The National Honey Show Youtube video release for March is lecture given by Jeff Pettis at the 2022 National Honey Show entitled “Apimondia, a long history and how to keep current”. This will be availble to view from the first Friday in the month, 5.15pm local UK time.
Apimondia is the only global beekeeping association in the world. With a beginning in Belgium in the 1800s, Apimondia has moved beyond Europe to now holding global meetings every other year in such places as South Korea, Ukraine and Argentina. A brief history will be discussed and that will lead to a discussion of how Apimondia hopes to grow in our changing world. We were to hold our 47th Congress in Russia in 2022, this will be discussed along with predictions for the future.
Jeff Pettis
I grew up in a farm community in rural Georgia in the US and fell in love with bees and beekeeping as a student at the University of Georgia. After completing my studies at Georgia in 1985 and Texas A&M in 1991, I joined the USDA-Agricultural Research Service as a scientist and worked in that role for over 20 years. I published on bee biology, varroa control, the effects of pesticides on bees and CCD. I left USDA in 2016 and now run a consulting business on bee health and manage around 100 colonies of bees with my son Kevin in Salisbury, MD USA where I live. In my spare time I serve as President of Apimondia and enjoy birding and kayaking.