Pine honey - the pride of Turkish beekeepers of Muğla Province

On November 1-4, 2012, the 3rd International Beekeeping and Pine Honey Congress was held at a wonderful Grand Yazici Mares Hotel in Marmaris (in the South of Turkey).(3rd International Beekeeping and Pine Honey Congress).

By invitation of Tetyana Vasylkivska, the Minister of Forestry and Water Affairs of Turkey Prof. Dr. Veysel Eroglu visited a stand of ХХХХІІІ International Apimondia Congress. He listened carefully to the information about the achievements of the All-Ukrainian NGO “Brotherhood of Beekeepers of Ukraine” on the success in international activities that crowned with winning the right to host the International Apimondia Congress 2013 in Ukraine. He wished success to the Ukrainian beekeepers in hosting the World Beekeeping Congress. The Minister expressed his great hope that Turkish beekeepers will make every effort to present their country with dignity in Ukraine in 2013 and win the right to host the Apimondia Congress in Turkey in 2017. He gave the Turkish beekeepers hope that he will support their intention to host the Apimondia Congress in Istanbul.

Representatives of the Organizing Committee held meetings with the President of the Central Union of Turkish Beekeepers Bahri YILMAZ, the Chairman of the Union of Beekepers of Muğla Province Ziya ŞAHİN, the Rector of Mugla University Prof. Dr. Mansur HARMANDAR, scientists and leading moderators of the Scientific-practical conference Prof. Dr. Muhsin DOĞAROĞLU and Assist. Prof. Dr. Aslı ÖZKIRIM, business leaders of Turkey engaged in the manufacturing of beekeeping products and beekeeping equipment. Negotiations with scientific representatives and representatives of world beekeeping associations from Russia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, the countries of Africa and Asia were held.

A meeting of the representatives of the Organizing Committee and the President of Apimondia Gilles Ratia was very important. Consultations on the program of the Congress Apimondia 2013, certain issues concerning the organization of the Congress in Ukraine were held. Representatives of the Organizing Committee held successful meetings with the President of the Regional Commission for Europe Philip McCabe (Ireland) and the Vice – President of Apislavia Cristian Constantinescu.

Abstracts acceptance and reviewing of scientific reports of scientists from all over the world

On October 22, 2012 representatives of the Organizing Committee of the XXXXIII International Apimondia Congress held a meeting with the Heads of Scientific Commissions from Ukraine to discuss cooperation on the preparation of the Congress Scientific Conference, abstracts acceptance and reviewing of reports of scientists around the world and obtaining positive results of the Scientific Program of the Apimondia Congress 2013 as a whole.

Resolution of the Second All-Ukrainian Beekeepers’ Forum “Crimean Meetings”

AR Crimea, Alushta, 5-8 October 2012

The Second All-Ukrainian Beekeepers’ Forum “Crimean Meetings” was held with the support of the mayor of Alushta Kolot S.V. and the Organizing Committee of the XXXXIII International Apimondia Congress.

The All-Ukrainian Beekeepers’ Forum was held as part of the preparation for the XXXXIII International Apimondia Congress supported by the President of Ukraine, the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine and the Ministry of Agricultural Policy and Food of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea.

The organizers of the Second All-Ukrainian Beekeepers’ Forum are the Crimean NGO “Union of Beekeepers of Crimea” and the All-Ukrainian NGO “Brotherhood of Ukrainian Beekeepers”.

Participation of the official delegation of Ukraine in the XIX Apislavia Congress.Part 1. Events. Results. Plans.

The XIX Apislavia Congress was held in a picturesque Polish town Pszczela Wola near Lublin on September 19-23, 2012. The Congress was held under the honorary patronage of the President of Poland Bronislaw Komorowski.

Members of the official delegation of Ukraine participated in the Apislavia Congress - Ukrainian beekeepers and beekeeping experts from different parts of our country: Kurochka Oleksiy, Cherepov Stepan, Gromovyi Vasyl, Gromova Lyudmyla, Rybalka Oleksiy, Klochko Mykola, Malykhin Volodymyr, Lokhov Valeriy, Ovsyanik Viktor, Kozhemyako Serhiy, Grechanyi Vladyslav, Chukhrai Tetyana, Sanin Yuriy, Romanchenko Mykola, Shevchuk Volodymyr, Matsiyevska Nataliya, Baranovskyi Andriy, Yanchuk Vadym.

Collaboration with the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy

A meeting of the President of the Organizing Committee of the XXXXIII International Apimondia Congress Tetyana Vasylkivska with the President of the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy Serhiy Kvit was held on July, 10.