EBA
EUROPEAN BEEKEEPING ASSOCIATION

On November 29, 2024 a meeting was held between EBA President Mr. Boštjan Noč and EBA Vice – president Mr. Rodoljub Živadinović  with the top management of Apimondia, consisting of Apimondia President Mr. Jeff Pettis, Apimondia General Secretary Mr. Riccardo Jannoni-Sebastianini and Apimondia Commission President for Europe Mr. Robert Chlebo. The meeting lasted almost two […]

EBA President Boštjan Noč and EBA vice-president Rodoljub Živadinovič met today via video conference with the cabinet of the President of the European Parliament, Ms. Roberta Metsola. Mr. Boštjan Noč said: “We met with Mr. Kamil Maj who is in charge of the EU Parliament’s cabinet for agriculture. Mr. Kamil Maj is very familiar with […]

The European Beekeeping Association (EBA) established its Scientific Committee on Safety and Quality of Bee Products and Scientific Committee on Bee Health, and we are pleased to report that the committees has already made enthusiastic progress in its work. As the EBA continues to expand its efforts in various areas of European beekeeping, the need […]

In accordance with the Decision of the Executive Board on the launch of the EBA Public Call for co-organization of events by EBA members in 2025, which was announced by November 1, 2024, 6 applications were received and arrived within the given deadline. Out of 6 applications, ONLY three met the criteria from the Public […]

Starting from November 30, 2024, honey and other bee products intended for human consumption can only be imported into the EU from companies listed by the competent authority of the exporting country to combat fraud and counterfeiting. More read THERE

EBA will give apimondia the initiative that Apimondia and EBA TOGETHER organize the 2025 European beekeeping day at Congress of Apimondia in Denmark. In the coming days, the first official meeting with the president of Apimondia and the president of Apimondia RC Europe will be held on that topic.  

In June, the European Commission opened a call for applications for setting up the expert working group, called the Honey Platform. Out of 33 organisations that applied, only 8 were selected. EBA’s application has been successful, and our representatives, prof. dr. Andreas Thrasyvoulou and dr. Urška Ratajc, have attended the first Honey Platform meeting on […]

EBA thanks the entire Scientific Committee on Safety and Quality of Bee Products for the excellent preparation for today’s Honey platform meeting in Brussels, which will be attended by the Head of the Scientific Committee on Safety and Quality of Bee Products dr. Urška Ratajc. The document was prepared comprehensively, in detail and very professionally, […]

The candidate for EU commissioner for Agriculture and food, Mr. Christophe Hansen is clear – control over counterfeit honey must be tightened! Today, November 4, 2024 the European Parliament questioned the candidate for EU Commissioner for Agriculture and food Mr. Christophe Hansen. For more than 3 hours, I listened to the hearing of the candidate […]

At the meeting on November 2, 2024, the Apimondia Executive Council reviewed and cleared EBA’s application for membership in Apimondia as an Associate Member. In the further process, the Application will be submitted to the final endorsement to the Apimondia General Assembly in Denmark in September 2025 on the occasion of the 49th Apimondia Congress. […]