This public event took place on 23 Oct 2025 in Marchamalo, Spain and online.
We learned about our novel tool for food resources, got ideas for dealing with climate change in beekeeping and completed a practical training on traps for the invasive species Vespa velutina and small hive beetle.
You will find recordings of all the morning session presentations and a short film of the afternoon demonstrations in the programme below.
| Time | Topic | Speaker | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9.30 | Registration | ||
| 10.00 | Welcome — an introduction to Better-B | Dirk de Graaf, Universiteit Gent, BE | |
| 10.15 | The Better-B food resources model | Elżbieta Ziółkowska, Uniwersytet Jagielloński, PL | |
| 11.00 | Break | ||
| 11.10 | Dealing with climate change in beekeeping | Emmanuel Ruffio, Co-Actions, FR | |
| 11.55 | Traps for the invasive species Vespa velutina and small hive beetle | Giovanni Formato, IZSLT International Cooperation and Research for Sustainable Development in Beekeeping, IT | |
| 12.40 | Overall discussion | ||
| 13.00 | Lunch break | ||
| 14.00 | Demonstrations at the apiaries | ||
| 15.30 | End of the event | ||
The meeting took place at the
Centro de Investigación Apícola y Agroambiental (CIAPA-IRIAF)
,
Camino de San Martín sn, 19180 Marchamalo, Spain
CIAPA is a unique centre that carries out research in line with the demands and needs of the beekeeping sector, seeking to resolve the most common bee health issues and responding to the environmental and food safety objectives demanded by today's society.
Better-B has received funding from the European Union, the Swiss State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI) and UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) under the UK government's Horizon Europe funding guarantee (grant number 10068544).
Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union, European Research Executive Agency (REA), SERI or UKRI. Neither the European Union nor the granting authorities can be held responsible for them.
