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- [IMYB 2026 results published](https://www.icyb.cz/blog/2026/08/02/imyb-2026-results-published/) - The results of the 14th International Meeting of Young Beekeepers, held in Belfast, Northern Ireland in July 2026, are now online. The page has the full individual top ten, the country rankings, the mixed international team placings and the cultural presentation awards. It also carries a report on the week, a video from the event
- [Photos and Videos from IMYB 2026](https://www.icyb.cz/blog/2026/07/24/photos-and-videos-from-imyb-2026/) - Dear all, Thank you to all the teams who travelled to Belfast for IMYB 2026, and to the facilitators who came with them. You are what makes this event. Thank you as well to the volunteers who kept the four days running, and a particular thank you to the full organizing team, especially Valentine and
- [Call for Applications to Host the 16th International Meeting of Young Beekeepers (IMYB) 2028](https://www.icyb.cz/blog/2026/06/15/call-for-applications-to-host-the-16th-international-meeting-of-young-beekeepers-imyb-2028/) - Dear fellow beekeepers, We hope you are looking forward to the upcoming IMYB and the continued growth of our international young beekeeping community. Many of us will have the opportunity to meet again at the 14th IMYB in Belfast, Northern Ireland in July 2026, and then at the 15th IMYB in Türkiye in 2027. As
- [Tutorial: how to make a “photo-frame”](https://www.icyb.cz/blog/2026/06/02/tutorial-how-to-make-a-photo-frame/) - A step-by-step guide on making a photo frame, created by Lukáš Loukota Photoframes - ICYBDownload
- [The award ceremony for the 6th Traditional May 20th World Bee Day Painting Competition was held](https://www.icyb.cz/blog/2026/05/21/the-award-ceremony-for-the-6th-traditional-may-20th-world-bee-day-painting-competition-was-held/) - The award ceremony for the "6th Traditional May 20th World Bee Day Painting Competition," organized by Düzce University Beekeeping Research, Development and Application Center (DAGEM) in cooperation with the Turkish Beekeepers Central Union, BEE'O Propolis, and Apimaye, was held online. The competition, themed "Where There Are Bees, There Is Life," and featuring international participation, received
- [UF/IFAS Honey Bee Research and Extension Laboratory published a wide range of beekeeping educational materials](https://www.icyb.cz/blog/2026/05/21/uf-ifas-honey-bee-research-and-extension-laboratory-published-a-wide-range-of-beekeeping-educational-materials/) - UF/IFAS Honey Bee Research and Extension Laboratory developed a wide range of educational materials, that can be fully accessed for free: Beekeeper resources on their website Spotify playlist Youtube Channel You can find more on the dedicated page: UF/IFAS Honey Bee
- [IMYB 2027 will take place in TÜRKIYE!](https://www.icyb.cz/blog/2026/04/07/imyb-2027-will-take-place-in-turkiye/) - Based on the strict selection process, we are honored to announce that the 15th International Meeting of Young Beekeepers (IMYB) will be hosted by the Düzce Üniversity Beekeeping Research Development and Application Centre (DAGEM) TÜRKIYE! Main Organiser IMYB 2027 is Prof. Dr. Meral KEKEÇOĞLU, Manager of DAGEM. The event is expected to take place in July 2027. Stay
- [Czech beekeeping clubs: beekeeping summer camps](https://www.icyb.cz/blog/2026/02/28/czech-beekeeping-clubs-beekeeping-summer-camps/) - Beekeeping throughout the yearMany beekeeping clubs work with children during the entire school year but then there is a two-month summer holiday when they pause their activity. And it is at the exact same time when we need to collect honey, feed our bees and do important varroa treatments. There are a lot of practices
- [Czech beekeeping clubs: fun ways of teaching the youth](https://www.icyb.cz/blog/2026/02/02/czech-beekeeping-clubs-fun-ways-of-teaching-the-youth/) - EBA-2-correctedDownload
- [Czech beekeeping clubs: engaging the youth in beekeeping](https://www.icyb.cz/blog/2025/12/21/czech-beekeeping-clubs-engaging-the-youth-in-beekeeping/) - The importance of educationAs this generation of beekeepers is getting older, we need to think about the next one. We have to train new young beekeepers in order to stay sustainable and protect the bees for the future.This is where the clubs for young beekeepers come in. In general, countries in Central Europe are great
- [Invite to IMYB 2026 in Belfast!](https://www.icyb.cz/blog/2025/11/19/invite-to-imyb-2026-in-belfast/) - IMYB INVITATION- Belfast 2026Download
- [Apimondia Congress 2025 Copenhagen](https://www.icyb.cz/blog/2025/10/29/apimondia-congress-2025-copenhagen/) - The Apimondia Congress was held in Copenhagen from 23 to 27 September 2025 and it was attended by the majority of the members of the EBA Youth Commission - Meral Kekeçoğlu, Kristina Dolinar Paulič, Slobodan Dolasevic and Jiří Píza. – With their participation in the congress, the members of the commission tried to support the
- [My work with young beekeepers - Kristina Dolinar Paulič](https://www.icyb.cz/blog/2025/10/16/my-work-with-young-beekeepers-kristina-dolinar-paulic/) - Soon it will be the tenth year of my beekeeping journey and the twentieth year of my work as a teacher at the Biotechnical School Maribor. I first got to know bees during my studies at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, and I started working with children already in high school—as an animator, educator, and
- [First German-Austrian cross-border competition for young beekeepers](https://www.icyb.cz/blog/2025/09/19/first-german-austrian-cross-border-competition-for-young-beekeepers/) - Article of the first German Austrian Young Beekeepers MeetingDownload Link to a the official website in German
- [Germany hosted a competition for young beekeepers](https://www.icyb.cz/blog/2025/08/15/germany-hosted-a-competition-for-young-beekeepers/) - Concentrated Beekeeping Knowledge for Under-18s For this year’s Young Beekeepers' Gathering (May 30–June 1, 2025), the German Beekeepers' Association (D.I.B.) and the hosting regional association—this year, the Bavarian Beekeepers' Association—invited participants to Ensdorf near Amberg. Mathias Bohmann and his team from the Sulzbach-Rosenberg Beekeeping Association took charge of the local organization and created a diverse
- [BeeCraft announced a competition for young beekeepers](https://www.icyb.cz/blog/2025/08/15/beecraft-announced-a-competition-for-young-beekeepers/)
- [Home Nations Young Beekeepers’ Event Northern Ireland – July 2025](https://www.icyb.cz/blog/2025/07/25/home-nations-young-beekeepers-event-northern-ireland-july-2025/) - Following the 13th International Young Beekeepers event held in December 2024, and in anticipation of hosting the next international event in 2026 for the first time in Northern Ireland, The Ulster Beekeepers Association organised the Home Nations Young Beekeepers’ event this summer in the local agricultural college Greenmount in Antrim. The primary objective was to
- [Düzce University (DU) Beekeeping Research, Development and Application Center (DAGEM) organized an awareness event as part of "World Bee Day" on May 20](https://www.icyb.cz/blog/2025/07/05/duzce-university-du-beekeeping-research-development-and-application-center-dagem-organized-an-awareness-event-as-part-of-world-bee-day-on-may-20/) - Children dressed in bee costumes and carrying banners that read “Let the flowers not fade, let the bees not die” and “Without bees, there will be no people” were admired for the performances they gave. Students and citizens visiting the booths in the area received information from DAGEM academicians about bees and bee products. The
- [Türkiye ıs looking for bee ambassadors](https://www.icyb.cz/blog/2025/07/05/turkiye-is-looking-for-bee-ambassadors/) - We aim to create a youth awareness that produces just like bees THE FUTURE OF THE ECOSYSTEM IS IN THE WINGS OF BEES Honey bees pollinate 77% of the plant resources consumed as human food worldwide. Bee pollination is absolutely essential for 40 plant species in particular. Therefore, bee colonies are necessary during flowering periods
- [Slovenia hosted 47th national competition of young beekeepers](https://www.icyb.cz/blog/2025/07/05/slovenia-hosted-47th-national-competition-of-young-beekeepers/) - Young beekeepers impressed again - this year's competition was marked by knowledge, dedication and exceptional prizes On Saturday, May 10, 2025, the 47th national competition of young beekeepers was held at the Davorina Jenka Elementary School in Cerklje na Gorenjskem, which was attended by approximately 570 students from all over Slovenia. The event, which promotes
