Bees for Development Journal 120
September 2016
Apimondia ApiBio Organic Beekeeping Symposium Santiago del Estero – Argentina September 2016 This was Apimondia’s 4th Symposium on Organic Beekeeping, and this time held in Argentina. The event consisted of a three day Course on organic honey production, a course on honey quality, and the Symposium with presentation of papers with international speakers. Argentina’s beekeepers harvest 65,000 – 70,000 metric tons of honey, the majority of which is exported. In recent years Argentina’s honey price has declined as volumes of white and light amber honey have appeared on the world market. In recent year Argentina’s honey export to the USA has declined, while export to the European market has increased.
The 5th ApiBio Symposium is planned to take place in Germany in 2018.
The delegation of beekeepers from Peru
Wayra staff discuss their honey trade
Wayra brand organic and fair-trade-certified honey. Wayra market two varieties of honey, multifloral, and the monofloral Atamisqui Capparis atamisque, the only monofloral honey exported from Argentina, in this case to Italy. 6
The Symposium was attended by 300 delegates, mainly from central and south America
