Manager
Dr. Dariusz Gerula, DSc, prof. IO
Tel. + 48 81 888 21 94
e-mail: Dariusz.Gerula@inhort.pl
Deputy plant manager
Mikolaj Borański, M.A.
Tel. + 48 81 886 34 95
e-mail: Mikolaj.Boranski@inhort.pl
SCOPE OF RESEARCH CONDUCTED
- Selection of bees taking into account disease resistance mechanisms.
- Methods of rearing and insemination of queen bees.
- Subspecies identification of honey bees.
- Phenological conditions of bee family development.
- Beekeeping value of useful plants.
- Assessment of biodiversity and improvement of bee yields.
- Study of the importance of honeybees and other bee insects in the pollination of entomophilous crop plants.
- Breeding and use of wild bees for pollination of crop plants.
- Adaptation of apiary technologies to changing climatic and nectar conditions.
- Integrated methods for reducing the invasion of the Varroa destructor parasite
- Evaluation of the effectiveness of varroa mites registered in Poland.
- Testing of starch syrups used for winter feeding of bees and assessment of their suitability for beekeeping.
- Monitoring and forecasting the economic conditions of the beekeeping sector in Poland.
Researchers
- Dr. Hab. Małgorzata Bieńkowska, prof. IO
- Dr. Dariusz Gerula, DSc, prof. IO
- dr hab. Zbigniew Kołtowski, prof.IO
- Dr. Beata Panasiuk
- Dr. Piotr Semkiw
- Dr. Aleksandra Splitt
- Dr. Jacek Jachuła
- M.Sc. Eng. Paweł Węgrzynowicz
Engineering and technical workers
Technical staff
- Tomasz Białek
- Richard Jemiola
- Ewa Kołtowska
- Cezary Kustra
- Ewa Skwarek
BEE PRODUCT QUALITY TESTING LABORATORY
Manager
Dr. Habil. Teresa Szczęsna, prof. IO
tel.: +48 81 886 21 64, 603 183 166
E-MAIL: Teresa.Szczesna@inhort.pl
Research and technical staff
- Dr. Alicja Sęk
- Dr. Katarzyna Jaśkiewicz
- Dr. Katarzyna Tyśkiewicz
Engineering and technical workers
- Marcin Gruba, M.A.
- Katarzyna Kusyk, M.A.
- Sarah Olszak, M.A.
- Aneta Rubach (Porębska) M.Sc. Eng.
- M.Sc. Eng. Monika Witek
- Julia Padarz, lic.
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