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EUROPEAN BEEKEEPING ASSOCIATION

During our visit to the European Parliament, we also met with the Greens MEPs, Mr Weitz and Mr Prebelič. Both are aware of the crucial importance of beekeeping for food security and nature conservation. They expressed their willingness to help establish contacts with the coordinators of the political groups responsible for the Committee on Agriculture […]

The linden tree is one of the symbols of Slovenia, in Slovenia beekeeping is a way of life and that is why on World Bee Day, which was declared by the UN on 20 December 2017 at the initiative of the Slovenian Beekeepers’ Association, we distributed a jar of linden honey to all EU members […]

Beekeeping Association of Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina confirmed that it is joining the European Beekeeping Association!      

  THE EIGHTH WORLD BEE DAY – UNFAIR COMPETITION FROM FAKE HONEY THREATENS BEEKEEPING AND, ABOVE ALL, MISLEADS CONSUMERS!   World Bee Day was declared by the United Nations in New York on December 20, 2017, following a 2014 initiative by the Slovenian Beekeepers’ Association and with great effort from the whole of Slovenia, receiving […]

Jessika Roswall, Commissioner for the Environment, Water Resilience and a Competitive Circular Economy, received the EBA leadership today via video conference. We presented the Commissioner with the importance of bees for the environment, especially that bees are an indispensable part of the environment, that they perform a pollination service, care for biodiversity and provide a […]

The European Commission convened the second meeting of the Honey Platform. EBA representatives, Prof. Dr. Andreas Thrasyvoulou and Dr. Urška Ratajc, attended the online meeting on 7 May 2025. The meeting focused on three main topics: (1) enzymatic activity in honey; (2) criteria for pollen content in honey; and (3) the establishment of efficient traceability […]

On April 30, the first free EBA webinar was held under the auspices of the SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE ON BEE HEALTH. Topic: Maintaining bee health and sustainable beekeeping relies on effective colony management. The lecturers at the first EBA webinar were:Prof. Dr. Aslı Özkırım, Prof. Dr. Ivana Tlak Gajger and Dr. Giovanni  Formato. The introductory speech […]

The EBA Assembly was held on April 14, 2025 in online format. The assembly was attended by 30 delegates, who participated and unanimously adopted the EBA plan and program for 2025. The EBA President, Mr. Boštjan Noč, welcomed the attendees, presented the report on the work of the EBA for 2024. and Dr. Urška Ratajc […]

  The eleventh 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 91 pages. The magazine is published in English, but today there are programs that can read the PDF file […]

  The Scientific Committee on Safety and Quality of Bee Products prepared a proposal for EBA’s position in the next Honey Platform meeting. At tonight’s meeting, Dr. Urška Ratajc gave a presentation to the EBA Executive Board. The EBA Executive Board expresses its gratitude for the effort and work invested of the Scientific Committee for […]