Apimondia or International Federation of Beekeepers' Associations promotes scientific, ecological

Ecology

Ecology is the scientific study of the relations that living organisms have with respect to each other and their natural environment. Variables of interest to ecologists include the composition, distribution, amount , number, and changing states of organisms within and among ecosystems...

, social and economic

Economy

An economy consists of the economic system of a country or other area; the labor, capital and land resources; and the manufacturing, trade, distribution, and consumption of goods and services of that area...

 apicultural development in all countries and the cooperation of beekeeper

Beekeeper

A beekeeper is a person who keeps honey bees for the purposes of securing commodities such as honey, beeswax, pollen, royal jelly; pollinating fruits and vegetables; raising queens and bees for sale to other farmers; and/or for purposes satisfying natural scientific curiosity...

s` associations, scientific bodies and of individuals involved in apiculture worldwide.

The federation issues a journal, Apiacta. The 2003 and 2004 issues are available online free of charge.

Since 1897, every other year Apimondia organizes beerepers' congresses, hosted by different countries.