- [Czech Republic hosted national beekeeping competition “Zlatá včela” (“Golden bee”)](https://www.icyb.cz/blog/2025/06/27/czech-republic-hosted-national-beekeeping-competition-zlata-vcela-golden-bee/) - Friday This year's Czech national beekeeping competition “Zlatá včela” (“Golden bee”) took place from 6th to 8th June 2025. It was hosted at the beekeeping school in Nasavrky. All the competitors were selected through previous rounds. There were over 500 participants in total. This year we even had students older than 15 for the first
- [Slovak Beekeepers’ Association hosted Young Beekeeper National Competition](https://www.icyb.cz/blog/2025/06/19/slovak-beekeepers-association-hosted-young-beekeeper-national-competition/) - Jozef Dekret Matejovie Secondary vocational school of forestry and woodworking in Liptovský hrádok (North Slovakia) hosted our Young Beekeeper National Competition (súťaž Mladý včelár) organized by the Slovak Beekeepers’ Association (SZV – Slovenský zväz včelárov) on 6th-7th June 2025. More than 100 children from all Slovakia, divided into two age groups – younger students (up to
- [Young Beekeepers' National Championship in Salzburg](https://www.icyb.cz/blog/2025/06/14/young-beekeepers-national-championship-in-salzburg/) - From May 30th to June 1st, the Tamsweg Agricultural College hosted the Young Beekeepers'National Championship. The state of the event changes every year, and this year it was Salzburgthat hosted it. 25 young people from all over the country traveled to demonstrate their extensiveknowledge and practical skills – at the highest level. Right at the
- [Call for youth speakers for Apimondia 2025](https://www.icyb.cz/blog/2025/06/10/call-for-youth-speakers-for-apimondia-2025/)
- [Painting competition for World Bee Day](https://www.icyb.cz/blog/2025/05/09/painting-competition-for-world-bee-day/)
- [Candidate countries for organising the IMYB 2027 and IMYB 2028](https://www.icyb.cz/blog/2025/04/02/candidate-countries-for-organising-the-imyb-2027-and-imyb-2028/) - Dear fellow beekeepers, It is a great pleasure to inform you, that based on the call for organizers of IMYB for the year 2027 and 2028, we have 8 very interesting candidate countries! This is proof of how prestigious the IMYB became and a result of great work of all the previous organizers who made
- [Call for organizers of IMYB 2027, 2028 and 2029](https://www.icyb.cz/blog/2025/02/14/call-for-organizers-of-imyb-2027-2028-and-2029/) - Dear fellow beekeepers, We hope you all enjoyed an amazing 13th IMYB, which took place in Dubai, UAE! In case you missed it, you can look at the pictures and videos or read the report from the event on our website! As we are all excited for the 14th IMYB in Belfast in 2026, we
- [IMYB 2024 in Dubai has successfully ended!](https://www.icyb.cz/blog/2025/01/18/imyb-2024-in-dubai-has-successfully-ended/) - The 13th International International Meeting of Young Beekeepers (IMYB) took place during 18th - 22nd December 2024 in Dubai, UAE! To read more about the amazing event, have a look at the dedicated IMYB 2024 page! Moreover, the event is also getting global press coverage - you can see the new articles, TV shows and
- [UAE Hosts 2024 International Meeting of Young Beekeepers (IMYB)](https://www.icyb.cz/blog/2024/11/15/uae-hosts-2024-international-meeting-of-young-beekeepers-imyb/) - IMYB UAE 2024 - Press ReleaseDownload
- [Foundation of European Beekeeping Association (EBA)](https://www.icyb.cz/blog/2024/05/03/foundation-of-european-beekeeping-association-eba/) - On Saturday, February 10, 2024, based on the initiative of the President of the Association of Beekeepers Slovenia Boštjan Noč. was founded EBA EUROPEAN BEEKEEPING ASSOCIATION Company headquarters: Brdo pri Lukovici 8, 1225 Lukovica, Slovenija, https://ebaeurope.eu/about-eba/ These are mainly the following three main goals of the establishment of the European Beekeeping Association: The fight against
- [Invitation to the International Meeting of Young Beekeepers (IMYB) in Dubai in December 2024!](https://www.icyb.cz/blog/2024/04/26/invitation-to-the-international-meeting-of-young-beekeepers-imyb-in-dubai-in-december-2024/) - Dear Beekeeping Friends,The Beekeepers Foundation is pleased to invite you to the International Meeting of Young Beekeepers IMYB 2024 in Dubai, UAE. This marks the first time this international competition will take place outside of Europe, promising a unique opportunity to explore the world of beekeeping in a new light. The event combines a competition
- [IMYB 2024 will take place in UAE!](https://www.icyb.cz/blog/2024/02/23/imyb-2024-will-take-place-in-uae/) - Based on the strict selection process, we are honored to announce that the 13th International Meeting of Young Beekeepers (IMYB) will be hosted by the United Arab Emirates! For the 1st time in IMYB history, in collaboration with the Beekeepers Foundation UAE led by Ms Zahira Nedjraoui, the meeting will be hosted outside of Europe,
- [Wrap up of IMYB 2023 in Slovenia!](https://www.icyb.cz/blog/2023/08/12/wrap-up-of-imyb-2023-in-slovenia/) - Do you want to know who won this year? Or remind yourself the great memories from Slovenia? Have a look at the IMYB 2023 page!
- [Video highlights of IMYB 2023 in Slovenia!](https://www.icyb.cz/blog/2023/07/08/video-highlights-of-imyb-2023-in-slovenia/)
- [IMYB 2023 has successfully ended!](https://www.icyb.cz/blog/2023/07/07/imyb-2023-has-successfully-ended/) - The 12th International Meeting of Young Beekeepers – IMYB, organized between July 3rd and July 7th 2023 by the Slovenian Beekeepers’ Association and the Municipality of Ivančna Gorica, ended with the final ceremony in the sports hall of Stična Primary School. The event was opened with a speech by the vice-president of Apimondia, dr. Peter
- [IMYB 2023 in Slovenia officially started!](https://www.icyb.cz/blog/2023/07/03/imyb-2023-in-slovenia-officially-started/) - The opening ceremony on July 4th announced the official start of the 12th International Meeting of Young Beekeepers (IMYB), which is held in Ivančna Gorica, between July 3rd and July 7th 2023, organized by the Slovenian Beekeepers’ Association and the Municipality of Ivančna Gorica. More than 150 participants from 30 countries are taking part in
- [Photos from IMYB 2023!](https://www.icyb.cz/blog/2023/07/05/photos-from-imyb-2023/) - All photos can be found also on our dedicated page Photos & Videos/
- [Schedule for IMYB 2023 in Slovenia](https://www.icyb.cz/blog/2023/06/30/schedule-for-imyb-2023-in-slovenia/) - 2023.06.26-MTMC_knjizica-A5_scheduleDownload
- [Instructions for the national teams and competitors in IMYB 2023, Slovenia, Ivancna Gorica](https://www.icyb.cz/blog/2023/06/06/instructions-for-the-national-teams-and-competitors-in-imyb-2023-slovenia-ivancna-gorica/) - 1. Each national team must prepare a 5-minute presentation (not a PowerPoint or video presentation) for the evening event, dancing, singing, and presenting their country in a unique way. There will also be a competition for the best presentation and the winning team will perform on the big stage at the closing ceremony 2. Adult
- [Get ready for IMYB 2023!](https://www.icyb.cz/blog/2023/05/23/get-ready-for-imyb-2023/) - Dear IMYB 2023 participants, Slovenia is very pleased that you will come and get to know this beautiful country! Your hosts are the Municipality of Ivančna Gorica and the Slovenian Beekeepers Association. You can learn more about each on their website: Ivančna Gorica https://www.ivancna-gorica.si/objava/572795 Slovenian Beekeepers Association: https://en.czs.si/?sif_file=wp&sif_parent We hope that your teams have received
- [Call for organizers of IMYB 2024 and IMYB 2025](https://www.icyb.cz/blog/2023/04/06/call-for-organizers-of-imyb-2024-and-imyb-2025/) - Dear fellow beekeepers, After the successful 11th IMYB last year, which took place in the Czech Republic, we are already excited about the 12th IMYB in Slovenia in July 2023! Nevertheless, we are already looking forward to the 13th and 14th events - and we are looking for the organizers! We would like to ask
- [Registration for IMYB 2023 is now open!](https://www.icyb.cz/blog/2023/01/13/registration-for-imyb-2023-is-now-open/) - Dear beekeeping friends, We are pleased to invite you to register for IMYB 2023, which will take place in Ivančna Gorica, Slovenia from 3rd July to 7th July 2023! For more details, please, see the dedicated IMYB 2023 page. The registration will close on 15th February 2023.
