Apimondia or International Federation of Beekeepers' Associations promotes scientific, ecological, social and economic apicultural development in all countries and the cooperation of beekeepers` associations, scientific bodies and of individuals involved in apiculture worldwide. The name Apimondia is a compound word made from two words; api, referring to honey bees, and mondia, referring to the world.
The federation issues a journal, Apiacta. The 2003 and 2004 issues are available online free of charge.Apiacta
Since 1897, every other year Apimondia organizes beekeepers' congresses, hosted by different countries.
Apimondia maintains seven scientific commissions and five regional commissions for the purposes of furthering scientific understanding of apiculture and to facilitate exchange of information.
The scientific commissions include: Beekeeping Economy Bee Health Bee Biology Pollination and Bee Flora Beekeeping Technology and Quality Apitherapy Beekeeping for Rural Development
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List of congresses No. Year Place CountryI1897BrusselsBelgium II1900ParisFranceIII1902's-HertogenboschNetherlandsIV1910BrusselsBelgiumV1911TurinItalyVI1922MarseilleFranceVII1924Quebec CityCanadaVIII1928TurinItalyIX1932ParisFranceX1935BrusselsBelgiumXI1937ParisFranceXII1939ZurichSwitzerlandXIII1949AmsterdamNetherlandsXIV1951Leamington SpaUnited KingdomXV1954CopenhagenDenmarkXVI1956ViennaAustriaXVII1958RomeItalyXVIII1961MadridSpainXIX1963PragueCzechoslovakiaXX1965BucharestRomaniaXXI1967MarylandUnited StatesXXII1969MunichWest GermanyXXIII1971MoscowSoviet UnionXXIV1973Buenos AiresArgentinaXXV1975GrenobleFranceXXVI1977AdelaideAustraliaXXVII1979AthensGreeceXXVIII1981AcapulcoMexicoXXIX1983BudapestHungaryXXX1985NagoyaJapanXXXI1987WarsawPolandXXXII1989Rio de JaneiroBrazilXXXIII (canceled)1991SplitYugoslaviaXXXIII1993BeijingChinaXXXIV1995LausanneSwitzerlandXXXV1997AntwerpBelgiumXXXVI1999VancouverCanadaXXXVII2001DurbanSouth AfricaXXXVIII2003LjubljanaSloveniaXXXIX2005DublinIrelandXL2007MelbourneAustraliaXLI2009MontpellierFranceXLII2011Buenos AiresArgentinaXLIII2013KyivUkraineXLIV2015DaejeonSouth KoreaXLV2017IstanbulTurkeyXLVI2019MontrealCanadaXLVII2022IstanbulTurkeyXLVIII2023SantiagoChileXLIX2025CopenhagenDenmarkApimondia 2025
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