Apimondia | |
Formation: | 1895 |
Headquarters: | International Federation of Beekeepers' AssociationsCorso Vittorio Emanuele 101I-00186 Rome, Italy |
Leader Title: | President |
Leader Name: | Jeff Pettis |
Website: | https://www.apimondia.org/ |
Apimondia or International Federation of Beekeepers' Associations promotes scientific, ecological, social and economic apicultural development in all countries and the cooperation of beekeepers` associations, scientific bodies and of individuals involved in apiculture worldwide. The name Apimondia is a compound word made from two words; api, referring to honey bees, and mondia, referring to the world.[1]
The federation issues a journal, Apiacta. The 2003 and 2004 issues are available online free of charge.[2]
Since 1897, every other year Apimondia organizes beekeepers' congresses, hosted by different countries.[3]
Apimondia maintains seven scientific commissions and five regional commissions for the purposes of furthering scientific understanding of apiculture and to facilitate exchange of information.[4]
The scientific commissions include:
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No. | Year | Place | Country | |
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I | 1897 | Brussels | ||
II | 1900 | Paris | France | |
III | 1902 | 's-Hertogenbosch | Netherlands | |
IV | 1910 | Brussels | Belgium | |
V | 1911 | Turin | Italy | |
VI | 1922 | Marseilles | France | |
VII | 1924 | Québec | Canada | |
VIII | 1928 | Turin | Italy | |
IX | 1932 | Paris | France | |
X | 1935 | Brussels | Belgium | |
XI | 1937 | Paris | France | |
XII | 1939 | Zürich | Switzerland | |
XIII | 1949 | Amsterdam | Netherlands | |
XIV | 1951 | Leamington Spa | United Kingdom | |
XV | 1954 | Copenhagen | Denmark | |
XVI | 1956 | Vienna | Austria | |
XVII | 1958 | Rome | Italy | |
XVIII | 1961 | Madrid | Spain | |
XIX | 1963 | Prague | Czechoslovakia | |
XX | 1965 | Bucharest | Romania | |
XXI | 1967 | Maryland | United States | |
XXII | 1969 | München | Germany | |
XXIII | 1971 | Moscow | USSR | |
XXIV | 1973 | Buenos Aires | Argentina | |
XXV | 1975 | Grenoble | France | |
XXVI | 1977 | Adelaide | Australia | |
XXVII | 1979 | Athens | Greece | |
XXVIII | 1981 | Acapulco | Mexico | |
XXIX | 1983 | Budapest | Hungary | |
XXX | 1985 | Nagoya | Japan | |
XXXI | 1987 | Warszawa | Poland | |
XXXII | 1989 | Rio de Janeiro | Brazil | |
XXXIII | 1993 | Beijing | China | |
XXXIV | 1995 | Lausanne | Switzerland | |
XXXV | 1997 | Antwerp | Belgium | |
XXXVI | 1999 | Vancouver | Canada | |
XXXVII | 2001 | Durban | South Africa | |
XXXVIII | 2003 | Ljubljana | Slovenia | |
XXXIX | 2005 | Dublin | Ireland | |
XL | 2007 | Melbourne | Australia | |
XLI | 2009 | Montpellier | France | |
XLII | 2011 | Buenos Aires | Argentina | |
XLIII | 2013 | Kyiv | Ukraine | |
XLIV | 2015 | Daejeon | South Korea | |
XLV | 2017 | Istanbul | Turkey | |
XLVI | 2019 | Montreal | Canada | |
XLVII | 2022 | Istanbul | Turkey | |
XLVIII | 2023 | Santiago | Chile[5] |