- [Happy Holidays and Wonderful New Year](https://www.icyb.cz/blog/2022/12/25/happy-holidays-and-wonderful-new-year/) - Dear Beekeeping friends, We would like to thank you for your continuous support and participation in IMYB activities during 2022. We wish you Happy Holidays and Happy New Year 2023! Moreover, we would like to inform you that we will be announcing the hosting country and details for IMYB 2023 soon, so stay tuned!
- [Carniolan Bee House in Slovenia celebrates 1 year since opening](https://www.icyb.cz/blog/2022/11/18/carniolan-bee-house/) - A most special house, called the Carniolan Bee House, has opened its doors in Višnja Gora, Slovenia. With it, owners want to revive the unique beekeeping story of one of Slovenia’s most important beekeeping families, the Rothschütz, which is responsible for the present-day spread and visibility of the Carniolan bee. Members of the Rothschütz family
- [IMYB 2022 videos!](https://www.icyb.cz/blog/2022/08/05/imyb-2022-videos/) - Do you want to remember the great time from IMYB 2022 in Prague? Or do you want to see what you missed? Have a look at our video!
- [IMYB 2022 took place in Prague!](https://www.icyb.cz/blog/2022/07/08/imyb-2022-took-place-in-prague/) - Between 2nd and 6th July 2022, the 11th year of IMYB took place in Prague, Czech Republic! Over 150 participants arrived from 14 countries and shared their beekeeping experience! To find out more, have a look at the report from the Czech national television, in our photos sections or have a look at the dedicated
- [World Bee Day promotion with young beekeepers](https://www.icyb.cz/blog/2022/04/11/world-bee-day-promotion-with-young-beekeepers/) - Dear all, Our beekeeping friends from Slovenia are preparing a promotional video for the upcoming World Bee Day and would like to ask for your help! They are looking for young beekeepers to record a short video of themselves and sharing with them to create a global diverse video. For more details, see details in
- [Update for IMYB 2022!](https://www.icyb.cz/blog/2022/04/11/update-for-imyb-2022/) - Dear beekeeping friends, We hope you are all doing well. As we are all keen to meet after a long time, we would like to let you know that we have identified a new potential location for IMYB 2022 - Prague in the Czech Republic! More details will be shared with individual teams shortly after the
- [IMYB 2022 has been canceled](https://www.icyb.cz/blog/2022/03/02/imyb-2022-has-been-canceled/) - Dear beekeeper friends, We would like to inform you that IMYB 2022 has been canceled.We apologize for any inconvenience. Kind regards, Olga Chupakhina, IMYB 2022 Main Organizer, President of the Beekeeping UnionJiří Píza, IMYB Coordinator, ICYB President
- [Registration for IMYB 2022 is now open!](https://www.icyb.cz/blog/2022/02/07/imyb-2022-2/) - Dear beekeeping friends, As we have previously informed you, the main organizer of the IMYB 2022 meeting, Olga Chupakhina (President of the Union “BEEKEEPING”), is very interested in hosting the IMYB 2022 meeting in Moscow, during the first week of July 2022. Therefore, we would like to officially announce that the meeting is expected to
- [IMYB 2022](https://www.icyb.cz/blog/2021/12/30/imyb-2022/) - Dear beekeeping friends, We would like to inform you that the main organizer of the IMYB 2022 meeting, Olga Chupakhina (President of the Union "BEEKEEPING"), is very interested in hosting the IMYB 2022 meeting in Moscow, during the first week of July 2022. Taking into account the current situation, the main organizer postponed the final
- [Invitation to Online European Beekeeping Congress Beecome 2021](https://www.icyb.cz/blog/2021/10/02/invitation-online-european-beekeeping-congress-beecome-2021/) - Dear all, The Beekeeping Company Tomasz LYSON, the official partner of the 8th European Beekeeping Congress, cordially invites you to the first such international beekeeping event BEECOME 2021. BEECOME 2021 speakers will include, among others Dr Peter Kozmus, Dr Fani Hatjina and Prof. Dr Martin Giurfa, discussing separate problems and issues related to the European beekeeping market
- [Conference Apitherapy for Children and call for speakers](https://www.icyb.cz/blog/2021/09/24/conference-apitherapy-children-call-speakers/) - We would like to invite you to join an International Video Conference focused on Apitherapy for Children. The conference will take place between 22nd and 24th October 2021. For more details, visit the official conference website - https://apitherapyforchildren2021.org/?lang=en. Moreover, the organizer's team is looking for young English-speaking beekeepers, who would be willing to record a short movie to
- [Calligrams competition](https://www.icyb.cz/blog/2021/06/19/calligrams-competition/) - Bee Craft magazine published a very interesting article "Calligrams" in its latest issue. The article is about a great competition for young beekeepers, organized by beekeepers from Scotland. It is a great tip for organizing this competition in your country. Congratulations to the winners and organizers!
- [FAO launched the new pollinator challenge badge](https://www.icyb.cz/blog/2021/05/22/fao-launched-new-pollinator-challenge-badge/) - The Pollinator Challenge Badge is designed to help empower children and young people about the importance of pollinators for people and the planet. The badge includes a wide range of activities and ideas to stimulate learning about protecting pollinators and how to help safeguard these important friends from extinction. A set of modules have been
- [International Scientific and Practical Video Conference “Problems of beekeeping during a pandemic”](https://www.icyb.cz/blog/2020/11/22/international-scientific-practical-video-conference-problems-beekeeping-pandemic/) - Dear beekeepers, processors of beekeeping products, manufacturers of equipment, veterinary drugs, apitherapists, scientists and students, colleagues and friends, Russian Union of Beekeepers and beekeeping organizations of the country „BEEKEEPING“ invites you, your friends and colleagues to take part in the International Scientific and Practical Video Conference “Problems of beekeeping during a pandemic”. Due to the current
- [IMYB 2021 in Slovenia has been cancelled](https://www.icyb.cz/blog/2020/11/13/imyb-2021-slovenia-cancelled/) - Dear all, Year 2020 has been an unprecedented year. We all were excited to meet in July 2020 in Slovenia for our yearly IMYB meeting, but unfortunately, the global pandemic changed our plans. Few months ago, the pandemic appeared to be a short-term event, which we hoped to be over in few months, and thus,
- [New educational videos "Dinara asks"](https://www.icyb.cz/blog/2020/10/16/new-educational-videos-dinara-asks/) - Did you want to learn more about the Dance of Bees? Or do you know what is Apitherapy exactly? Have a look at our new educational videos from the series "Dinara Asks" created by Lyson. We are sure you will learn something new!
- [Films in 360-degree technique - Become a beekeeper for a short time](https://www.icyb.cz/blog/2020/07/10/films-360-degree-technique-become-beekeeper-short-time/) - Dear all, During this time, we planned to meet together during IMYB 2020 in Slovenia. Unfortunately, due to the global pandemic, our plans had to be postponed by a year. Nevertheless, we can still keep learning from each other remotely. The Slovenian Beekeepers' Association has created a series of films called "Become a beekeeper for a short time" using
- [IMYB in Slovenia is postponed to 2021](https://www.icyb.cz/blog/2020/03/13/imyb-slovenia-postponed-2021/) - Dear all, As you might be aware, unfortunately, the global public health situation is getting more severe. Recently, WHO has declared the COVID-19 outbreak a pandemic. Countries started to close their borders and limit any larger gatherings (incl. many EU countries). Flights across the world are being cancelled, businesses are closing, and mainly, everything is
- [Impact of Coronavirus on IMYB 2020](https://www.icyb.cz/blog/2020/03/07/impact-coronavirus-imyb-2020/) - Dear all, As you are aware, there is a significant outbreak of a new virus, Covid-19, which is impacting all of us around the world. As the situation is changing every day, we are monitoring the situation closely and assessing its impact on our activities. Currently, the situation is still not developing favorably as further
- [PF 2020](https://www.icyb.cz/blog/2019/12/25/pf-2020/) - Dear friends beekeepers, We would like to thank you for your support and interest in the activities of young beekeepers throughout the year. In 2019, a lot of work has been done in this area thanks to your willingness to engage. Your support is also what drives us forward and helps us to expand the
- [IMYB 2022 - Call for organisers](https://www.icyb.cz/blog/2019/11/01/imyb-2022-call-organisers/) - Dear fellow beekeepers, After successful 10th IMYB this year, which took place in Slovakia, we are already looking forward to 11th and 12th year, which will take place in Slovenia and Russia. In anticipation of 13th edition in 2022, we are very excited to announce that we are now taking applications to host the 2022 IMYB. We
- [Pavel Filo was awarded honorary membership in ICYB](https://www.icyb.cz/blog/2019/08/23/pavel-filo-awarded-honorary-membership-icyb/) - During the plenary meeting on 10th August 2019, the core members of ICYB - International Center for Young Beekeepers, z.s. unanimously granted honorary membership to Ing. Pavel Fiľo for an excellent organization of the International Meeting of Young Beekeepers IMYB in 2015 and 2019 in Slovakia and for the lifelong support of work with beekeeping
- [New video on how to lead a beekeeping club](https://www.icyb.cz/blog/2019/08/17/new-video-lead-beekeeping-club/) - Are you interested in beekeeping club assistants? Have a look at the new video which is part of the series "How to lead a beekeeping club".
