Abstract Submission
Apimondia 2025 - Bee united in Scandinavia!
We are delighted to invite you to submit your abstract for Apimondia 2025. The congress will be of high scientific quality, with presentations and posters of scientific integrity, tailored to a beekeeping audience. The themes for the main symposia are:
Animal welfare from a beekeeping perspective
Quality assured apiary products
Beekeeping in challenging conditions
Bridging research and practice
Please keep a non-scientist audience in mind when preparing your abstract and oral or poster presentation.
- Abstracts can only be submitted online via the online abstract submission system. Abstracts sent by post or email will not be accepted. No exceptions will be made.
- Abstract submission deadline is February 15th, 2025. The evaluation period will begin after this date and no late submission will be accepted.
- Each abstract must be submitted in one of the scientific topics below.
- The submitted abstract will be evaluated by Apimondia 2025 scientific committee members.
- The presenting author of the abstract must register for the congress.
- Each presenting author can submit a maximum of two abstracts.
- If none of the authors can present the abstract during the congress, the abstract should be withdrawn. If not, it will be considered a no-show, and the congress organizing committee will declare this to the institution/association/company of the authors.
Scientific topics
Apitherapy
- Evidence-based apitherapy
- The role of apitherapy in integrative medicine
- Basic research in apitherapy
- Nutritional value of bee products
- Bridging research and practice
Bee biology
- Genetics and conservation
- Nutrition and physiology
- Learning, cognition and behaviour
- Breeding
- Microbiome
- Population modelling
- Bridging research and practice
Bee health
- Breeding for disease /mite resistance.
- Impact of pesticides on bee health
- Microbiota and healthy bees
- Climate change effects on bee health
- Bee pests, parasites and pathogens (including surveillance)
- Invasive species
- Antimicrobial/acaricide resistance (antibiotic-free beekeeping)
- Bridging research and practice
Beekeeping economy
- Challenges for profitability in extreme environments
- Beekeeping entrepreneurship - sales and marketing
- Consumer behaviour
- Bridging research and practice
Rural development
- Beekeeping in sustainable agricultural systems
- Integrating sustainable beekeeping and environmental stewardship
- Beekeeping and forest conservation
- Inclusive beekeeping programs for people with disabilities
- Youth engagement in beekeeping
- Traditional knowledge in beekeeping: lessons from indigenous practices
- Market access and value chain development for honey and other bee products
- Bridging research and practice
Pollination and bee flora
- Crop pollination
- Pollinator-friendly rural landscapes
- Pollinator-friendly cities
- Drivers of pollinator diversity and pollination
- Pollinators in ecological restoration
- Bridging research and practice
Beekeeping technology and quality
- Practical beekeeping technologies
- Exploring AI, sensors and innovative technologies in beekeeping
- Sustainable beekeeping under climate challenges
- Bee product quality, safety and standardization
- Geographical identity of bee products
- Tool development for fraud fight in bee products
- Innovative applications for bee products
- Challenges for bee products and beekeeping equipment in extreme environments
- Products and technologies from non-Apis mellifera
- Bridging research and practice
Abstract submission guidelines
- You may upload your abstract step by step with the online abstract submission system. To be able to upload the abstract you must register using your personal details. All communication about the abstract is with the registered person.
- Please select your preference for an oral or poster presentation. Some of the oral contributions may be evaluated as poster presentations by the scientific committee.
- The seven main scientific topics of Apimondia and subtopics can be found on the congress web page. You must select one of the main topics to start the submission process.
- Abstracts and presentations must be written in English. The maximum length allowed for an abstract is 400 words and the minimum is 250 words. The abstract title, the author(s) and names of institutions are not included in the count of 400 words.
- ORCID ID for all authors is required. It is easy to obtain one here:
https://orcid.org/register - Abstract should be organized in Background/purpose, Problem description, Methodology, Results and conclusion, Practical implications for beekeepers and will be evaluated accordingly.
- Font types are standardized by the system automatically. Different font types are not available.
- The submitted abstract must contain a minimum of four and maximum of seven keywords.
- Abstracts will be printed as submitted; no corrections will be made.
- We kindly ask you to submit your abstract before the due date. There may be problems because of overload in the system on the last day.
- The whole evaluation process can be followed via the online system.
- Guidelines for writing an abstract can also be found here:
https://communities.springernature.com/posts/how-to-write-an-abstract -
Guidelines for preparing presentations and posters will be sent to authors of accepted abstracts.
The evaluation results will be sent to the submitting author’s email address by April 15th, 2025