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Züchtertagung der GdeB in Berlin

by Matthias Kern

Im Jahr 2025 wagte die Gemeinschaft der europäischen Buckfastimker e.V. (GdeB) neue Wege und veranstaltete die Züchtertagung zum ersten Mal in Berlin. Ebenfalls zum ersten Mal fand im Rahmen der Veranstaltung eine Exkursion statt.

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Imkertage Alpenrhein

by Matthias Kern

Auch in diesem Jahr waren die Imkertage Alpenrhein ein herausragendes Ereignis für Imker und Fachleute aus dem gesamten deutschsprachigen Raum. Die Veranstaltung hebt sich insbesondere durch den praktischen Teil am Freitag hervor, der den Teilnehmern die einzigartige Gelegenheit bietet, erfahrenen Imkerprofis direkt bei der Arbeit an den Bienenvölkern zuzusehen und Frage zu stellen.

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Belegstellenvorstellungen auf der Züchtertagung der GdeB in Berlin

by Matthias Kern

Hier findet ihr die Video Mitschnitte der Belegstellenvorstellungen auf der Züchtertagung der GdeB in Berlin.

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Events

13.06.2025

19:30

11.07.2025

19:30

23.09.2025–27.09.2025

Apimondia

Kopenhagen, Dänemark (Bella Center)

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Die Gemeinschaft der europäischen Buckfastimker

was founded in 1976 by Günter Ries (died 1994) in Kassel. At that time, Buckfast breeding was not appreciated by scientists and beekeeping associations. Hardly anyone professed to keep the Buckfast bee. We owe today's freedom of movement first and foremost to our pioneers, above all Franz Fehrenbach and the founding members of the Kassel association. They all showed courage, commitment and straightforwardness.

Today, the Gemeinschaft der europäischen Buckfastimker (Community of European Buckfast Bee Breeders) sees itself first and foremost as a breeding association and encourages its members to carry out their own breeding work in accordance with Brother Adam's breeding method.

We are therefore fully committed to the further development of beekeeping. A lively exchange of experience at the broadest level is the best guarantee for this, because the honey bee respects neither ideological nor geographical boundaries.
At present, 15 national associations from all over Europe have joined the community. This makes the Gemeinschaft der europäischen Buckfastimker (Community of European Buckfast Bee Breeders) the largest cross-border beekeeping association in Europe!

We are the GdeB

 

The Buckfast Bee

The Buckfast bee from Brother Adam. The origin of the Buckfast bee is a cross from before 1920 between the dark, leather-brown Ligustica and the former English form of the Mellifera...

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The Community

The Community of European Buckfast Beekeepers was founded in 1976 by Günter Ries (died 1994) in Kassel.

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Dates

Here you can see all the important dates relating to the Gemeinschaft der europäischen Buckfastimker (European Buckfast Bee Breeder Association).

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