Conference Agenda
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| Location: Biljana Hall |
| Date: Wednesday, 08/Oct/2025 | |
| 6:00pm - 7:00pm | OC: Opening Ceremony with Welcome Addresses Location: Biljana Hall |
| 7:00pm - 7:30pm | PLENARY SESSION-1: From Support to Resurgence – A Vision for the Macedonian Agri-Food Sector Location: Biljana Hall Session Chair: Ivana Janeska Stamenkovska, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Food-Skopje, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje Plenary Speaker: Prof. Dr. Dragi Dimitrievski, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Food-Skopje, Ss. Cyril and Methodious in Skopje |
| Date: Thursday, 09/Oct/2025 | |
| 9:00am - 9:30am | PLENARY SESSION 2a: The most essential of all agricultural activities: apiculture Location: Biljana Hall Session Chair: Ivana Janeska Stamenkovska, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Food-Skopje, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje Plenary speaker: Prof. Dr. Cecilia Costa, CREA, Italy
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| 9:30am - 10:00am | PLENARY SESSION 2b: Tipping Points and Resilient Agriculture: How Climate-Smart Agriculture Can Support Small-Scale Farmers Location: Biljana Hall Session Chair: Ivana Janeska Stamenkovska, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Food-Skopje, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje Plenary speaker: Prof. Dr. Hossein Azadi, Ghent University, Belgium
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| 10:30am - 12:00pm | SES-O-API-01: Apiculture_Oral Presentation Location: Biljana Hall Session Chair: Aleksandar Uzunov, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Food - Skopje, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje Session Chair: Ales Gregorc, University of Maribor, Faculty of Agriculture and Life Sciences |
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VARROA (VARROA DESTRUCTOR) CONTROL FOR SUSTAINABLE APICULTURE University of Maribor, Faculty of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Slovenia EFFECT OF BROOD INTERRUPTION METHODS ON INFESTATION OF HONEY BEE (APIS MELLIFERA L.) COLONIES WITH VARROA DESTRUCTOR 1Faculty of Agrobiotechnical Sciences Osijek, Croatia; 2Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia TROPILAELAPSOSIS, A NEW THREAT TO EUROPEAN APICULTURE 1Faculty of Veterinary Medicine - Skopje, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, Skopje, Macedonia; 2Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Food - Skopje, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, Skopje, Macedonia; 3State Key Laboratory of Resource Insects, Institute of Apicultural Research, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China AN IN-VITRO ASSESSMENT OF TROPILAELAPS MERCEDESAE SURVIVAL ACROSS A RANGE OF SUBSTRATES. 1PHIRA-Science, United Kingdom; 2Chiang Mai University, Thailand. INNOVATIVE BREEDING STRATEGIES FOR RESILIENT BEEKEEPING WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE BEEGUARDS PROJECT IN MACEDONIA Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Food, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, Macedonia |
| 10:30am - 12:00pm | SES-P-API-01: Apiculture_Poster Presentation Location: Biljana Hall Session Chair: Marin Kovačić, Faculty of Agrobiotechnical Sciences Osijek Session Chair: Slobodan Dolasevic, Institute for Animal Husbandry |
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APILARNIL FROM THE SOUTHERN ROMANIAN REGION - CHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION AND MICROBIOLOGICAL INDICATORS FOR FOOD SAFETY Beekeeping Research and Development Institute, Romania EXPLORING THE CHEMICAL DIVERSITY OF PROPOLIS IN LATVIA: A REGIONAL PERSPECTIVE 1Laboratory of Pharmacognosy and Chemistry of Natural Products, Faculty of Pharmacy, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Panepistimiopolis, Zografou, 15771, Athens, Greece; 2Department of Apiculture, Hellenic Agricultural Organisation ‘DIMITRA’, Nea Moudania, 63 200, Greece; 3Latvian Beekeepers Association, Rigas iela 22, LV-3004 Jelgava Latvia; 4Alveus AB Consultancy, Kerkstraat 96, 5061 EL Oisterwijk, The Netherlands; 5Wageningen Environmental Research, Droevendaalsesteeg 3, PO Box 47, 6700 AA, Wageningen IRON COMPOSITION IN HONEY BEE WORKERS VARIES WITH AGE AND DIET 1University of Belgrade, Faculty of Chemistry, Belgrade, Serbia;; 2University of Graz, Institute of Chemistry, Graz, Austria;; 3University of Belgrade, Faculty of Biology, Belgrade, Serbia;; 4University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna (BOKU), Institute