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Advice on how to start beekeeping, memories with bees and the uses of honey: results of an online questionnaire with European beekeepers

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datacite.subject.fosCiências Agrárias::Agricultura, Silvicultura e Pescas
datacite.subject.sdg04:Educação de Qualidade
datacite.subject.sdg02:Erradicar a Fome
datacite.subject.sdg08:Trabalho Digno e Crescimento Económico
dc.contributor.authorPerichon, Samuel
dc.contributor.authorAdamchuk, Leonora
dc.contributor.authorBiber, Lejla
dc.contributor.authorBožič, Janko
dc.contributor.authorChlebo, Róbert
dc.contributor.authorFilipi, Janja
dc.contributor.authorLeidenberger, Sonja
dc.contributor.authorMavrofridis, Georgios
dc.contributor.authorÖzgör, Erkay
dc.contributor.authorPocol, Cristina Bianca
dc.contributor.authorPorporato, Marco
dc.contributor.authorRodríguez-Flores, María Shantal
dc.contributor.authorVilas-Boas, Miguel
dc.contributor.authorZacepins, Aleksejs
dc.date.accessioned2025-12-17T16:58:11Z
dc.date.available2025-12-17T16:58:11Z
dc.date.issued2025
dc.description.abstractBeekeeping is a demanding activity that requires both particular human qualities from those who practise it and an environment that is favourable to bees. This is why the interviewed beekeepers advise to take time to think before starting to keep the bees, to find a mentor, and to always have the desire to get to know the bees even if this is not enough for success. In Northern and Western Europe, beekeepers consider patience and calmness as essential qualities to be a “good beekeeper”, while in Southern Europe, passion for bees is the main driver of success. The reasons for abandonment or failure also include human and environmental factors. To better understand the relationship between beekeepers and their bees, interviewees were encouraged to share their best memories. With years of experience, contemplative memories fade into memorable situations in which bee practices are described, and then in turn, they fade into moments of sociability. Honey harvesting plays an important role. Productive considerations are more expressed in Southern Europe, where it is an exceptional harvest that marks on people’s minds, more than the first honey harvest. The strong connection to their bees and the territory they live in is also expressed in the choice of their favourite honey. Many beekeepers mentioned the local honey production, which they are proud to produce with their own bees, even though they sometimes became criticized for a too high price for this local product. © 2024 International Bee Research Association.eng
dc.description.sponsorshipWe would like to thank the following organisation for supporting our study by distributing our questionnaire to theirmembers: Irish Beekeepers Association; for the UnitedKingdom: Edinburgh & Midlothian Beekeepers’ Association, Aberdeen & District Beekeepers Association, High Wycombe & District Beekeepers’ Association, ShropshireBeekeepers Association, Welsh Beekeepers Association;Icelandic Beekeeping organisation; for Sweden: Nordbi Association Sweden, Biodlarna Sweden; for Spain: GranCanaria Beekeepers’ Association, Eivissa Beekeepers’Association (Balearic Islands); for France: NationalFederation of Apicultural Technical Groups (FNGTA),National Beekeeping Union (SNA), National Society ofVeterinary Technical Groups (SNGTV), National Federationof Beekeeping Development Network (ADA-France), Departmental Beekeeping Unions and Associations of Associations of Côte, Pyrénées-Orientale, Lot, Lot-et-Garonne, Charente,Loir-et-Cher, Aisne, Somme and Côtes-d’Armor; for Belgium: Royal Beekeeping Society of Wavre; for Greece: Bee Club Pellas-Macedonia, Beekeeping Centers of Western Macedonia (Kozani), Piraeus - Cyclades (Piraeus) and NorthAegean (Mytilene, Lesbos), Beekeeping Cooperatives of Rethymnon and Andros, and Beekeeping Associations of Kavala, Karditsa and Chania; for Portugal: Foundation for Science and Technology and The National Federation of Portuguese Beekeepers. We thank Egill Rafn Sigurgeirsson for agreeing to translate our questionnaire into Icelandicand for distributing the questions to the Icelandic bee-keepers; Jean-Xavier Saint-Guily (Bergerie Nationale de Rambouillet), Robert Svensson (Nordbi Association Sweden) and Hanna Udding (Biodlarna Sweden) for distributing the questionnaire in their networks; Garrett Dempseyfor proofreading this article. We would also like to thankall the beekeepers who agreed to answer our questions
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dc.identifier.citationPerichon, Samuel; Adamchuk, Leonora; Biber, Lejla; Božič, Janko; Chlebo, Róbert; Filipi, Janja; Leidenberger, Sonja; Mavrofridis, Georgios; Özgör, Erkay; Pocol, Cristina Bianca; Porporato, Marco; Rodríguez-Flores, María Shantal; Vilas-Boas, Miguel; Zacepins, Aleksejs (2025). Advice on how to start beekeeping, memories with bees and the uses of honey: results of an online questionnaire with European beekeepers. Journal of Apicultural Research. ISSN 0021-8839. 64:4, p. 1085–1100
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/00218839.2024.2361965pt_PT
dc.identifier.issn0021-8839
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10198/35270
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.publisherTaylor and Francis
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/pt_PT
dc.subjectApis melliferapt_PT
dc.subjectBeekeepingpt_PT
dc.subjectPerceptionpt_PT
dc.subjectOnline questionnairept_PT
dc.subjectEuropept_PT
dc.titleAdvice on how to start beekeeping, memories with bees and the uses of honey: results of an online questionnaire with European beekeeperseng
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oaire.citation.endPage1100
oaire.citation.issue4
oaire.citation.startPage1085
oaire.citation.titleJournal of Apicultural Research
oaire.citation.volume64
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person.familyNameVilas-Boas
person.givenNameMiguel
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