A total of 5115 beekeepers weresurveyed from February 23 to March 8, including 723 in Wuhan, the outbreak epicentre of Hubei. None of these beekeepers developed symptoms associated with COVID-19, and their health was totally normal.

BeeLife and its member Romapis stand along with all beekeeper colleagues after Romanian government issued for the 5th consecutive year a temporary authorisation for EU-wide restricted insecticides.

It is well evidenced that pollinators are facing many threats worldwide and are in dire need for protection. The latest report of the IPBES on pollination, pollinators and food production has recently echoed this fact.

Good news! the EFSA showed that we can apply the guidance document for the risk assessment of pesticides on bees. They did a great job and this needs to be acknowledged. ?

Increasing elephant populations in Kenya since 1989 have been widely praised as a conservation success story.

The hypothesis that immunity to bee venom could have a preventive effect was expressed and the authors of the Chinese survey suggested that the next step should be animal experiments on monkeys.

The purpose of the FAO Diversification booklets is to raise awareness and
provide decision support information about opportunities at farm and local
community level to increase the incomes of small-scale farmers.

In former times, beekeeping was a more important branch of agriculture than at present, but the development of trade with the tropics made possible the bringing in of cane sugar and honey production decreased in relative importance.

Apimondia decided to produce a concise reference publication to highlight and contextualise how beekeeping and its many declinations can contribute to the achievement of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.

Beekeeping Symposium on Cyclades by eight Cycladic islands the excellent presentations by 30 renowned experts from Greece and abroad.