Bee health and sustainable beekeeping
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How to ensure the sustainability of beekeeping in the face of challenges linked to pests and diseases, intensification of agriculture and climate change?
The final report of this Focus Group has been published.
Get all the information at a glance in the Bee health and sustainable beekeeping factsheet.
Tasks:
- Identify sustainable apicultural practices and tools to cope with challenges posed by climate change and to better control pest and diseases, including harmful invasive species (e.g. Vespa velutina).
- Identify sustainable agricultural practices (at plot, farm and landscape level) influencing beekeeping, including non-chemical alternatives for plant pest and disease prevention and control (i.e. preventive agronomic practices such as crop rotation and use of biological control).
- Harvest the existing knowledge on ways to monitor the effect of environmental and climatic conditions, beekeeping practices and agricultural practices on bee health and production.
- Identify remaining research needs from practice and propose possible directions for further research.
- Propose priorities for innovative actions by suggesting ideas for Operational Groups or other project formats to test solutions and opportunities and ways to exchange the practical knowledge gathered beyond the Focus Group.
Results:
Other information:
Focus Group members:
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Surname, first name
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Profession
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Country
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Tosi, Simone
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Researcher
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France
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Sgolastra, Fabio
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Researcher
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Italy
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Bock, Marc
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Farmer
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Finland
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Aimon-Marie, Florence
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Adviser
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France
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Gregorc, Aleš
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Researcher
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Slovenia
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Sunderland, Stephen
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Civil servant
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United Kingdom
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Hatjina, Fani
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Researcher
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Greece
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Simeonov, Petko
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Farmer
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Bulgaria
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Garibay, Salvador
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Adviser
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Switzerland
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Hautier, Louis
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Researcher
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Belgium
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Bröker, Ulrich
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Adviser
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Germany
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Ruiz-Martínez, José Antonio
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Adviser
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Spain
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Pries, Frens
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Researcher
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Netherlands
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Bruneau, Etienne
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Representative of an NGO
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Belgium
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De la Rua, Pilar
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Researcher
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Spain
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Sançana, Ana Paula
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Representative of an NGO
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Portugal
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Dupleix, Anna
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Researcher
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France
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Dobrescu, Constantin
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Representative of an NGO
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Romania
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Nabulsi, Zeid
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Farmer
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Italy
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Chlebo, Robert
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Researcher
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Slovakia
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Facilitation team
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Fabricius Kristiansen, Charlott
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Coordinating expert
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Sweden
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Guimarey Fernandez, Beatriz
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Task manager
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Spain
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Lepmets, Eike
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Backup
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Estonia
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EIP-AGRI related videos:
- AGRI challenge: increasing biodiversity in agricultural landscapes
- AGRI challenge: Monitoring bee health through beehive sensors
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