- [Slovakia hosted another successful IMYB!](https://www.icyb.cz/blog/2019/07/14/slovakia-hosted-another-successful-imyb/) - Last weekend, 10th International Meeting of Young Beekeepers took place in Slovakia in Banska Bystrica. The meeting was very successful as it hosted beekeepers from every continent where bees live! To read more about it, look at out website of past meetings, and don't forget to browse all the photos and videos, on our website,
- [Program for IMYB 2019 in Slovakia](https://www.icyb.cz/blog/2019/06/21/program-imyb-2019-slovakia/) - WEDNESDAY 3rd July 2019 from 12.00 registration of participants 15.00 – 18.00 school activities 18.00 – 19.30 dinner 20.00 – 22.00 cultural program lead by animators (canteen) country presentations – SK, CZ, Lebanon, Ireland, Lithuania coordinators´meeting THURSDAY 4th July 2019 7.00 – 8.30 breakfast 9.00 – 10.50 opening ceremony 11.00 – 13.30 first part of the competition 11.00
- [12th IMYB 2021 will be in Russia!](https://www.icyb.cz/blog/2019/06/28/12th-imyb-2021-will-russia/) - On Friday, June 21, 2019, ICYB and Russian Union of beekeepers and beekeeping organizations of the country signed a document by which Russia is entrusted by ICYB with the organization of the 12th International Meeting of Young Beekeepers, IMYB, in July 2021.
- [Miroslav Urban created An Illustrated Biology of Apis Mellifera](https://www.icyb.cz/blog/2019/06/14/miroslav-urban-created-illustrated-biology-apis-mellifera/) - In the section "Educational materials", we bring the first part of a cartoon publication focused on biology of honey bees created by Miroslav Urban. The series contains total of 12 hand-illustrated tables covering topics like bee anatomy, social behavior of bees, life of the bee colony during the year and the relationship of bees in
- [New series of videos to support young beekeeping leaders](https://www.icyb.cz/blog/2019/01/18/new-series-videos-support-young-beekeeping-leaders/) - BeeGuard, led by Jiri Cafourek, created a new series of videos to support young beekeeping leaders. This time, we can learn more about how to educate beekeeping instructors, popularize beekeeping and find new information insect hotels, bumblebees or bee products. To watch the videos, have a look in our Educational materials section in How to
- [IMYB family lost Eugenia Gasior](https://www.icyb.cz/blog/2019/01/08/imyb-family-lost-eugenija-gasior/) - Dear friends, It is our difficult duty to inform you that our dear Eugenia Gasior from Polish beekeeping team is no longer with us. She was a founding member of IMYB as well as the organizer of IMYB in Poland in 2014. Moreover, she was developing activities of young beekeepers in Eastern Europe. She will always remain in our
- [Registration for IMYB 2019!](https://www.icyb.cz/blog/2018/12/09/registration-imyb-2019/) - Dear all, it is our pleasure to announce that you can start registering for IMYB 2019! You can find the registration form following this link. Once you registered, you can log-in to the portal and fill in additional information. Looking forward to your applications! Team IMYB 2019
- [Apimondia's president Philip McCabe passed away](https://www.icyb.cz/blog/2018/10/22/apimondias-president-philip-mccabe-passed-away/) - Dear fellow beekeepers and friends, We are deeply saddened to report the passing of Philip McCabe on 20 October, 2018 after a long illness. Mr. McCabe served as the President of the International Beekeeping Federation, Apimondia and was a tireless supporter of beekeeping and beekeepers worldwide. At the same time, we lose a significant participant
- [Arab Beekeepers Union Congress 2018, Lebanon](https://www.icyb.cz/blog/2018/10/20/arab-beekeepers-union-congress-2018-lebanon/) - During 5th and 7th October 2018, the 11th International Conference of Arab Beekeepers Union and 10th Conference of the Beekeeping Federation of Mediterranean Countries (Fed APIMED) took place in Lebanon. The congress was under the high patronage of His Excellency The President of the Lebanese Republic General Michel Aoun as well as it was financially
- [ICYB at XXII. Congress Apislavia 2018 in Moscow](https://www.icyb.cz/blog/2018/09/15/icyb-xxii-congress-apislavia-2018-moscow/) - The XXII. Congress Apislavia took place in Moscow during 9th-13th September 2018. This federation brings together more than 20 beekeeping associations from Europe and Asia. The headquarters of Apislavia is in Bratislava and the current chairman is the president of the Slovak Beekeepers' Union Ing. Ľudovít Gál. The congress takes place every two year. This
- [11th IMYB 2020 will be in Slovenia!](https://www.icyb.cz/blog/2018/09/22/11th-imyb-2020-will-slovenia/) - On Monday, September 17, 2018, ICYB and Slovenian Beekeepers 'Association (BAS) signed a document by which Slovenia is entrusted by ICYB with the organization of the 11th International Meeting of Young Beekeepers, IMYB, in 2020. The announcement has been also published on BAS website. Co-organizer of this meeting will be the town Ivanča Gorica, which
- [IMYB 2019 will take place in Slovakia!](https://www.icyb.cz/blog/2018/07/20/imyb-2019-will-take-place-slovakia/) - It is our honor to announce that next, anniversary 10th International Meeting of Young Beekeepers, will take place in Slovakia!
- [Photos from IMYB 2018](https://www.icyb.cz/blog/2018/07/13/photos-imyb-2018/) - Dear all, It is our pleasure to share photos from IMYB 2018 with you! You can have a look in the IMYB's Photos and Videos section or directly on our Flickr! Great thanks to Xavier Chambelland and Julie Chapolard for their amazing work!
- [IMYB 2018 took place in France!](https://www.icyb.cz/blog/2018/07/10/imyb-2018-took-place-france/) - The 9th International Meeting of Young Beekeepers took place in France! Another fantastic event for young beekeepers, which gathered over 140 participants from over 27 countries! Read more on our page IMYB 2018 and keep tuned for pictures.
- [Welcome letter to 9th International Meeting of Young Beekeepers in Nérac, France](https://www.icyb.cz/blog/2018/06/21/welcome-letter-9th-international-meeting-young-beekeepers-nerac-france/) - Dear beekeeping friends, We are pleased to welcome you to take part in the 9th International Meeting of Young Beekeepers which will take place in Nérac, France from July 2-6th 2018. This will be a great opportunity to gather young beekeepers from all continents to promote beekeeping among young people, to exchange on current topics
- [Preparations for IMYB 2018](https://www.icyb.cz/blog/2018/02/27/preparations-imyb-2018/) - Dear beekeeping friends, As you know, our team is pleased to organise the 9 International Meeting of Young Beekeepers in France from July 2-6th 2018. The program and workshops are almost established and we will tell you all information as soon as possible. We received a lot of positive answers but the number of accomodations
- [Introduction of host school of IMYB 2018](https://www.icyb.cz/blog/2018/01/28/introduction-host-school-imyb-2018/) - This year's IMYB 2018 will be hosted in Lycée Armand Fallières in Nérac in France. The agricultural education center is composed of 3 schools which have specific teaching thematics. These 3 schools are in the same department : Lot-et-Garonne in South-West of France. There 610 student studying in these schools : 250 in St Livrade sur Lot studying
- [Season´s Greetings](https://www.icyb.cz/blog/2017/12/21/seasons-greetings/) - Dear friends beekeepers, On behalf of ICYB, I would like to thank you for your interest in activities for young beekeepers. A lot of work has been done and I hope that the year 2018 will be in this regard as successfull as the year 2017 and will help us expand the activities of ICYB and improve
- [Silent remembrance for Manfred Biedermann](https://www.icyb.cz/blog/2017/10/06/silent-remembrance-manfred-biedermann/) - It is with deep sadness that we announce the passing of our friend, one of the founders of the IMYB and its supporter and regular participant, Manfred Biedermann from Liechtenstein. Our thoughts are with his family and friends. With deep sorrow and silent remembrance ICYB
- [IMYB 2018 will take place in France](https://www.icyb.cz/blog/2017/10/01/imyb-2018-will-take-place-france/) - Dear all, It is our pleasure to announce the next organiser of IMYB 2018 - France! We are looking forward to the amazing event!
