Main Topics


 

MAIN TOPICS FOR ABSTRACT SUBMISSION

APITHERAPY

  • Scientific based evidence supporting the nutritional, physiological and health claims of bee products.
  • Preclinical research - safety, pharmacology and toxicology of bee products. Guidelines for medical applications.
  • Clinical trials in apitherapy – doses, interactions, side effects (human and veterinary medicine). Update on the use of apitherapy in infectious diseases.
  • Regulatory issues and clinical ethics related to the integration of apitherapy as TCM in healthcare systems.

BEE BIOLOGY

  • Bee genetics and development
  • Bee nutrition and physiology
  • Bee behavior (learning/cognition, social behavior)
  • Bee breeding and cryopreservation
  • Managed bee biodiversity (stingless bees, Apis subspecies and conservation)

BEEKEEPING ECONOMY

  • Honey traceability
  • Beekeeping at the family, cooperative and national level
  • Consumer education and market expansion

BEEKEEPING FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT

  • Nature Based Beekeeping
  • Low Input Beekeeping
  • Promoting Rural Youth Beekeeping Using Sustainable Methods
  • Beekeeping for those Living with Disabilities
  • Utilizing Indigenous Beekeeping Knowledge
  • Methods to Resolve Rural Beekeeping Community Conflicts

BEE HEALTH

  • Impact of pesticides on bee health.
  • Breeding for Disease /Mite Resistance.
  • Impact of Pests, Parasites and Pathogens on Bees and their control. ( Development of bioproducts for bee health.- Honey bee microbiota and their impact on bee health.- QUEEN and drone health
  • Monitoring and mitigation measures for new Invasive species.
  • Antimicrobial/Acaricide resistance.

POLLINATION AND BEE FLORA

  • Crop pollination by honey bees
  • Crop pollination by non-Apis bees
  • Conservation of pollinator diversity and plant-pollinator interactions
  • Characterization and management of floral resources
  • Effects of environmental change (land-use, climate change, invasive species) on floral resources, pollinators, and pollination

BEEKEEPING TECHNOLOGY AND QUALITY

  • Methods of detection of fraud in bee products
  • Tools to avoid fraud in beekeeping (block chain, data bank, …)
  • Determination and identification of constituents and micro constituents of genuine bee product (characterization, base of the activity, …) and of contaminants.
  • Impact of climate change on beekeeping activities and mitigation.
  • Sustainable management of bee colonies (included breeding and selection)
  • Innovative techniques to manage bee colonies (included non intrusive techniques)
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