{"id":983,"date":"2025-11-21T10:51:45","date_gmt":"2025-11-21T10:51:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apimondia.site\/?page_id=983"},"modified":"2026-01-14T17:08:34","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T17:08:34","slug":"bee-health","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/apimondia.site\/esp\/our-work\/bee-health\/","title":{"rendered":"Bee health"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"983\" class=\"elementor elementor-983\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-38daa4c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"38daa4c\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-39afc30 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"39afc30\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Bee health<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5566bcd elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"5566bcd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dc264a5 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"dc264a5\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-353c7ab e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"353c7ab\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aa85cea elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"aa85cea\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Finding solutions for honey bee health<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7ec588f elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7ec588f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The status of honey bee health must be viewed in the context of the larger issue of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/20188434\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pollinator declines<\/a>\u00a0worldwide. Honey bees are widespread globally and often serve as the major managed pollinator in agriculture. Thus, good bee health is vital to global food security. The challenges faced by honey bees can indeed have impacts on the supply of fruit, nuts and vegetables vital for human health. Lastly, the threats to bee health are numerous and multifactorial and require sound science-based information to be available to the beekeeping community.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-900a295 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"900a295\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Our approach<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a44e3a9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a44e3a9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Our main objective is the support and enhancement of all scientific and technical developments or initiatives related to guarantee honey bee health.<br \/><br \/>We give attention on bee health, including the following aspects: Good Beekeeping Practices (GBPs) and Biosafety Measures in Beekeeping (BMBs), diagnosis of pests\/pathogens, treatment of pests\/pathogens, prevention methods or practices of infestations\/infections by pests\/ pathogens, predictive bee health, breeding for tolerance on bee pathogens and for resilience to climate change, economical and legislative aspects of bee pests\/pathogens, imports and exports of bees and bee-products in relation to health issues, bee nutrition and its relation to bee health, impact of phytosanitary products and other environmental stressors on bees\u2019 health, legal framework of pesticides authorisation, global relationships between farmers and beekeepers.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9b7d1ce e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"9b7d1ce\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ccc963e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ccc963e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Chair of Apimondia Bee Health Commission<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b83a12d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b83a12d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Dr. Fani Hatjina<\/strong><\/p><p>Director of the Institute of Animal Science and Department of Apiculture<br \/>Elgo \u2018Dimitra\u2019, Greece<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-04afc4e elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"04afc4e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span 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Honey bees are widespread globally and often serve as the major managed pollinator in agriculture. Thus, good bee health is vital to global food security. 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