- [Invitation for IMYB 2018](https://www.icyb.cz/blog/2017/10/01/invitation-imyb-2018/) - Dear beekeeping friends, We are pleased to invite your country to take part in the 9th International Meeting of Young Beekeepers (IMYB) which will take place in Nérac, France from July 2nd-6th 2018. For further information, have a look at our invitation letter with all the details about the event, reception, accomodation and the projected programme.
- [International Young beekeepers meeting in Nuremberg](https://www.icyb.cz/blog/2017/09/18/international-young-beekeepers-meeting-nuremberg/) - As a last meeting of the 2-year programme “Rojeni - Swarming”, which was financially supported by the EU-programme “Erasmus+” and led by Jiri Cafourek from Vceli straz (BeeGuard) in cooperation with 8 countries, 11 young beekeepers met together with their adult companions from 14th to 17th of September 2017 in Nuremberg. In Nuremberg, famous for its
- [Video series on how to lead a beekeeping club](https://www.icyb.cz/blog/2017/09/11/video-series-lead-beekeeping-club/) - In order to have young beekeepers, one needs to form beekeeping clubs. This task is never easy, so to support you, BeeGuard, led by Jiri Cafourek, created a series of videos to support young leaders, give ideas for content and motivate young beekeepers to follow their hobby. Have a look on our website in Educational
- [8th International Meeting of Young Beekeepers](https://www.icyb.cz/blog/2017/08/22/8th-international-meeting-young-beekeepers/) - 8th International Meeting of Young Beekeepers Marlborough College, England July 6th to July 9th 2017 Competition: Multiple choice: All of the multiple choice questions were taken from the data bank of around 400 questions which various competing countries have submitted in the last couple of years. This was an assessment of individual knowledge. Making up a nucleus: This assessment tested
- [Photos from IMYB 2017](https://www.icyb.cz/blog/2017/07/14/photos-imyb-2017/) - We have received official photos from the organizers and we are delighted to share them with you! Just visit our section Photos and Videos and browse them all day! If you want to download the photos or view them in better quality, simply click on the title 'IMYB 2017' and you will be forwarded to our Flickr
- [IMYB 2017 in England - Information for participants](https://www.icyb.cz/blog/2017/07/10/imyb-2017-england-information-participants/) - Dear all, Last week, IMYB 2017 took place in England! At the beginning of the event, all participants received an information brochure participants with all necessary information. Have a look to see how great the event was! Moreover, IMYB was also mentioned in BBKA News. More information about past IMYB is coming soon, so stay
- [International meeting AYB took place in Prague](https://www.icyb.cz/blog/2017/06/11/international-meeting-ayb-took-place-prague/) - As we have advertised before, Association of Young Beekeepers (AYB) organized its first meeting. Young beekeepers aged 16 to 22 years have gathered together in Prague as a part of a project Swarming during 17th and 22nd May 2017. The participants came from 8 countries and they haven't used this meeting only to get to
- [ICYB representation at "The bee and a human" conference](https://www.icyb.cz/blog/2017/03/13/icyb-representation-bee-human-conference/) - The representatives of the association ICYB - International Centre for Young Beekeepers - participated in the international science education conference "The bee and a human", which took place in Moscow in Russia from February 17 to February 18, 2017. Jiří Píza had a speech at the conference on the topic "The future of beekeeping is
- [International leaders of beekeeping clubs will meet in Prague](https://www.icyb.cz/blog/2017/01/06/international-leaders-beekeeping-clubs-will-meet-prague/) - Dear friends beekeepers, As a part of the project Rojeni-Swarming, we would like to inform you about an international meeting of younger beekeepers, which will be held on 17th – 22nd May 2017 in Prague (Czech Republic). There will be 6 representatives (2 adults and 4 young beekeepers aged 14-22 years, ideally 18-20 years) from
- [Applications for IMYB 2017!](https://www.icyb.cz/blog/2016/12/23/applications-imyb-2017/) - Dear friends beekeepers! As we have informed you before, registration for IMYB 2017 in England is open! IMYB is a great way for young beekeepers to test their skills, but also to meet new beekeeping friends from around the world! If you are interested more, have a look in the background information about IMYB. As
- [Invitation for IMYB 2017!](https://www.icyb.cz/blog/2016/11/27/invitation-imyb-2017/) - Dear all, Year 2017 is around the corner and with it, IMYB 2017 is coming closer! Thus, we have for you new details about the upcoming IMYB in England. This year, we are limited to 25 places which will be allocated on first come first served basis, so act quickly! Read all in the attached
- [ICYB at Apislavia 2016](https://www.icyb.cz/blog/2016/09/22/icyb-apislavia-2016/) - Members of ICYB working groups, namely Jiri Piza, Jens Heber, Pavel Filo, Eugenia Gasior and Roma Maciene, presented their work with young beekeepers at Apislavia congress 2016 in Almaty, Kazachstan. The programme of the congress can be viewed below: English Russian
- [7th International Meeting of Young Beekeepers](https://www.icyb.cz/blog/2016/07/07/7th-international-meeting-young-beekeepers/) - 7th International Meeting of Young Beekeepers Prague, Czech Republic June 30 – July 3, 2016 Participating countries: Albania, Austria, Belarus, Czech Republic, England, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Kazakhstan, Lebanon, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia and Ukraine. Competition: Academic knowledge: test from beekeeping theory; Honey recognition: tasting and matching ten different sorts
- [Video from the 7th International Meeting of Young Beekeepers 2016](https://www.icyb.cz/blog/2016/07/18/video-7th-international-meeting-young-beekeepers-2016/) - We have published a video summary from the last meeting. Enjoy it :) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9S99UCeA8fo&feature=youtu.be

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- [2026 - Belfast (Northern Ireland)](https://www.icyb.cz/2026-belfast-northern-ireland/) - 14th International Meeting of Young Beekeepers (IMYB) Northern Ireland 2026 The 14th International Meeting of Young Beekeepers (IMYB) was hosted in Northern Ireland for the first time in July 2026, bringing together young beekeepers from around the world for five memorable days of learning, competition, friendship and cultural exchange. This year’s event welcomed 79 young
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- [UF/IFAS Honey Bee](https://www.icyb.cz/uf-ifas-honey-bee/) - UF/IFAS Honey Bee Research and Extension Laboratory developed a wide range of educational materials, that can be fully accessed for free: Beekeeper resources on their website Spotify playlist Youtube Channel
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- [Competition](https://www.icyb.cz/competition/) - The competition of IMYB The competition of IMYB itself has several parts – usually it is divided into the following disciplines: manual work with bees (a real colony of bees) recognition of beekeeper´s tools recognition of different sorts of honey microscopy and anatomy recognition of bee forage plants academic knowledge Participants are expected to have
- [Press - IMYB 2024 - Dubai (UAE)](https://www.icyb.cz/press-imyb-2024-dubai-uae/) - IMYB 2024 - Dubai (UAE) The Scottish Beekeeper Mar 2025 The Scottish Beekeeper Feb 2025 The Scottish Beekeeper Jan 2025 Moderni vcelar 06/2025 Ontario Bee Journal March 2025 Maltese HoneyBee Link to original article. Apiculture of China 02/2025 BeeCraft 05/2025 Link to the original website - BeeCraft. MujRozhlas.cz Link to the original website. Vcelar
- [Press - Interview with ICYB president](https://www.icyb.cz/press-interview-with-icyb-president/) - Jiri Piza Bee Craft 01/2025
- [What is IMYB?](https://www.icyb.cz/imyb/) - IMYB - International Meeting of Young Beekeepers ® is an annual meeting ensured by a multinational non-profit community for young people interested in beekeeping. Even though the event started in 2010 as an initiative of a few countries from central Europe lead by the Czech Republic, it has gained a large popularity and has become the
