Bee Products, Pesticide Risks and Reference Laboratory

Bee Products, Pesticide Risks and Reference Laboratory

The activities of Agroscope's Centre for Bee Research in the Bee Products sector serve to support beekeeping practice in various bee-product-related issues such as the production of honey, wax, pollen, royal jelly and propolis. The project ‘Bee-Product Quality, Risks of Plant-Protection Products for Bees, and National Reference Laboratory for Bee Diseases' therefore pursues the following aims:

  • Maintaining, and where possible increasing, the quality of bee products so as to be able to offer high-quality products to consumers.
  • Scientifically based assessment of the bee-compatibility of plant-protection products as part of the authorisation of PPP's.
  • Since spring 2013, Agroscope's Centre for Bee Research has also been the Swiss Reference Laboratory for Bee Diseases.

Project Information

Project Title:
Quality of Bee Products, Impact of Pesticides on Bees and National Reference Laboratory for Epizootic Bee Diseases