Conference Agenda

APILARNIL FROM THE SOUTHERN ROMANIAN REGION - CHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION AND MICROBIOLOGICAL INDICATORS FOR FOOD SAFETY

Teodora Colta, Roxana Antoaneta Spulber, Eusebiu Florea, Cristina Florentina Vaduva, Maria Magdalena Dinca, Adina Gafituc, Bogdan Tache

Beekeeping Research and Development Institute, Romania

EXPLORING THE CHEMICAL DIVERSITY OF PROPOLIS IN LATVIA: A REGIONAL PERSPECTIVE

Freideriki Papakosta¹, Konstantia Graikou¹, Leonidas Charistos², Valters Brusbardis³, Josef van der Steen⁴, Ivo Roessink⁵, Bas Buddendorf⁵, Fani Hatjina², Ioanna Chinou¹

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

Ratko Pavlović¹, Walter Goessler², Ljubiša Stanisavljević³, Nenad Zarić^3,4

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

Sergio Albertazzi¹, Eva Vasiliadi^2,1, Cecilia Costa¹

¹CREA, Italy; ²Agricultural University of Athens, Greece

QUEEN RINGING AS A METHOD TO INDUCE WINTER BROOD BREAK IN HONEY BEE COLONIES

Josipa Štavalj¹, Aleksandar Uzunov^2,3, Zlatko Puškadija¹, Irakli Janashia⁴, Chao Chen³, Maggie Gill⁵, Marin Kovačić¹

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

Sladjan Rasic¹, Mića Mladenović²

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

Ratko Pavlović¹, Walter Goessler², Robert Brodschneider³, Ljubiša Stanisavljević⁴, Nenad Zarić^4,5

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?

Aleksandar Uzunov¹, Lazo Dimitrov²

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

Patrizia Bergomi, Giorgia Serra, Donato Tesoriero, Vittorio Capano, Cecilia Costa

CREA - Research Centre Agriculture and Environment, Bologna, Italy

EXPLORING COMPOST-ASSOCIATED BACTERIA FOR ECO-FRIENDLY SUPPRESSION OF A FUNGAL PATHOGEN IN BEEKEEPING

Dzoko Kungulovski¹, Leona Gligoroska¹, Igor Pavlovski²

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)

Ema Vasileska¹, Valentina Gecevska¹, Aleksandar Uzunov^2,3

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