APIMONDIA 2025 – COPENHAGEN. BEE-GUARDS active at the World Cafรจ on Resilient Beekeeping
APIMONDIA 2025 DENMARK. BEE-GUARDS SPEAKERS
Apimondia 2025 Copenhagen. BEE-GUARDS RECEPTION
BEE-GUARDS at the 5th International Symposium for Agriculture & Food โ Ohrid
We were proud to take part in the 5th International Symposium for Agriculture and Food in the beautiful city of Ohrid, where science, innovation, and collaboration came together.
A special Apicultural session, organized by UKIM, highlighted the importance of honey bees and beekeeping for the future of sustainable agriculture.
Our leader, Dr. Cecilia Costa, delivered an inspiring keynote speech on โThe most essential of all agricultural activities: apicultureโ, reminding everyone that bees are not only pollinators but also guardians of biodiversity and food security.
Goran Aleksovski from UKIM presented the progress of WP2 โ Innovative Breeding Strategies.
The session brought together scientist, extensionists and beekeepers from 12 countries, who closed the event with inspection of colonies from the local honey bee subspecies: Apis mellifera macedonica.
This event was a great opportunity for UKIM to form a team of beekeepers that will be involved in BEE-GUARDS WP1 and WP2 research activities!!!
Meet us at Apimondia in Copenhagen
BEE-GUARDS inform:
Tropilaelaps mites are statutorily notifiable in the EU and infestation with Tropilaelaps spp. is subject to surveillance within the EU (see https://sitesv2.anses.fr/en/minisite/abeilles/leaflet-tropilaelaps-spp-beekeepers). BeeGuards continue to raise awareness among the beekeeping and scientific communities, as well as national and international authorities including the EU Commission. As our post suggests, our experts are currently studying Tropilaelaps and intensifying research in Georgia and China. In addition, we alerted beekeepers about this damaging mite with an informative leaflet translated into eight languages (https://beeguards.eu/downloads/), and in cooperation with Apimondia, we organised a specific Webinar to share knowledge on mite biology and improve preparedness (see https://youtu.be/K-yRRHLROdc?si=rF7kXUZNlyzlnyZl).
BeeGuards published work on mite detection techniques has led to changes in national and EU surveillance protocols for Tropilaelaps mites, as well as the beekeeping practice:
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0301880
Earlier this year, the www.tropilaelaps.info website was launched as the most comprehensive online, free-of-charge repository of Tropilaelaps-related scientific and popular articles and media.
In short, BeeGuards is committed to preparing the EU Beekeeping sector and helping the community to counter the negative consequences of a Tropilaelaps invasion across the continent. Stay tuned for more information that will follow!
Cryopreservation workshop.
International cryopreservation workshop in Spain at Universidad de Zaragoza organized by Professor Jesรบs Yรกniz and his team. This task is a part of our workpackage 2: Breeding for resilience. Have a picture look.
Climate changes
Our climate is changing and we are seeing more intensive periods of unsettled weather. Our bees cannot forage in high winds or when it is raining, so how do they cope when they cannot forage? Scientists at Newcastle University have built a machine to simulate rainfall on colonies, whilst their neighboring colonies are left to fly freely in the Newcastle sunshine! BeeGuards will assess the physiological and immune responses of the bees, and assess how they respond to pathogen challenge. The results will help us understand how bees are coping with climate change, and allow us to design interventions that improve the resilience ofย ourย honeyย bees.
Queen bee โ queen or machine?
Marin Kovaฤiฤ, Croatia telling: In most languages, sheโs called the queen or the mother. It always refers to something central, the core around which everything revolves. And so it is in the hive โ queen bee is the soul of the colony, the one and only mother 
Butโฆ is she really a queen? Or just a highly efficient factory of pheromones and eggs?
In the video below, in just 1 minute โ she lays 4 eggs! If she kept that pace all day, sheโd lay an unbelievable 5,760 eggs! 
In reality, when the colony is at its peak, she lays โonlyโ around 2,000 eggs a day. Fun fact: thatโs also her approximate weight in milligrams. 
p.s. The queen in this video is in her third year of life โ what weโd jokingly call a โgrannyโ
An apiary is not just honey!
Beautiful and meaningful post from Magda Wilde, from Poland, one of our partners.
๐ An apiary is not just honey – it’s first and foremost bees! ๐
In the world of beekeeping, the protection and development of bees is a key challenge. That’s why the international @BeeGuards project, coordinated in Poland by @pasiekawilde and @inhort is a huge opportunity for our bees!
๐ BeeGuards – a global initiative for bees
The BeeGuards project brings together experts, beekeepers and scientists from different countries to work together on innovative ways to protect bees. Through research on varroa, one of the greatest threats to bees, it is possible to develop effective strategies to combat this parasite.
Varroa research – key to the future of beekeeping
Varroa is a serious challenge for beekeepers around the world. Thanks to a partnership with @pasiekawilde, the BeeGuards project is becoming a testing ground for modern bee protection methods.
๐ค Invaluable support for bees
Thanks to BeeGuards, we can not only protect bees, but also educate and support beekeepers by providing them with the latest solutions and knowledge. This is a step towards healthier and stronger bee colonies, which are the foundation of ecology and agriculture.
๐ข Together for the bees!
@pasiekawilde and @BeeGuards are proof that collaboration of beekeeping science and practice can bring real benefits to the environment we already know that and we thank you
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