- [Contact](https://www.icyb.cz/contact/) - Contact information ICYB – International Centre for Young Beekeepers ® IMYB – International Meeting of Young Beekeepers ® Jiří Píza +420_777_322_684 piza [at] icyb.cz Naděžda Pízová +420_777_311_175 pizova [at] icyb.cz Juliane Kreuzhuber +49_175_733_7564 julianekreuzhuber98 [at] gmail.com Elena Petric +1_705_991_5898 macpet [at] nexicom.net
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- [Questions from previous IMYBs](https://www.icyb.cz/questions-previous-imybs/) - Questions from IMYB 2016 Instructions to the competition Recognition of plants providing pasture for bees and allocating honey Microscopy Theoretical knowledge Test questions IMYB 2015 – English 25 test questions from the competition part of IMYB 2015Download PDF Test questions IMYB 2016 – Albanian 30 test questions from the competition part of IMYB 2016Download PDF Test questions
- [Press - IMYB 2023 – Ivančna Gorica (Slovenia)](https://www.icyb.cz/press-2023-ivancna-gorica-slovenia/) - IMYB 2023 – Ivančna Gorica (Slovenia) BeeCraft 05/2024 Benešovský deník Link to web Bienen Aktuell 09/2023 Český rozhlas Link to web Slovenski čebelar 09/2023 Mehiläinen 05/2023 BBKA News 09/2023 Moderní včelař 09/2023 BeeCraft 10/2023 Český Rozhlas Link to web Včelár 09/2023 BeeCraft 09/2023 Mehilainen 04/2023 Aktualne.cz Full article can be read here. Včelařství 08/2023 BeeCraft
- [2023 - Ivančna Gorica (Slovenia)](https://www.icyb.cz/2023-ivancna-gorica-slovenia/) - 12th International Meeting of Young Beekeepers IMYB Ivančna Gorica, Slovenia July 3rd to July 7th 2023 Organisers: Slovenian beekeeping association and Municipality Ivančna Gorica Full details are available on the website: https://www.ivancna-gorica.si/objava/791300 Participating countries: Australia, Austria, Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, India, Israel, Jordan, Lithuania, Malta, Netherlands, Northern Ireland,
- [Press - Včel muzeum Koželja 2023 (Slovenia)](https://www.icyb.cz/press-vcel-muzeum-kozelja-2023-slovenia/) - Včel muzeum Koželja 2023 (Slovenia) Moderní Včelař 02/2023
- [Press – IMYB 2022 – Prague (Czech Republic)](https://www.icyb.cz/press-imyb-2022-prague-czech-republic/) - IMYB 2022 – Prague (Czech Republic) D.I.B. Aktuell 2022/08 Moderni Vcelar 2022/09 Czech Television (CT) Mehulainen 05/2022 Malta
- [Press - Philip McCabe](https://www.icyb.cz/press-philip-mccabe/) - Philip McCabe Včelařství 12/2018
- [Press - Planned IMYB 2020](https://www.icyb.cz/press-planned-imyb-2020/) - Planned IMYB 2020 Beecraft Scottish Beekeeper July 2020 Scottish Beekeeper February 2020 Mehilainen 06/2019 IMYB
- [Press - Arab Beekeepers Union 2020](https://www.icyb.cz/press-arab-beekeepers-union-2020/) - Arab Beekeepers Union 2020 Arab Beekeepers Union - Guideway Magazine
- [Press - An Illustrated Biology of Apis Mellifera 2020](https://www.icyb.cz/press-an-illustrated-biology-of-apis-mellifera-2020/) - An Illustrated Biology of Apis Mellifera 2020 You can view all the illustrations on ICYB's website in Educational materials Bee Craft 01/2020
- [Interview with ICYB president 2016](https://www.icyb.cz/interview-with-icyb-president-2016/) - Interview with ICYB president 2016 Interview in Včelařství 9/2016
- [Press - Apislavia 2016 - Almaty (Kazakhstan)](https://www.icyb.cz/press-apislavia-2016/) - Apislavia 2016 - Almaty (Kazakhstan) ICYB in Včelařství 11/2016
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- [Press - Apimondia 2019 - Montreal (Canada)](https://www.icyb.cz/press-apimondia-2019-montreal-canada/) - Apimondia 2019 - Montreal (Canada) Včelařství 11/2019
- [Press - Arab Beekeepers Union Congress 2018 (Lebanon)](https://www.icyb.cz/press-arab-beekeepers-union-congress-2018-lebanon/) - Arab Beekeepers Union Congress 2018 (Lebanon) Včelařství 11/2018
- [Press - IMYB 2018 - Nérac (France)](https://www.icyb.cz/press-imyb-2018-nerac-france/) - IMYB 2018 - Nérac (France) Scottish Beekeeper September 2018 UNAF - Concours International des Jeunes Apiculteurs Biavl 8/2018 Mehilainen 6/2018 Tallinna Mesinike Selts Běloruskij včelar No 4(49)2018 Slovenski čebelar 09/2018 Introduction booklet to IMYB 2018 BeeCraft 08/2018 Kyzylordinskie vesti Moderní včelař 08/2018 Gazzetta di Modena Zviazda Belarus Link to website and pdf Hozyain Belorus Link to
- [Press - IMYB 2019 – Banská Bystrica (Slovakia)](https://www.icyb.cz/press-imyb-2019-banska-bystrica-slovakia/) - IMYB 2019 – Banská Bystrica (Slovakia) Scottish Beekeeper September 2019 Scottish Beekeeper August 2019 Scottish Beekeeper July 2019 Scottish Beekeeper May 2019 Mehilainen 05/2019 IMYB Sächsische Zeitung Pszczelarz 08/2019 Bee Craft 09/2019 Moderní včelař 08/2019 Федеральный аграрный научный центр Северо-Востока имени Н.В. Рудницкого pdf and web Obcina Ivancna Gorica pdf and web Včelařství 08/2019 Mehilainen 04/2019 Bee Craft 08/2019 Malta
- [Press - IMYB 2017 - Marlborough (England)](https://www.icyb.cz/press-imyb-2017-marlborough-england/) - IMYB 2017 - Marlborough (England) Journal Bees for Development 07/2017 BeeCraft Beekeepers Quarterly Bijenhouden 5/2017 Belaruskij pčaljar 4/2017 Slovenski Čebelar 9/2017 Slovenski Čebelar 9/2017 pdf and web BeeCraft 09/2017 Včelařství 09/2017 BBKA News 9/2017 Moderni vcelar 8/2017 Farming Today - BBC Radio 4 Information for participants BBKA News Landkreis Passau Preparations
- [Press - IMYB 2016 - Prague (Czech Republic)](https://www.icyb.cz/press-imyb-2016-prague-czech-republic/) - IMYB 2016 - Prague (Czech Republic) BeeCraft 09/2016 Bijenhouden 01/2017 La Depeche Kazakhstan - Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung pdf and web Belaruski pčaljar Slovenia Pszczelarz polski Победители Евро конкурса pdf and web 7-й Международный конкурс юных пчеловодов. Чехия - 2016 pdf and web Artikel in Bijenhouden December Včelařství 12/2016 IMYB Belarus IMYB Liechtenstein - Erfolgreiches Jungimkertreffen
- [Press - Swarming 2016 - Prague (Czech Republic)](https://www.icyb.cz/swarming-2016-prague-czech-republic/) - Swarming 2016 - Prague (Czech Republic) Bijenhouden 04/2017 Germany
- [Press - IMYB 2015 - Banská Bystrica (Slovakia)](https://www.icyb.cz/press-imyb-2015-banska-bystrica-slovakia/) - IMYB 2015 - Banská Bystrica (Slovakia) Romania - Enescu pdf and web Romania - Lumea Satului pdf and web Belaruski pčaljar Bijenhouden 9/2015 Bienenaktuell 9/2015 Articles from Israel
- [Press - IMYB 2014 - Pszczela Wola (Poland)](https://www.icyb.cz/press-imyb-2014-pszczela-wola-poland/) - IMYB 2014 - Pszczela Wola (Poland) Romania - Economica pdf and web Romania - Toplita pdf and web Romania - radio interview - Radio Bucuresti (98.3 MHz) mp3 mp3 mp3 Kazakhstan Bijenhouden 11/2014 IMYB Lichtenstein - Bienen Aktuell Pčelovodstvo 1-2014 Belaruski pčaljar Pszczelarz polski Mehilainen 05/2014 Moderní včelař Slovenia
- [Press - IMYB 2013 - Münster (Germany)](https://www.icyb.cz/press-imyb-2013-munster-germany/) - IMYB 2013 - Münster (Germany) Bijenhouden 5/2014 DIB Aktuell Sonderausgabe Bienenaktuell 9-2013 Slovenski Čebelar Deutsches Bienen Journal 8-2013 Liechtensteiner Imkerverein
- [Press - IMYB 2012 - Prague (Czech Republic)](https://www.icyb.cz/press-imyb-2012-prague-czech-republic/) - IMYB 2012 - Prague (Czech Republic) Bijenhouden 9/2012 The British Bee Journal Bee Craft The Federation of Irish Beekeepers Associations
- [Press - IMYB 2011 - Warth (Austria)](https://www.icyb.cz/press-imyb-2011-warth-austria/) - IMYB 2011 - Warth (Austria) Kompres 6/2011 BH pčelar 10-11/2011 Včelařství 9/2011 Bijenhouden 3/2012 Včelár 9/2011 D.I.B. AKTUELL 4/2011 Bienen Aktuell
- [Press - IMYB 2010 – Nasavrky (Czech Republic)](https://www.icyb.cz/press-imyb-2010-nasavrky-czech-republic/) - IMYB 2010 – Nasavrky (Czech Republic) Bienen Aktuell – 8/2010 Pszczelarz Polski – 9/2010 Belarus Latvia Deutscher Imkerbund
- [Press](https://www.icyb.cz/yearly_press/) - Press 2023 2023 – Ivančna Gorica (Slovenia) Včelařství 08/2023 2022 2022 – Prague (Czech Republic) D.I.B. Aktuell 2022/08 Moderni Vcelar 2022/09 Czech Television (CT) 2020 ICYB Arab Beekeepers Union – Guideway Magazine 2020 – Slovenia Beecraft Scottish Beekeeper July 2020 Scottish Beekeeper February 2020 Mehilainen 06/2019 IMYB An Illustrated Biology of Apis Mellifera
