Apimondia

APIMONDIA is the short name of the International Federation of Beekeepers' Associations. This world organization promotes scientific, ecological, social and economic beekeeping and beekeeping in all countries. It also supports the cooperation of beekeepers associations, interested by scientific institutions and science people worldwide. The association publishes the journal Apiacta. Since 1897, the beekeepers APIMONDIA congresses organized in various countries. The last World Congresses have 2009 in Montpellier (France ), 2011 in Buenos Aires ( Argentina) and 2013 in Kiev (Ukraine ) instead. The next Apimondia Congress will be held in 2015 in Daejeon (South Korea).

President APIMONDIA since the September 16, 2009 Gilles Ratia, he solved Asger Jorgensen from. The headquarters of the Association is located in Rome. Secretary General is there Riccardo Jannoni Sebastianini. Standing Committees are there for apiculture, bee biology, bee health, pollination and bee flora, bees technology, Apitherapy and Beekeeping. The supreme body is the Executive Board.

Honorary members from Germany were the President of the German Beekeepers' Association Fridolin Gnädinger and Erich slate stone, beekeeping consultant and master beekeeper Karl Pfefferle and beescientists Ludwig Armbruster. On 29 April 2007, the Nazi victims Ludwig Armbruster in Bronnbach (Baden) was honored by President Asger Jorgensen. On August 28, 2008, after the poisoning of 12,000 bee colonies by the neonicotinoid clothianidin President Jorgensen spoke at the beekeepers and environmental rally outside the Government of Freiburg im Breisgau.