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)