from France
to address all beekeepers small or large
at Carrington Unitec
Gilles RATIA
President of Apimondia: www.apimondia.org
International Beekeeping Consultant: www.apiservices.info
Webmaster of the "Virtual Beekeeping Gallery": www.beekeeping.com
Beekeeping Globetrotter: www.worldbees.com
APISERVICES
Beekeeping Development
"Le Terrier"
F-24420 Coulaures - FRANCE
Please bring a plate for a shared supper
tea/coffee and cold drinks provided
DIRECTIONS
Room Number: Building 115, 2017
Room Type: Lecture Theatre
On Carrington Road use Entry Four where the traffic lights are.
Continue straight down the main road and round a bend to the left. On the
right hand side is a car park and building 115 (the first large building).
The first driveway into the car park (marked “staff”) is a NO ENTRY so take
the next driveway into the car park on the right.
There is a small bridge walkway from the car park to the building; the
bridge is ¾ along the parking area where the green handrails are.
Use the bridge to gain access to the building, once through the double doors
turn to the right and the lecture theatre 2017 is down the hallway on the
right hand side.
The National Beekeepers Association of NZ is a member of Apimondia.
To be considered for election to the position of President of Apimondia the
criteria that has to be met is stringent.Giles has been a commercial
beekeeper of 500 hives and also a commercial Queen Bee producer just to
mention a couple.
Giles is currently in obit around the planet meeting with beekeepers to
better get an understanding of each Apimondia Members.(2 Months in NZ)
Take a look at his Itinerary.
January - Indonesia - Work Mr Bambang Soekartiko who wants to setup an Apimondia Apitherapy Centre in Bali + Queen Breeding station for Apis cerana
February – Australia – Short visit to Mr John Guilfoyle + Capilano (sponsor 2007) + queen breeders on the East coast
February – Canada – Colloque CRAAQ + Organisation of 3rd Apimondia Symposium on Queen Breeding, Selection and Bee Health
Mars - Slovenia – 33rd National Beekeepers’ Consultation and International Sales Exhibition + organisation 3rd Apimedica & 2nd Apiquality Symposium
April - Argentina – Expo Macia + Organisation 42nd Apimondia Congress + 7 meetings + 2 visits future technical tours + Nexco (Platinum sponsor 2011)
April - Uruguay - Congreso Nacional de Apicultura + visit to the Apimondia member “Sociedad Apícola Uruguaya”
May - Dominica and Martinique – Development with “Caribbean Beekeeping Association” members
May - Italy – Apimondia Executive Council meeting
May - Romania - FIITEA Audit
June - Ivory Coast - new member AACI + visit Ministry of Agriculture
June - Chile - XI Congreso Nacional + Seminario
July - Mexico - XXIV Seminario Americano de Apicultura + inspection visit at Cancún
August - Colombia - XV Congreso Colombiano de Apicultura + 1st Encuentro Internacional Apícola
August - Bulgaria - 1st Apimondia Symposium Organic Beekeeping + 18th Congress of Apislavia & 100th anniversary
September - Moldavia - Official visit
September - Slovenia - 3rd Apimondia Symposia Apimedica & Apiquality
October - Turkey - 2nd International Beekeeping and Pine Honey Congress
October - Brazil - 10th FILAPI (Ibero-Latin-American Beekeeping) Congress
October - Syria - Syrian, Mediterranean & Middle East Beekeeping Congress
November - Vietnam - Apimondia Symposium on Beekeeping Development and Honey Marketing
November - South Korea - 10th AAA (Asian Apicultural Association) Conference
And it is not finished:
November - New Zealand - Visit to Apimondia member + beekeeping sector
January 2011 - USA - North American Beekeeping Conference + American Honey Producers Association + Mexican Organization Nacional de Apicultores
February – Serbia - Conference
March - Ireland - Year of the Honeybee
March – Greece – Symposium - Hellenic Institute of Apiculture
April – Saudi Arabia – Workshop Apitherapy
May –Italy – Apimondia Executive Council meeting
June - Ivory Coast - 1st Beekeeping Seminar
September – Serbia – CoLoss meeting
September - Argentina - 42sd Apimondia Congress
2012 – September - Malaysia - Terengganu - 11th AAA Conference
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