of Bioanalytics and Agro-Metabolomics, Tulln, Austria; PRECISE ESTIMATION OF VARROA INFESTATION LEVELS AS A TOOL FOR PRECISION BEEKEEPING 1CREA, Italy; 2Agricultural University of Athens, Greece QUEEN RINGING AS A METHOD TO INDUCE WINTER BROOD BREAK IN HONEY BEE COLONIES 1Faculty of Agrobiotechnical Sciences Osijek, Croatia; 2Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Food, Skopje, Macedonia; 3State Key Laboratory of Resource Insects, Institute of Apicultural Research, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China; 4Agricultural University of Georgia, Tbilisi, Georgia; 5PHIRA-Science, Llandybie, Ammanford, UK SELECTION AND GENETIC RESOURCES OF THE EUROPEAN HONEYBEE (APIS MELLIFERA): TOWARD SUSTAINABLE APICULTURE 1UNIVERSITY EDUCONS, Faculty of ecological agriculture, Sremska Kamenica, Serbia; 2University of Belgrade, Faculty of agriculture, Belgrade, Serbia SODIUM DISTRIBUTION IN HONEY BEE WORKERS, LARVAE, AND BEE BREAD 1University of Belgrade, Faculty of Chemistry, Belgrade, Serbia; 2Institute of Chemistry, University of Graz, Graz, Austria;; 3University of Graz, Department of Biology, Graz, Austria;; 4University of Belgrade, Faculty of Biology, Belgrade, Serbia;; 5University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna (BOKU), Institute of Bioanalytics and Agro-Metabolomics, Tulln, Austria THE CURIOUS CASE OF THE NUMBER OF HONEY BEE COLONIES IN MACEDONIA. WHY DO THE NUMBERS MATTER? 1Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Food - Skopje, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, Macedonia; 2Institute of Agriculture – Skopje, University Ss. Cyril and Methodius in Skopje, Macedonia THE ITALIAN NATIONAL REGISTRY FOR BEE BREEDERS: SAFEGUARDING LOCAL HONEY BEE SUBSPECIES CREA - Research Centre Agriculture and Environment, Bologna, Italy EXPLORING COMPOST-ASSOCIATED BACTERIA FOR ECO-FRIENDLY SUPPRESSION OF A FUNGAL PATHOGEN IN BEEKEEPING 1Department of Microbiology and Microbial Biotechnology, Institute of Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics "Ss Cyril and Methodius" University, Skopje, North Macedonia; 2Research Center for Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology Dr. Kungulovski, Skopje, North Macedonia COMPUTER VISION TECHNIQUES FOR AUTOMATIC DETECTION OF TROPILAELAPS MITES IN HONEY BEE COLONIES (APIS MELLIFERA) 1Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Skopje, Macedonia; 2Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Food, Skopje, Macedonia; 3State Key Laboratory of Resource Insects, Institute of Apicultural Research, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China |
| 12:30pm - 2:00pm | SES-O-API-02: Apiculture_Oral Presentation Location: Biljana Hall Session Chair: Asli Ozkirim, Hacettepe University Session Chair: Aleksandar Cvetkovikj, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine - Skopje, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje |
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THE QUALITY OF HONEY BEE (APIS MELLIFERA) QUEENS IN MONTENEGRO 1Biotechnical Faculty, University of Montenegro, Montenegro; 2Faculty of Agrobiotechnical Sciences Osijek, University of Josip Juraj Strossmayer in Osijek, Osijek, Croatia EXAMINATION OF THE MASS AND DIMENSIONS OF ADDED ELEMENTS ATTACHED TO HONEY BEE QUEENS Institute for Animal Husbandry, Serbia CHRONIC EXPOSURE EFFECTS OF SUFLOXAFLOR AND IMIDACLOPRID UNDER LABORATORY AND FIELD CONDITIONS Department of Apiculture, ELGO DIMITRA, Nea Moudania, 63200 Greece ASSESSING THE IMPACT OF INDOOR RF-EMF EXPOSURE AT 3.6 GHZ ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF HONEY BEES 1Department of Apiculture, Research Institute of Animal Science, Hellenic Agriculture Org. ‘DIMITRA’ , Nea Moudania, Greece,, Greece; 2Fields at Work GmbH, Zurich, Switzerland; 3Department of Crop Science, Agricultural University of Athens, Athens, Greece; 4Department of Agricultural Sciences, Cyprus University of Technology, Limassol, Cyprus; 5Department of Information Technology, Ghent University - imec, Ghent, Belgium; 6Photonics Initiative, Advanced Science and Research Center, the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, New York, USA; 7Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands MALTA’S LANDSCAPE SHAPES THE GUT MICROBIOTA OF ITS ENDEMIC HONEY BEE SUBSPECIES, APIS MELLIFERA RUTTNERI 1Universita ta' Malta; 2Universita' di Bologna |
| 3:00pm - 4:00pm | PANEL DISCUSSION-1: The Role of Innovation and Technology in Climate Change Adaptation in Agriculture Location: Biljana Hall Session Chair: Vjekoslav Tanaskovic Panelists:
1. Prof. Dr. Zdenko Loncaric, Faculty of Agrobiotechnical Sciences, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Croatia
2. Prof. Dr. Hossein Azadi, Department of Geography, Ghent University, Belgium
3. Prof. Dr. Ordan Cukaliev, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Food-Skopje, North Macedonia
4. Prof. Dr. Mirela Kajkut Zeljković, Institute of Genetic Resources of University of Banja Luka, Bosnia and Hercegovina
5. Mr. Boban Ilic, SWG Secretary General, North Macedonia
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| 4:30pm - 6:00pm | SES-O-API-03: Apiculture_Oral Presentation Location: Biljana Hall Session Chair: Fani Hatjina, ELGO DIMITRA Session Chair: Simone Cutajar, University of Malta / University of Bologna |
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PROS & CONS OF URBAN BEEKEEPING Urban Beekeepers' Association of Slovenia, Slovenia EMPOWERED BEEKEEPING FAMILIES IN THE FIELD OF BEEKEEPING WITH AN EMPHASIS ON THE INVOLVEMENT OF WOMEN AND YOUNG 1ADRA MACEDONIA, North Macedonia, Republic of; 2ADRA SLOVENIA, UNEXPECTED RISKS FROM NUTRITIONAL AND BOTANICAL TRAITS OF POLLEN 1University of Bologna, Italy; 2Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy; 3Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Portugal; 4Julius Kühn-Institut, Germany SOIL MICROBIOTA INFLUENCE FLORAL SIGNALS AND POLLINATOR ATTRACTION IN SUNFLOWERS 1University of Bologna, Italy; 2Free University of Bozen, Italy MICROBIOLOGICAL APPROACH TO USE BEE POLLEN AND PERGA FOR THEIR BIOAVAILABILITY AS THE SUPPLEMENT FOODS Hacettepe University, Turkiye |
| Date: Friday, 10/Oct/2025 | |
| 9:00am - 10:00am | PANEL DISCUSSION-2: From Farm to Global Market: Rethinking Agri-Food Trade Location: Biljana Hall Session Chair: Neda Gruevska, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Economy Panellists:
1. Prof. Dr. Ruzica Loncaric, Faculty of Agrobiotechnical Sciences, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Croatia
2. Prof. Dr. Vlade Zaric, Faculty of Agriculture, University in Belgrade, Serbia
3. Prof. Dr. Bozidar Ivanov, Institute of Agricultural Economics, Sofia, Bulgaria
4. Dr. Ljupco Velevski, Vitaminka AD Prilep, North Macedonia, Representative of business sector, North Macedonia
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| 10:30am - 12:00pm | SES-O-API-04: Apiculture_Oral Presentation Location: Biljana Hall Session Chair: Maggie Gill, PHIRA-Science Session Chair: Aleksandar Uzunov, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Food - Skopje, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje |
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DIFFERENCES BETWEEN DIFFERENT TYPES OF HONEY IN NORTH MACEDONIA 1Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, North Macedonia, Republic of; 2Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Food, University St. Cyril and Methodius, Skopje, North Macedonia CHEMICAL ANALYSIS OF PROPOLIS POST-TREATMENT WITH ANTI-VARROA APPLICATIONS 1Laboratory of Pharmacognosy and Chemistry of Natural Products, Faculty of Pharmacy, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Panepistimiopolis, Zografou, 15771, Athens, Greece; 2Department of Apiculture, Hellenic Agricultural Organisation ‘DIMITRA’, Nea Moudania, 63 200, Greece GUT MICROBIOME OF THE ORIENTAL HORNET (VESPA ORIENTALIS) AND ITS ROLE IN HONEY BEE PATHOGEN DYNAMICS 1Universita ta' Malta; 2Universita' di Bologna; 3Malta Beekeepers Association MECHANISM OF MICROBIAL-MEDIATED DNA DAMAGE AND REPAIR IN APIS MELLIFERA UNDER ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION. State Key Laboratory of Resource Insects, Institute of Apicultural Research, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing, China. EXPLORATION OF HONEY BEE GENETIC DIVERSITY IN CHINA AND ITS BREEDING PERSPECTIVES 1State Key Laboratory of Resource Insects, Institute of Apicultural Research, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China, People's Republic of; 2Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Food, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, Skopje, Macedonia PERFORMANCE OF NATIVE APIS MELLIFERA RUTTNERI VERSUS INTRODUCED A. M. LIGUSTICA UNDER MALTESE CONDITIONS 1Universita ta' Malta; 2Universita' di Bologna; 3Landesbetrieb Landwirtschaft Hessen, Bee Institute, Kirchhain, Germany; 4Breeds of Origin Conservancy, Żebbuġ, Malta; 5Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Food, Skopje, Macedonia; 6State Key Laboratory of Resource Insects, Institute of Apicultural Research, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193, China |
| 1:30pm - 2:00pm | CC: Closing Ceremony Location: Biljana Hall |