EBA
EUROPEAN BEEKEEPING ASSOCIATION

The European Beekeeping Association (EBA) is pleased to announce that its Annual General Assembly will take place on 8 April 2026 at 19:00 (CET). All EBA member associations are invited to participate, along with representatives of the EBA Scientific Committees. In addition, other beekeeping organizations across Europe are welcome to attend as observers, without voting […]

Five Years of Connecting for Pollinators: Planting the Future Together – Let Every Slovenian Plant at Least One Melliferous Plant. For the fifth consecutive year, the Slovenian Beekeepers’ Association (ČZS) is connecting people through the “Day of planting Melliferous (Honey) Plants ” project with a shared mission – to preserve pollinators and co-create a greener, […]

Stowarzyszenie Pszczelarzy Staropolskic confirmed that is joining the European Beekeeping Association!  

The twenti-first 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 […]

The Executive Board of the European Beekeeping Association (EBA) has adopted a decision approving the response to the letter received from the European Commission concerning the protection of the European honey market. The adopted response will be officially submitted and will also be published in the EBA magazine so that members and the wider beekeeping […]

The President of the European Beekeeping Association (EBA), Boštjan Noč, has been invited to participate as a speaker at the conference “EU Honey Market Integrity: Trade Importance and Fraud Risks”, which will take place on 22 April 2026 at the European Parliament. The conference is organised by Elena Yoncheva, Member of the European Parliament, and […]

The European Commission’s push for the provisional application of the EU-Mercosur agreement has triggered a sharp backlash. The European Beekeeping Association (EBA) and organizations like Copa and Cogeca view this as a dismissal of long-standing concerns regarding the economic survival of local producers. By bypassing the EU Court of Justice referral vote, the Commission is […]

The European Commission has responded to the European Beekeeping Association (EBA) regarding the protection of the EU honey market and the fight against fraud. In its reply, the Commission reaffirmed the application of the Honey Directive 2001/110/EC, ongoing work on harmonised analytical methods for detecting adulterated honey (HarmHoney project), and the planned adoption of EU implementing acts on […]

REPUBLIC OF SLOVENIA MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY AND FOOD Ljubljana, February 9, 2026 Dear Mr. Noč, On the occasion of the second anniversary of the European Beekeeping Association, I would like to sincerely congratulate you and express my respect for your dedicated work. In just two years, you have proven that connecting beekeepers, experts, and […]

The European Beekeeping Association has received a reply from the Cabinet of Commissioner Christophe Hansen regarding clarification on CAP payments per beehive (Ares(2026)2074780). The European Beekeeping Association wrote to Commissioner Christophe Hansen requesting clarification on CAP payments per beehive. The Commissioner’s office has now replied, and in the following email you can read the full response, which explains how Member States may provide […]