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World Beekeeping Awards 2013 official results

  • The winners represent 37 countries worldwide: Australia, Austria, Belarus, Brazil, Canada, China, Cyprus, Denmark, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Germany, India, Italy, Jordan, Kyrgyzstan, Lithuania, Moldova, Oman, Poland, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, Tanzania, Turkey, Uganda, UK, Ukraine, USA, Venezuela, and Zimbabwe
  • The total of 70 from more than 200 participants were awarded with medals.
  • More than 400 exhibits were registered.
  • 100 medals have been distributed, including: 41 Gold, 31 Silver and 28 Bronze Medals
  • Participants from Slovakia brought home the greatest total number of medals - 15, Russia and the UK share 2nd place with 10 medals each and 3rd place with 7 medals go to Brazilian beekeepers.
  • Tentorium Apicompany (Russia) and Ms Aida ISKENOVA (Kyrgyz Union of Beekeepers, Kyrgyzstan)  were the most awarded participants - they received 5 medals each

Visit the Ukrainian Night Gala Reception

Ukrainian Night Gala Reception

Tuesday, 1st of October. Pavillion 2, International Exhibition Center.

Doors open at 19:00

Ukrainian Night is the Congress official reception – central Gala event of the whole program.
The invitations to attend are extended to: high officials of Ukraine, representatives of Embassies of different countries, Executive Council of Apimondia Federation, management of Apislavia Federation, of the European Beekeeping Organizations, presidents of Apimondia member associations, representatives of sponsors and partners of the Congress, keynote speakers and prominent figures in world beekeeping, mass media.

A selection of dishes from one of Kyiv’s top Chefs is offered to the guests. The cuisine is fusion, with emphasis on Ukrainian traditional tastes and flavours. This is accompanied by an assortment of Crimean wines, Odessa Champagnes and Cognacs, Lviv Beers, spirits from world-renowned Ukrainian brands and, of course, honey beverage.

Guests will be entertained by energetic traditional melodies and songs, played by the famous folk band “Budmo”, which some of you might remember back from the Montpellier Congress. The ensemble has been founded in 1994 and next year won first prize at on of country’s most prestigious festivals “Pearls of the season”. “Budmo” uses only authentic music instruments, such as cimbali, kobza, bandura, kuvytsa, dvodencivka, bayan, etc.

Limited number ofinvitations is distributed on the commercial basis and costs €150 for full passand €80 for accompanying person. Please check the link below to fill in a shortform and check the availability:

http://apimondia2013.org.ua/en/social-projects/ukrainian-night/

Important: visa information update

Thanks to the cooperation between the Congress Organizing Committee, Ministry of Agriculture and Food and Ministry of Foreign Affairs, paticipants of the 43rd Apimondia International Apicultural Congress are eligible to the special - simplified and facilitated - Ukrainian visa procedure. Please check our visa information section to learn if you need a visa to come to Ukraine and how to get it.

Meet the Gold Sponsor of the Congress - the Famous Russian Beekeeping Company "Tentorium"!

TENTORIUM® is one of the largest enterprises in Russia processing a whole range of bee products on an industrial scale. The Company works on the market of wellness products for 25 years. Today the Company produces more than 200 items each of which go through painstaking quality control at every level of manufacturing. For processing the Company acquires bee products from a great amount of suppliers from different regions.

For many years TENTORIUM® has implemented projects aimed at the development of beekeeping: “Agrofranchise. The Development of Beekeeping”- business-offer concerning organization of apiaries, arranging the opening of 30 specialized shops for beekeepers in different cities of Russia, initiation of the World Save Bee Fund WSBF e.V, the issue of the “Its Majesty the Bee” magazine and many other things. In 2012 the Company realized a scale capital investment project “Building of the ApiEnterprise” that lets significantly increase the volume of processing bee products. High technology equipment for the ApiEnterprise was designed and developed according to HASSP standards (principles providing safety of food products) that let carry out gentle processing of raw materials. New ApiEnterprise of the TENTORIUM® Apicompany contributes to active development of beekeeping not only on the territory of Russia but also a range of foreign countries.

To promote its products the TENTORIUM® Apicompany chose “from heart to heart” system – the system of direct sales. The representative offices of “Tentorium” work throughout Russia and in the countries of European Union: Italy, Germany, Poland, Estonia, Lithuania, Mongolia, and Cyprus, and also in Macedonia, Serbia, Croatia, Montenegro, Ukraine, Turkey, Kirgizia, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Armenia, and Georgia.

Specialists of beekeeping industry note that distributors of TENTORIUM® promoting products contribute to the development of beekeeping and increase of sales volume of raw materials in different regions. TENTORIUM® plans to enter such international markets as Arab Emirates, Canada, USA, Turkey, Spain, France and others.

World’s largest dedicated honeybee health company, Vita (Europe) Ltd, at Apimondia

Bringing news of its latest research, forthcoming products, and smartphone web app.

Vita (Europe) Ltd, a long-time supporter and sponsor of Apimondia, is looking forward to this year’s event in Kiev, Ukraine, where it will be talking to beekeepers about its fascinating new research, forthcoming products,and giving free access to its new web app for smartphones at the Vita Online Zone.

Vita staff will be at Stand A16/A21 and eager to exchange news and ideas with beekeepers from all over the world.

Vita will give the latest news on the pan-European approval process for HopGuard, a natural plant extract-based varroa control treatment, and on developments with the Asian Hornet Trap which by the time of Apimondia will have had its first limited production run for France where the Asian Hornet problem is at its most acute.

Vita staff will also be able to talk about itsinvolvement in fascinating new research on gene knock-down techniques to combat varroa, the secrets of the honeybee bite and on a completely new finding about honeybee swarming behaviour that has been revealed by studies involving the Vita Swarm Lure.

Over the past two years, Vita has been expanding and developing its multi-lingual online presence. Its new web app for smartphones, in both English and Russian, will be accessible online and in a special Vita Online Zone. Sebastian Owen, Vita's Commercial Development Manager, will be keen to hear visitors feedback and to obtain reactions to Vita's increasing online presence on its multi-lingual website, Facebook, Google+, Twitter and You Tube.

Vita (Europe) Ltd, a long-time supporter and sponsor of Apimondia, is looking forward to this year’s event in Kiev, Ukraine, where it will be talking to beekeepers about its fascinating new research, forthcoming products,and giving free access to its new web app for smartphones at the Vita Online Zone.

Vita staff will be at Stand A16/A21 and eager to exchange news and ideas with beekeepers from all over the world.

Vita will give the latest news on the pan-European approval process for HopGuard, a natural plant extract-based varroa control treatment, and on developments with the Asian Hornet Trap which by the time of Apimondia will have had its first limited production run for France where the Asian Hornet problem is at its most acute.

Vita staff will also be able to talk about itsinvolvement in fascinating new research on gene knock-down techniques to combat varroa, the secrets of the honeybee bite and on a completely new finding about honeybee swarming behaviour that has been revealed by studies involving the Vita Swarm Lure.

Over the past two years, Vita has been expanding and developing its multi-lingual online presence. Its new web app for smartphones, in both English and Russian, will be accessible online and in a special Vita Online Zone. Sebastian Owen, Vita's Commercial Development Manager, will be keen to hear visitors feedback and to obtain reactions to Vita's increasing online presence on its multi-lingual website, Facebook, Google+, Twitter and You Tube.