SICAMM

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SICAMM
purpose Conservation, protection and breeding of the native dark bee (Apis mellifera mellifera)
Chair: Vacant (President)

Per Thunman, Sweden (Vice President)

Establishment date: 1995
Number of members: 18 member countries
Seat : vacant
Website: www.sicamm.org

The International Association for the Protection of the European Dark Bee SICAMM aims to maintain, protect and breed all existing ecotypes and geographical variants of the indigenous dark bee ( Apis mellifera mellifera ), which has become rare . Today the SICAMM Mellifera organizations from 18 European countries belong .

Native honeybees that have become rare

The wide, black abdomen with the narrow felt bandages and the blunt end is typical of the dark bee (Apis mellifera mellifera).

The dark bee ( Apis mellifera mellifera ) is a naturally occurring subspecies of the western honey bee ( Apis mellifera ). It is the only originally indigenous honey bee on the entire north side of the Alps and historically the archetype of all honey bees. From 1850 onwards it was crossed by the importation of Carnica and Ligustica bees and from 1950 onwards, with few exceptions, it was displaced from its original range on the entire north side of the Alps.

history

The International Association for the Protection of the European Dark Bee (SICAMM) was founded in 1995. The abbreviation SICAMM originated from the Latin name Societas Internationalis pro Conservatione Apis melliferae melliferae .

tasks

The goals of SICAMM to protect the mellifera are:

  • The task of the SICAMM is the preservation, protection and breeding of all existing ecotypes and geographical variants of the Apis mellifera mellifera.
  • SICAMM informs the general public and associated groups, associations and institutions about the Apis mellifera mellifera. The SICAMM experts are an effective lobby for the Apis mellifera mellifera in national and international research and politics.
  • The SICAMM promotes international cooperation between beekeepers, scientists, associations and institutions that deal with the conservation, protection and breeding of the dark European bee (Apis mellifera mellifera).
  • The SICAMM supports regional, national and international projects of associated groups, associations or institutions for the conservation, protection and breeding of Apis mellifera mellifera.
  • SICAMM supports projects to reintroduce Apis mellifera mellifera to areas that have lost their native bees. SICAMM prefers the reintroduction of ecotypes and geographical variants of the native dark European bee that are biologically closest to the original honey bees in these areas.

Member countries

Today the SICAMM Mellifera organizations from 18 European countries belong to:

  • Ireland
  • United Kingdom
  • Netherlands
  • Belgium
  • France
  • Germany
  • Switzerland ( mellifera.ch )
  • Austria
  • Czech Republic
  • Poland
  • Malta
  • Norway
  • Sweden
  • Finland
  • Denmark
  • Latvia
  • Lithuania
  • Russia

SICAMM conferences

One of the most important activities of SICAMM are the SICAMM conferences that take place every two years in changing member countries:

  • 1995 Flekkefjord, Norway
  • 1997 Lake in the Paznaun Valley, Austria
  • 1998 York, England
  • 2000 Dalsland, Sweden
  • 2002 Wierzba, Poland
  • 2004 Læsø, Denmark
  • 2006 Versailles, France
  • 2008 Moscow, Russia
  • 2009 Aviemore, Scotland
  • 2012 Landquart, Switzerland ("Proceedings and Reports")
  • 2014 Llangollen, Wales
  • 2016 Lunteren, Netherlands
  • 2018 Mustiala, Finland

Individual evidence

  1. ^ SICAMM website: Foundation. In: SICAMM website. Retrieved March 12, 2017 .
  2. ↑ Ruttner, Friedrich: Natural history of honey bees. Franckh Kosmos Publishing House. 1992, p. 39
  3. ^ SICAMM was founded in 1995 In: sicamm.org
  4. ↑ Vollmer, Jürg: SICAMM - International Association for the Protection of Dark Bees. In: mellifera.ch, March 11, 2017
  5. ↑ mellifera.ch: Proceedings and Reports. In: mellifera.ch magazine. February 2014 (PDF; 3.2MB).

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