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Good beekeeping practices for sustainable apiculture

Year of publication 2021

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 267 p.

Author FAO, Apimondia, CAAS, IZSLT

Publisher FAO, IZSLT, Apimondia and CAAS ;

Product type Book (series)

ISBN 978-92-5-134612-9

Series title FAO Animal Production and Health Guidelines

Series number No. 25

Synopsis (short abstract) Bees provide a critical link in the maintenance of ecosystems, pollination. They play a major role in maintaining biodiversity, ensuring the survival of many plants, enhancing forest regeneration, providing sustainability and adaptation to climate change and improving the quality and quantity of agricultural production systems. In fact, close to 75 percent of the world’s crops that produce fruits and seeds for human consumption depend, at least in part, on pollinators for sustained production, yield and quality. Beekeeping, also called apiculture, refers to all activities concerned with the practical management of social bee species. These guidelines aim to provide useful information and suggestions for a sustainable management of bees around the world, which can then be applied to project development and implementation.

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FAO, IZSLT, Apimondia and CAAS. 2021. Good beekeeping practices for sustainable apiculture. FAO Animal Production and Health Guidelines No. 25. Rome. 

https://doi.org/10.4060/cb5353en

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