Organisers of a fair about beekeeping have drawn a positive review as the event in southwestern Germany welcomed significantly more visitors than in the previous year.
Around 7,000 people attended the Eurobee 2023 in Friedrichshafen, a city at Lake Constance, Baden-Württemberg. This is a year-on-year increase of 2,000 visitors.
Around 7,000 people attended the Eurobee 2023 in Friedrichshafen, a city at Lake Constance, Baden-Wrttemberg, Germany, around 2,000 more than in the previous year. China is the leading producer of honey in the world, followed by the European Union’s 27 member states. (German Professional and Commercial Beekeepers Association/Janine Fritsch, NewsX/Bee)
Organiser Meinrad Leiter from the German Union of Professional Beekeepers said: “We had more to offer this time as 138 exhibitors presented their products. Interesting firms attract more visitors.”
Apiculture businesspeople from countries such as the Netherlands, France, Slovenia and Pakistan participated in the Eurobee 2023, Leiter added.
After being cancelled due to the COVID-19 lockdown in 2020, Eurobee was relocated from a venue in Donaueschingen to the Friedrichshafen fairground in the following year.
The fair does not just have a commercial focus. The event team also organises lectures and workshops regarding topics such as parasites and global warming.
Highly frequented: Honey brought in was analyzed in the mobile honey laboratory. Organisers of a fair about beekeeping have drawn a positive review as the event in southwestern Germany welcomed significantly more visitors than in the previous year. (German Professional and Commercial Beekeepers Association/Janine Fritsch, NewsX/Bee)
More than honey: Beekeepers produce an incredible number of products from and with honey. Organisers of a fair about beekeeping have drawn a positive review as the event in southwestern Germany welcomed significantly more visitors than in the previous year. (German Professional and Commercial Beekeepers Association/Janine Fritsch, NewsX/Bee)
This year’s edition of the three-day event will take place in Friedrichshafen from the 8th of November.
China is the leading producer of honey in the world, followed by the European Union’s 27 member states.
The EU-27 beekeeping ranking is topped by Spain, Romania and Greece. Germany is in 8th place as far as the number of honeybee hives is concerned.
DBIB Vice President Bernhard Heuvel in an interview: The difficult situation of professional beekeepers is receiving more and more attention. (German Professional and Commercial Beekeepers Association/Janine Fritsch, NewsX/Bee)
Exhibitor Stefan Krumm takes stock on Sunday: lots of visitors and a great atmosphere, undated. Around 7,000 people attended the Eurobee 2023 in Friedrichshafen, a city at Lake Constance. Baden-Wrttemberg, Germany around 2,000 more than in the previous year. (German Professional and Commercial Beekeepers Association/Janine Fritsch, NewsX/Bee)
