Beekeeping is facing many new challenges, including climate change, emerging diseases and parasites, habitat loss, instability in the bee products market, and many others.
Honey bee breeding is one of the tools we can use to address these challenges. But which kind of breeding? And aimed at improving what?

We interviewed the Editors of the book “Sustainable Honey Bee Breeding: A Scientific Guide for Future Beekeeping”. The book won the bronze medal at the latest edition of the World Beekeeping Awards, presented during the 49th Apimondia Congress in Copenhagen.

The editors explain how to promote sustainable bee breeding, combining productivity with resilience to varroa, diseases, and climate change. It highlights genetic selection, hygienic behavior, local adaptation, biodiversity conservation and practical breeding programs for long-term beekeeping sustainability.

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