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EUROPEAN BEEKEEPING ASSOCIATION

On Saturday, March 1, 2025, a group of beekeepers from northern Serbia visited the beekeeping fair in Székesfehérvár, Hungary. A more than interesting lecture was given by Peter Bross, president of the Hungarian Beekeepers’ Association, whom Serbian beekeepers have had the opportunity to listen to in several places in Serbia in recent years. The text […]

The first working meeting of the EBA Scientific Committee for the Conservation of Indigenous Honey Bee was held today, where the members of the new EBA scientific committee met and agreed on activities for the future scientific committee. The representative from Estonia, Mr. Brant held a short presentation and introduced the attendees to Honey bee […]

The ninth 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 75 pages. The magazine is published in English, but today there are programs that can read the PDF file for […]

On May 24th, the EU Commissioner responsible for beekeeping will be at the World Bee Day celebration! At the invitation of Boštjan Noč, President of the Slovenian Beekeeping Association and the European Beekeeping Association, the European Commissioner for Agriculture and Food, Christophe Hansen, is coming to Slovenia. As part of his visit, he will meet […]

Yesterday, the Council has appointed Mr. David Brozina as the new Director-General of the Directorate-General for Agriculture, Fisheries, Social Affairs and Health (DG LIFE). He will assume his new role as from 1 April 2025. A Slovenian national, David Brozina currently serves as Ambassador, Deputy Permanent Representative of Slovenia to the EU. EBA President Mr. […]

13th Regional Beekeepers’ Conference of the Braničevo District, entitled “World-European-Serbian Modern Beekeeping”. A large number of beekeepers from all over Serbia, Slovenia and Romania gathered in Kostolac on February 16th for the 13th Regional Beekeepers’ Conference of the Braničevo District, entitled “World-European-Serbian Modern Beekeeping”. “With us is the President of the European Beekeeping Association and […]

The EBA will meet with Commissioner Ms. Jessika Roswall in May. We thank the esteemed Commissioner for her time to listen to the EBA leadership. Among other things, the Commissioner is responsible for biodiversity and contributes to the new climate change adaptation plan and the vision for agriculture and nutrition. The goal is for bees […]

What is new in the work of EBA is the constant upgrading and strengthening of our capacities. EBA will conduct webinars starting in April 2025. Lecturers and content for the webinars are proposed by Dr. Urška Ratajc, who coordinates them in the scientific committees as she is present at the meetings of the two committees. […]

At today’s EBA Executive Board meeting, the Scientific Committee was established, consisting of:   Daniil Brant – Estonia; Dr. Aleksandar Uzunov – North Macedonia; Ratko Pavlović – Serbia; Michael Rubinigg – Austria; Alexandra Valentine – Ireland. Congratulations to all the selected candidates, who will elect their leadership at future meetings.

The European Beekeeping Association is honored that Dr. Urška Ratajc received the Miroslav Zei Award today – the highest recognition of the institute for research achievements in the fields of the National Institute of Biology (NIB). She received the award for outstanding doctoral work in the field of NIB activities! Dr. Urška Ratajc, on behalf […]