Apimondia

Apimondia or International Federation of Beekeepers' Associations promotes scientific, ecological, social and economic apicultural development in all countries and the cooperation of beekeepers` associations, scientific bodies and of individuals involved in apiculture worldwide. The name Apimondia is a compound word made from two words; api, referring to honey bees, and mondia, referring to the world.[1]

Apimondia
Formation1895
HeadquartersInternational Federation of Beekeepers' Associations

Corso Vittorio Emanuele 101

I-00186 Rome, Italy
President
Jeff Pettis
Websitehttps://www.apimondia.org/

The federation issues a journal, Apiacta. The 2003 and 2004 issues are available online free of charge.[2]

Since 1897, every other year Apimondia organizes beekeepers' congresses, hosted by different countries.[3]

Apimondia maintains seven scientific commissions and five regional commissions for the purposes of furthering scientific understanding of apiculture and to facilitate exchange of information.[4]

The scientific commissions include:

  • Beekeeping Economy
  • Bee Health
  • Bee Biology
  • Pollination and Bee Flora
  • Beekeeping Technology and Quality
  • Apitherapy
  • Beekeeping for Rural Development

List of congresses
No.YearPlaceCountry
I1897BrusselsBelgium
II1900ParisFrance
III1902's-HertogenboschNetherlands
IV1910BrusselsBelgium
V1911TurinItaly
VI1922MarseillesFrance
VII1924QuébecCanada
VIII1928TurinItaly
IX1932ParisFrance
X1935BrusselsBelgium
XI1937ParisFrance
XII1939ZürichSwitzerland
XIII1949AmsterdamNetherlands
XIV1951Leamington SpaUnited Kingdom
XV1954CopenhagenDenmark
XVI1956ViennaAustria
XVII1958RomeItaly
XVIII1961MadridSpain
XIX1963PragueCzechoslovakia
XX1965BucharestRomania
XXI1967MarylandUnited States
XXII1969MünchenGermany
XXIII1971MoscowUSSR
XXIV1973Buenos AiresArgentina
XXV1975GrenobleFrance
XXVI1977AdelaideAustralia
XXVII1979AthensGreece
XXVIII1981AcapulcoMexico
XXIX1983BudapestHungary
XXX1985NagoyaJapan
XXXI1987WarszawaPoland
XXXII1989Rio de JaneiroBrazil
XXXIII1993BeijingChina
XXXIV1995LausanneSwitzerland
XXXV1997AntwerpBelgium
XXXVI1999VancouverCanada
XXXVII2001DurbanSouth Africa
XXXVIII2003LjubljanaSlovenia
XXXIX2005DublinIreland
XL2007MelbourneAustralia
XLI2009MontpellierFrance
XLII2011Buenos AiresArgentina
XLIII2013KyivUkraine
XLIV2015DaejeonSouth Korea
XLV2017IstanbulTurkey
XLVI2019MontrealCanada
XLVII2021UfaRussia cancelled
XLVII2022IstanbulTurkey XLVIII2023SantiagoChile[5]

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References
  1. "South Korea Won the Bid for the APIMONDIA 2015 at APIMONDIA 2011 Argentina". World Propolis Science Forum. 27 January 2012. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 1 September 2013.
  2. Apiacta
  3. "Apimondia congresses". Archived from the original on 2010-12-06. Retrieved 2009-11-12.
  4. "Welcome to Apimondia website". www.apimondia.com. Archived from the original on 2011-06-25.
  5. "47th Apimondia Apicultural Congress". apimondia.org. Apimondia. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  6. "APIMONDIA: Past Congresses". International Federation of Beekeepers' Associations. Archived from the original on 23 April 2019. Retrieved 1 September 2013.


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