Algeria

The University of Boumerdes is made up of 6 faculties and more than 20 departments in the various fields of research and technological development. It is one of the largest universities in Algeria which trains masters and doctors in various fields. The Department of Agronomy is a part of the university which is interested in teaching and agricultural research and development. Animal production and more particularly beekeeping occupies an important place with a research laboratory and breeding stations.

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The Agronomy department of the University of Boumerdes has several laboratories and is very interested in beekeeping research. It has collaborations and agreements with several beekeeping associations and cooperatives. Several research works are carried out within the framework of the supervision of master’s and doctoral students with research beekeepers. We are interested in the biology of the bee, the conservation and the determination of the genetics of the local honey bee, bee pathologies. Each year, the department produces several publications in the beekeeping field.