EBA
EUROPEAN BEEKEEPING ASSOCIATION

The European Beekeeping Association (EBA) warmly thanks MEP Peter Agius for providing the official address to send authentic honey from all 30 EBA member countries to EU Commissioner Christoph Hansen. We appreciate MEP Agius’ support in promoting local, European and authentic honey.  

The President of the Slovenian Beekeepers’ Association and the President of the European Beekeepers’ Association Noč Boštjan attended the Dalmatina beekeeping event near Split. He introduced the participants to the BUY LOCAL HONEY campaign and invited them to join the joint European BUY LOCAL HONEY campaign.  

    Exploring scientific evidence and natural strategies for better immunity and lung health       🗓Date: 23 November 2025 🕙 Time: 10:00 (CET)     🌍 Organized by: European Beekeeping Association (EBA)     🗣 Language: English     The European Beekeeping Association (EBA) is pleased to announce an upcoming webinar focused on […]

The European Beekeeping Association (EBA) has officially sent a letter to the Members of the European Parliament, urging them to maintain the special beekeeping envelope within the new Common Agricultural Policy for 2028–2034. In the letter, signed by EBA President Boštjan Noč, the EBA emphasized the critical role of bees and beekeepers. We are pleased […]

  The seventeenth issue of the electronic monthly EBA magazine “NO BEES, NO LIFE” was published. The magazine is completely free and you can download it from this post.   This issue of the magazine has 81 pages. The magazine is published in English, but today there are programs that can read the PDF file […]

As you have been informed, EU Commissioner Mr. Hansen has proposed changes in the implementation of the Common Agricultural Policy. As part of this, he also proposed that beekeepers can also be paid support per beehive from environmental funds – for the pollination service of bees. In September, this proposal was presented to the AGRI […]

The Executive Board of the European Beekeeping Association (EBA) has approved and endorsed a letter addressed to the European Commission, the European Parliament, and the AGRI Committee, expressing strong opposition to the potential abolition of the special beekeeping envelope within the new Common Agricultural Policy for 2028–2034. In the letter, EBA highlights the crucial importance […]

  KonVIB -Belgium confirmed that it is joining the European Beekeeping Association!  

The candle is ready, we are waiting for Pope Leo XIV to announce when beekeepers from all over the world will be able to visit the Vatican! Today we blessed a candle made of pure beeswax in Polzela. The blessing was performed by the Archbishop of Maribor, Metropolitan Msgr. Alojzij Cvikl. The beeswax candle was […]

Today, on behalf of the Beekeeping Association Slovenia and the European Beekeeping Association -EBA, I attended an excellent international conference on the quality and safety of bee products in Kastav, Croatia. In my address, I once again highlighted the historic moment that will take place on June 1st. 2026. From that day on, honey will […]