Beekeeping in EU. Etienne Bruneau CARI asbl Belgium FNAP s annual fair and seminar -Vila Nova de Cerveira 201/11/2016

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1 Beekeeping in EU Etienne Bruneau CARI asbl Belgium FNAP s annual fair and seminar -Vila Nova de Cerveira 201/11/2016

2 Identity card Beekeeping beekeepers (5% with more than 150 hives) hives (40% - beekeepers with >150 hives) Honey market t honey produced = second in the world (12%) t imported honey = first in the world (33%) Pollination Pollination of crops = 14,2 million (10% of alimentary value) Most wild plant species (80%) are directly dependent on insect pollination

3 Identity card European aid for beekeeping /year Pathology Average number of medicines for bees = 3 (pigs = 426, dogs = 592) EU reference laboratory on bee pathologies Bee decline Average ± 15 % Can be > 40 % f (country, year)

4 Density of beekeepers

5 Evolution of the number of beekeepers BE BG CZ DK DE EE IE EL ES FR HR IT CY LV LT LU HU MT NL AT PL PO RO SI SK FI SE UK

6 Repartition of beehives in EU MS 2013 HR 3.1% AT 2.4% SK UK 1.6% 1.7% Others 6.7% ES 15.7% BG 3.3% CZ 3.4% FR 10.4% PT 3.6% DE 4.5% EL 10.1% HU 6.9% PL 8.2% IT 8.4% RO 9.9%

7 Number of hives/km2

8 Evolution of the number of hives BE BG CZ DK DE EE IE EL ES FR HR IT CY LV LT LU HU MT NL AT PL PO RO SI SK FI SE UK

9 Bee races

10 Share of World Production of Honey in 2013

11 EU Honey Production in 2013 (1 000 T)

12 Honey production (kg)/100km 2 and /hive

13 Alimentary rules General principles of hygiene: Traceability HACCP quality control system Same demand for imported products Registering Control: EC Rapid Alert System

14 Share of Imports of Honey in 2014

15 Member States Share of Imports from Third Countries (in Tons)

16 Member States Imports of Honey from China (in Tons)

17 Adulteration of honey EU wide coordinated control plan Objectives: establish the prevalence on the EU market of: honey mislabelled with regard to its geographical and/or botanical origin Products declared or presented as honey although containing exogenous sugars or sugar products Samples taken by the MS from various points of the production and supply chain (> 2000 for the whole EU) Submitted to a multi-tier testing protocol

18 Other bee products Pollen Spain, Romania Royal Jelly France, Italy, Apilarnil Romania, Slovenia Wax, Bee venom New market to develop

19 Global map of pollination benefits Values are given as US $ /h Spatial and Temporal Trends of Global Pollination BenefitSven Lautenbach, Ralf Seppelt, Juliane Liebscher, Carsten F. Dormann

20 Pollination service capacity in 2010 Breeze TD, Vaissière BE, Bommarco R, Petanidou T, Seraphides N, et al. (2014) Agricultural Policies Exacerbate Honeybee Pollination Service Supply-Demand Mismatches Across Europe. PLoS ONE 9(1): e doi: /journal.pone

21 European aid for bees

22 Millions EUR Budget for beekeeping Used Attributed % used 90% 80% 88% 93% 89% 89% 91%

23 Allocation of the budget Applied Research F 5.01% Restocking of Hives E 15.73% Technical Assistance A 27.66% Analyses of Honey D 3.16% Rationalisation of Transhumance C 18.71% Varroasis Prevention B 29.74%

24 Varroa destructor Identity card

25 American foulbrood Identity card

26 Vespa velutina Invasive species

27 Aethina tumida

28 EPILOBEE study on colony mortality

29 EPILOBEE study on colony mortality

30 EPILOBEE study on colony mortality

31 EPILOBEE study on colony mortality

32 Main threats for beekeepers 1. Use of pesticides and chemicals toxic for bees 2. Monocropping and its relation to biodiversity loss, 3. Increased production costs Loss of bee colonies and necessity to have more non productive colonies Destructured market with adulterated honey Labelling and the inability to trace the geographic origin of honey, 4. Pathogens that put huge pressure on the bee hives 5. Climate 6.Lack of technical platforms. 7. Arrival of Aethina tumida and development of Vespa velutina

33 Future actions Change of agricultural practices Less pesticides Less toxic pesticides with good accreditation tests More diversity in the crops and crops more adapted for pollinators Clean the market of adulterated products, system of traceability, correct labeling Diversification and better valorization of bee products (use in nutrition, in apitherapy ) Put in place new tools that could provide beekeepers with guidance and up-todate information on the best current practices and on the evolution of: Market Sanitary conditions Impact of climate on the beekeeping practices

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