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A group of promising junior scientists recently visited the experimental apiary at “Carditello Royal Palace” https://www.fondazionecarditello.org/new/en/the-royal-palace/) as part of the BEEGUARDS project. The apiary is where the CNR is conducting experiments related to immunity and physiology, in collaboration with CoNaProA (https://conaproa.it).

The students and School’s teaching staff, who are from the Institute of Environmental Biotechnology of Turin (https://www.jcmaxwell.edu.it), had the opportunity to learn about sustainable honeybee management and monitoring with new high-tech approaches.

This also helped them gain insight into fundamental concepts related to biodiversity and the resilience of ecosystems. We hope that sharing research projects with students will inspire future scientists.

Get an easy and nice overview of the Beeguards project via our leaflet telling the story in an easy understandable way. Go to our download page and find the translated flyers. Please feel free and download and distribute as you need and like. More translations are coming.

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At the BeeGuards meeting in Bilbao in few days, the Research Protocol will be presented and practiced.

Under UKIM’s lead, the Work Package partners developed a detailed and comprehensive protocol for executing complex field studies addressing an innovative breeding approach to achieve resilient beekeeping. The protocol aims to standardize the novel methodology for implementation of the breeding cycle, data collection and mating control in programs for genetic improvement and conservation of honey bee populations. In addition, the guidelines pave the way towards creating honey bee germplasm repositories across Europe and developing new technologies for honey bee embryo cryopreservation. Now, UKIM, CREA, BSOURSES, INHORT, LIB, LLH and UNIZAR are ready to explore the Horizons

May we present our wonderful team. There is 27 of them. Today ConsulTech Technologieberatung GmbH, 8_CT, Germany. www.consultech.de

There is 27 of them. Today: Sveriges Lantbruksuniversitet, Sweden, 18_SLU

Pasieka Magdalena Wilde 7-PMW prepared the test apiary for WP1. Management for resilience. It is located near the forest close to the village of Spręcowo, in the beautiful Warmia region in north-eastern Poland.

We are working with Apis mellifera carnica, breeding line Kortowka. The colonies are on Greater Poland frames (360×260 mm) in multi-box hives. Prepared for research on resistance to Varroa as part of WP1 of the BeeGuards project.

There is 27 of them. Today: Nacionalini institut za Biologijo , Italy, 17 _NIB