Apimondia

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Apimondia
Formation1895
HeadquartersInternational Federation of Beekeepers' Associations

Corso Vittorio Emanuele 101

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

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]

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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:

List of congresses

No.YearPlaceCountry
I1897 Brussels Belgium
II1900 Paris France
III1902 's-Hertogenbosch Netherlands
IV1910BrusselsBelgium
V1911 Turin Italy
VI1922 Marseille France
VII1924 Quebec City Canada
VIII1928TurinItaly
IX1932ParisFrance
X1935BrusselsBelgium
XI1937ParisFrance
XII1939 Zurich Switzerland
XIII1949 Amsterdam Netherlands
XIV1951 Leamington Spa United Kingdom
XV1954 Copenhagen Denmark
XVI1956 Vienna Austria
XVII1958 Rome Italy
XVIII1961 Madrid Spain
XIX1963 Prague Czechoslovakia
XX1965 Bucharest Romania
XXI1967 Maryland United States
XXII1969 Munich West Germany
XXIII1971 Moscow Soviet Union
XXIV1973 Buenos Aires Argentina
XXV1975 Grenoble France
XXVI1977 Adelaide Australia
XXVII1979 Athens Greece
XXVIII1981 Acapulco Mexico
XXIX1983 Budapest Hungary
XXX1985 Nagoya Japan
XXXI1987 Warsaw Poland
XXXII1989 Rio de Janeiro Brazil
XXXIII (canceled) [5] 1991 Split Yugoslavia
XXXIII1993 Beijing China
XXXIV1995 Lausanne Switzerland
XXXV1997 Antwerp Belgium
XXXVI1999 Vancouver Canada
XXXVII2001 Durban South Africa
XXXVIII2003 Ljubljana Slovenia
XXXIX2005 Dublin Ireland
XL2007 Melbourne Australia
XLI2009 Montpellier France
XLII2011Buenos AiresArgentina
XLIII2013 Kyiv Ukraine
XLIV2015 Daejeon South Korea
XLV2017 Istanbul Turkey
XLVI2019 Montreal Canada
XLVII2022 Istanbul Turkey
XLVIII2023 Santiago Chile [6]

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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. "Katalog poštanskih maraka Jugoslavije izdanja 1991-2001". Katalog poštanskih maraka Jugoslavije (in Serbian) (1991–2001). Belgrade: 6. 1992. ISSN   0354-7841.
  6. "47th Apimondia Apicultural Congress". apimondia.org. Apimondia. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
  7. "APIMONDIA: Past Congresses". International Federation of Beekeepers' Associations. Archived from the original on 23 April 2019. Retrieved 1 September 2013.