination services When: 30th January 2023 Where: Hybrid; France at the IDEEV institute and online     As we settle into a new year, SafeAgroBee project organized a conference to shed the light on pollinators and pollination services. This PRIMA project focuses mainly on beekeeping and pollination services in order to ensure...

First international meeting APIS SILVATICA- The westernhoney bee in nature

    Parco Nazionale Isola di Pantelleria in cooperation with Parco Nazionale delle Cinque Terre, Parco Nazionale dellaMaiella, Parco Nazionale del Vesuvio and Parco Nazionale dell’Arcipelago Toscano organised the First international meeting APIS SILVATICA- The western honey bee in nature. All scientists and activists studying free-living colonies of Apis mellifera, their relationship to other pollinators,...

The 47th APIMONDIA CONGRESS

  The 47 th Apimondia Congress in Istanbul was after all a great beekeeping event. The 476 scientific abstracts presented as oral or poster presentations and more than 2.500 visitors, were above expectations, giving the difficult times and the short period for the organization. There were more than 130 exhibitors in the Apiexpo. The 216...