About us
The Open Source Bees initiative by Apimondia aims to maintain honey bees as a common good in the hands of the beekeeping community world wide.
Our aim is to maintain the genetic diversity in the hands of the beekeepers.
About us
Invasion of the ‘frankenbees’: the danger of building a better bee – The Guardian
Beekeepers are sounding the alarm about the latest developments in genetically modified pollinators. By Bernhard Warner Invasion of the ‘frankenbees’: the danger of building a better bee Article as PDF: Invasion of the ‘frankenbees’: the danger of building a better bee | Environment | The Guardian
beeXMLorg launched
Governmental institutions, academic research projects as well as breeding programs of beekeeping associations inevitable gather data about bees and beekeepers. Unfortunately these databases become data islands and the information is of limited value for the beekeeping community as a whole. beeXML is intended to be the answer to this problem. The project is not about… Read more beeXMLorg launched
Apimondia Press Release
Apimondia announces Open Source License to enable the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Bee Genetic Resources Apimondia Press Release License