- [IMYB 2023](https://www.icyb.cz/imyb-2023/) - Dear beekeeping friends, We are pleased to invite you to the International meeting of young beekeepers IMYB 2023. After a difficult period of covid pandemic and 11 successful IMYB events, it is possible to experience Slovenia for the first time in 2023. Slovenia is the homeland of Carniolan honeybee, the land of good beekeepers, and
- [Dinara asks series](https://www.icyb.cz/lyson/) - Dinara asks - "Wax candles" /episode 12/ Dinara asks - "Granola" / episode 11/ Dinara asks – "Honey plants" /episode 10/ Dinara asks – "Working in the apiary" /episode 09/ Dinara asks – “Bee-senses” /episode 08/ Dinara asks – “Propolis” /episode 07/ Dinara asks – “Apitherapy” /episode 06/ Dinara asks – "Dance of bees" /episode
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- [Podpera's Support of Young Beekeepers](https://www.icyb.cz/podperas-support-young-beekeepers/) - Vcelisek (PDF) Forth Quiz (PDF) Third Quiz (PDF) Quiz on Beekeeping Equipment (PDF) Second quiz (PDF) Introduction and first quiz (PDF) Bees and Beekeeping (PDF) Jan Podpěra jan.podpera@gmail.com Graduate of the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics of the Charles University in Prague Teacher of Maths and Physics Teacher of English at the Czech grammar school Hobbies More than 10 years
- [Poland](https://www.icyb.cz/poland/) - Poland Beekeeping in Poland Poland has 57 550 beekeepers who have 1.4 million of bee colonies. Work with Youth Some regional beekeeping associations encourage young people to join in. At our Pszczela Wola School, there has been a thriving Young Beekeepers’ Association operating for years. Our work with youth consists of: extra classes of beekeeping (practical
- [Germany](https://www.icyb.cz/germany/) - Germany Beekeeping in Germany There are about 130.000 beekeepers in Germany who have around 870.000 bee-colonies. 96% of the beekeepers have up to 25 bee hives, 3% between 26 to 50 and 1% have more than 50 beehives. The average honey production is 20-30kg per year per hive, totaling about 15.000 – 25.000 tons of
- [Austria](https://www.icyb.cz/austria/) - Austria Beekeeping in Austria The Austrian beekeeper are organized in „Austrian Beekeepers Association “ called “Oesterreichischer Imkerbund”. The Beekeeper Association currently represents about 25.000 members, which serve more then 400.000 bee colonies. In Austria a beekeeper owns on average 16 bee colonies. The average annual honey production is about 5.000 tons. Work with Youth The Austrian
- [2022 - Prague (Czech Republic)](https://www.icyb.cz/2022-prague-czech-republic/) - 11th International Meeting of Young Beekeepers Prague, Czech Republic 2nd – 6th July, 2022 Participating countries: Austria, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Israel, Lithuania, Malta, the Netherlands, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine During 2nd to 6th July 2022, the 11th year of the IMYB - International Meeting of Young Beekeepers took place in Prague. In
- [Czech Republic](https://www.icyb.cz/countries/czech-republic/) - Czech Republic Beekeeping in the Czech Republic We have 55 000 beekeepers with 600 000 bee-colonies. Out of those, there are 33 000 are hobby beekeepers who have up to 10 colonies. There are 120 beekeepers who have more than 150 colonies. There average honey production is around 9000 tons per year. The density of
- [IMYB 2022](https://www.icyb.cz/imyb-2022/) - 11th INTERNATIONAL MEETING OF YOUNG BEEKEEPERS – IMYB 2nd to 6th July 2022 Prague, Czech Republic Dear beekeeping friends, We hope you are all doing well. As we are all keen to meet after a long time, we would like to let you know that we have identified a new potential location for IMYB 2022
- [Malta](https://www.icyb.cz/malta/) - Malta Beekeeping in Malta It is estimated that there are some 200 beekeepers in Malta most of which conduct this activity as a hobby, on a part-time basis or to pollinate their crops. On average the local beekeepers hold a small number of hives. Work with Youth Youths are exposed to beekeeping during annual agricultural shows
- [How to lead a beekeeping club](https://www.icyb.cz/lead-beekeeping-club/) - In order to have young beekeepers, one needs to form beekeeping clubs. This task is never easy, so to support you, BeeGuard, led by Jiri Cafourek, created a series of videos to support young leaders, give ideas for content and motivate young beekeepers to follow their hobby. Just watch, learn and enjoy! Season 1 Pilot
- [Press](https://www.icyb.cz/press/) - ICYB Arab Beekeepers Union - Guideway Magazine 2020 - Slovenia Scottish Beekeeper July 2020 Scottish Beekeeper February 2020 Mehilainen 06/2019 IMYB An Illustrated Biology of Apis Mellifera Bee Craft 01/2020 2019 - Apimondia congress Včelařství 11/2019 2019 - Slovakia Scottish Beekeeper September 2019 Scottish Beekeeper August 2019 Scottish Beekeeper July 2019 Scottish Beekeeper May 2019 Mehilainen
- [Become a beekeeper for a short time - Films in 360-degree technique](https://www.icyb.cz/become-beekeeper-short-time-films-360-degree-technique/) - At the end of 2019, the Slovenian Beekeepers' Association applied for an international public tender for the co-financing of NGO projects within the Bridge 47 project for the production of six 360-degree (3D stereoscopic) films that would bring beekeeping tasks closer to children, beginners in beekeeping and the general public. The project, which focuses on
- [IMYB 2020](https://www.icyb.cz/imyb-2020/) - 11th INTERNATIONAL MEETING OF YOUNG BEEKEEPERS – IMYB Ivančna Gorica, Slovenia, 6th July – 10th July 2020 Registration is now open! Dear beekeeping friends, We are pleased to invite you to the International meeting of young beekeepers IMYB 2020. After previous successful years of IMYB held recently in United Kingdom and France and Slovakia,
- [2019 – Banská Bystrica (Slovakia)](https://www.icyb.cz/2019-banska-bystrica-slovakia/) - 10th International Meeting of Young Beekeepers SOŠ Pod Bánošom, Banská Bystrica, Slovakia July 3rd to July 7th 2019 Full details are available on the website https://imyb.sk Participating countries: Australia, Austria, Belarus, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, England, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Lebanon, Lithuania, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Russia, Scotland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ulster,
- [An Illustrated Biology of Apis Mellifera - Miroslav Urban](https://www.icyb.cz/an-illustrated-biology-of-apis-mellifera-miroslav-urban/) - An Illustrated Biology of Apis Mellifera In the section “educational materials”, we bring the first part of a cartoon publication focused on biology of honey bees created by Miroslav Urban. The series contains total of 12 hand-illustrated tables covering topics like bee anatomy, social behavior of bees, life of the bee colony during the year
- [Russia](https://www.icyb.cz/russia/) - Russia Beekeeping in Russia There are about 3.5 million bee colonies in Russia. The average honey production is about 120 thousand tons per year. Russia fully satisfies its needs for honey due to its own production and since 2014 has been a net-exporter of honey. Work with Youth The Union annually organizes trips to the International
- [2018 – Nérac (France)](https://www.icyb.cz/2018-nerac-france/) - 9th International Meeting of Young Beekeepers Nérac, agricultural school, France July 2nd to July 6th 2018 With special programme for adults and a extra day to visit “la Dune du Pilat” and Bordeaux. The young beekeepers have one and half days with competition. Participating countries: Albania, Austria, Belarus, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia,
- [2013 – Münster (Germany)](https://www.icyb.cz/2013-munster-germany/) - 4th International Meeting of Young Beekeepers Rieselfeldhof, Münster, North Rine-Westphalia, Germany June 20th to June 23rd 2013 Participating countries: Austria, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Czech Republic, England, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Netherlands, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia and Wales. Competition: was composed of two parts Theory: All 30 multiple-choice questions the participants must answer in 10 minutes in their first language.
