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We Are Inviting The World To Our Beeyard
Apimondia is an exciting, dynamic, diverse meeting of the world beekeeping industry. It is the biannual congress of the International Federation of Beekeepers' Associations. The federation was founded in 1949 and has a mission of promoting the scientific, technical, ecological, social and economic apiculture development in all countries.
One of Apimondia's main objectives is to provide a meeting for exchanging information and engaging in discussions between beekeepers, scientists, honey producers, government agencies, technicians and those working for apiculture development. Apimondia tours also give attendees an opportunity to see firsthand how the host country keeps bees.
Throughout the United States, a small, dedicated group of beekeepers has been planning, studying and gathering resources to host Apimondia, the world beekeeping congress. Since 2012, this group has worked tirelessly on the bidding process. Now, the time has come to put our best foot forward in inviting the international beekeeping community to be our guest, and select the United States to host Apimondia 2019.
Our Goal
The most obvious goal of the Apimondia USA committee is to win the bid to host the world beekeeping congress during the summer of 2019 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
The committee's mission is to "bring the global beekeeping community together for mutually beneficial discussions, collaboration and education." This congress will provide a meeting point for everyone involved in the beekeeping world - beekeepers, scientists, honey packers, development workers, and those who work in the equipment industries - to come together and exchange ideas, while learning from world renowned researchers on the latest in honey bee study.
Why?
Supporting the Apimondia USA 2019 bid goes far deeper than just writing a check or helping to spread the word (though both of these efforts are very appreciated).
"I see Apimondia as giving some of the highest opportunities to further my knowledge of beekeeping," said Benton Kastman of Texas, who is a member of the committee. "Apimondia in the USA, would help strengthen our networking ability with beekeeping industries...