- [France](https://www.icyb.cz/france/) - France Beekeeping in France This sector comprises approximately 60 000 beekeepers with 1 300 000 bee-colonies. This represents a honey production of 17 tons and a royal jelly production of 2 tons for a turnover of 120 million euros. 3 different levels of beekeepers can be identified : 2000 professional beekeepers with more than 150 beehives, producing more than
- [2017 - Marlborough (England)](https://www.icyb.cz/2017-marlborough-england/) - 8th International Meeting of Young Beekeepers Marlborough College, England July 6th to July 9th 2017 Participating countries: Austria, Belarus, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, France, Germany, India, Ireland, Israel, Lebanon, Lithuania, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Russia, Scotland, Slovakia and Slovenia. Competition: Multiple choice: All of the multiple choice questions were taken from the data bank of around 400 questions
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- [Ireland](https://www.icyb.cz/ireland/) - Ireland Beekeeping in Ireland There are 3500 registered beekeepers in Ireland, of which about 1-2% are commercial beekeepers. There are 59 local member Associations in Southern Ireland and 17 in Northern Ireland with approx. 1000 beekeepers. There are estimated to be 24,000 bee hives here in Ireland at present with an average honey yield per hive
- [Educational and methodical materials](https://www.icyb.cz/educational-and-methodical-materials/) - Questions from IMYB 2016 Instructions to the competition Recognition of plants providing pasture for bees and allocating honey Microscopy Theoretical knowledge Test questions IMYB 2015 – English 25 test questions from the competition part of IMYB 2015 Download PDF Test questions IMYB 2016 – Albanian 30 test questions from the competition part of IMYB 2016 Download PDF
- [Beekeeping schools](https://www.icyb.cz/organizations/beekeeping-schools/) - Czech Republic The Secondary Beekeeping Trade School – the Beekeeping Education Centre in Nasavrky Slatiňanská 135, 538 25 Nasavrky, info@souvnasavrky.cz, www.souvnasavrky.cz Long distance education for adults, summer camps for young beekeepers, seminars for leaders of beekeeping clubs Kazakhstan Municipal public institution "Samara agro - technical college" education department of the East Kazakhstan region East Kazakhstan
- [Romania](https://www.icyb.cz/romania/) - Romania Beekeeping in Romania We have around 40 000 beekeepers with 1 550 000 bee-colonies. EU founds helps beekeeper to grow the number of bee-colonies and now 2% of them are more than 500 colonies. There average honey production is around 20 000 tons per year. In 2015 we had a record production around 35 000
- [Kazakhstan](https://www.icyb.cz/kazakhstan/) - Kazakhstan Beekeeping in Kazakhstan There are around 12 000 beekeepers in Kazakhstan. In Kazakhstan, there are 350-450 thousand of bee colonies, 90 percent of them are nomadic. Basically, it is family profession. Occupation is passed from grandfather to father, from father to son. All beekeepers are united in the National Union of Beekeepers of Kazakhstan. Work
- [Beekeeping research institutes](https://www.icyb.cz/organizations/beekeeping-research-institutes/) - Czech Republic Bee Research Institute at Dol, Máslovice Dol 94, 252 66 Libčice nad Vltavou, beedol@beedol.cz www.beedol.cz Kazakhstan "SWRILCP" – South-west Research Institute of livestock and crop production Shymkent city , area of Al-Farabi 3. karakul-00@mail.ru www.ugozapad.kz Poland The Research Institute of Horticulture Apicultural Division in Pulawy Kazimierska 2, 24-100 Puławy, Poland, opisik@man.pulawy.pl
- [Slovakia](https://www.icyb.cz/slovakia/) - Slovakia Beekeeping in Slovakia There are 17 183 beekeepers in Slovakia and 278 000 colonies of bees. Main organization is SLOVAK BEE, it joins 8% of different beekeeping groups and Slovak Beekeeping organization /92%/. Next there is QUEENBREEDER ASSOCIATION. Work with Youth There are 29 hobby groups for young beekeepers, for example Nova Baňa, Púchov, Záriečie, Banská Bystrica.
- [Cultural and social program](https://www.icyb.cz/cultural-and-social-program/) - Cultural and social program Apart from the competition, a very important and essential part of IMYB is its cultural and social program during which the participants get to know each other better, learn about other countries and can also relax during leisure time activities. Organizers prepare and offer an interesting and varied program consisting of
- [2016 – Prague (Czech Republic)](https://www.icyb.cz/2016-prague-czech-republic/) - 7th International Meeting of Young Beekeepers Prague, Czech Republic June 30 – July 3, 2016 Participating countries: Albania, Austria, Belarus, Czech Republic, England, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Kazakhstan, Lebanon, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia and Ukraine. Competition: Academic knowledge: test from beekeeping theory; Honey recognition: tasting and matching ten different sorts of
- [2011 – Warth (Austria)](https://www.icyb.cz/2011-warth-austria/) - 2nd International Meeting of Young Beekeepers Warth, Austria July 11 – 14, 2011 Participating countries: Austria, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Czech Republic, England, Germany, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Poland, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Switzerland and Wales. Competition: Written academic knowledge test Botany test Microscopy Practical bee handling (work with a real honey bee colony) Recognition of
- [2015 – Banská Bystrica (Slovakia)](https://www.icyb.cz/previous-meetings/) - The 6th International Meeting of Young Beekeepers took place in Banská Bystrica, Slovakia from 8th to 12th July 2015. In terms of the number of competitors and participants this year has been the biggest so far. The event was organized by Secondary Vocational School Pod Bánošom in Banská Bystrica, which belongs to the most active
- [2014 - Pszczela Wola (Poland)](https://www.icyb.cz/2014-pszczela-wola-poland/) - 5th International Meeting of Young Beekeepers 5th – 8th June 2014 Pszczela Wola - Poland Participating countries: Austria, Belarus, Czech Republic, England, Germany, Israel, Ireland, Kazakhstan, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Moldova, the Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine, Wales. Competition: Day 1: Recognition of five different sorts of honey presented in glass jars with a possibility
- [2012 - Prague (Czech republic)](https://www.icyb.cz/2012-prague-czech-republic/) - 3rd International Meeting of Young Beekeepers July 9 – 12, 2012 | Prague, Czech Republic Participating countries: Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Czech Republic, England, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Liechtenstein, Netherlands, Poland, Scotland, Slovakia, Slovenia and Wales. Competition: Written academic knowledge test Botany test Microscopy Practical bee handling Recognition of different beekeeping tools Recognition of different sorts
- [2010 – Nasavrky (Czech Republic)](https://www.icyb.cz/2010-nasavrky-czech-republic/) - 1st International Meeting of Young Beekeepers June 10 - 13, 2010 | Nasavrky, Czech Republic Participating countries: Austria, Belarus, Czech Republic, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia Competition: Written test Identification of microscopic preparations Identification of apicultural tools Botany Solution of different practical apicultural situations Presentation of a short individual work Winners Individuals: 1st
- [Netherlands](https://www.icyb.cz/countries/netherlands/) - Netherlands Beekeeping in the Netherlands In earlier years in the Netherlands we had 5 different (general) Beekeeping Organizations, which were divided by religion and region. After merger nowadays only 3 of them are left. Separate of this general Beekeeping Organisations we have several smaller organizations which are specialized in bee-races (Carnica, Buckfast, Black Bee =
- [England](https://www.icyb.cz/countries/england/) - England Beekeeping in England In England there are probably about 40,000 beekeepers with nearly all of them being small scale beekeepers (From 1 to around 30 colonies) and many of these beekeepers belong, through a local association, to the British Beekeepers Association (BBKA). Those beekeepers who operate more than about 40 colonies (up to around 3,000) are usually
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