A review of methods used in some European countries for assessing the quality of honey bee queens through their physical characters and the performance of their colonies

Revisión de los métodos usados en algunos países europeos para la evaluación de la calidad de las abejas reinas a través de sus caracteres físicos y el desarrollo de sus colonias

Fani HatjinaHellenic Institute of Apiculture, Hellenic Agricultural Organisation ‘DEMETER’, Nea Moudania, Greece.Correspondence[email protected]

Malgorzata BieńkowskaResearch Institute of Horticulture, Apiculture Division in Puławy, Poland.

Leonidas CharistosHellenic Institute of Apiculture, Hellenic Agricultural Organisation ‘DEMETER’, Nea Moudania, Greece.

Robert ChleboSlovak University of Agriculture in Nitra, Slovakia.

Cecilia CostaAgricultural Research Council, Honey bee and Silkworm Research Unit, Bologna, Italy.

Marica M DražićCroatian Agricultural Agency, Zagreb, Croatia.

Janja FilipiThe University of Applied Sciences Marko Marulic in Knin, Croatia.

Aleš GregorcAgricultural Institute of Slovenia, Ljubljana, Slovenia.

Evgeniya N IvanovaUniversity of Plovdiv Paisii Hilendarski, Faculty of Biology, Bulgaria.

Nikola KezićFaculty of AgricultureUniversity of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia.

Jan KopernickyInstitute of Apiculture, Liptovsky Hradok, Slovakia.

Per KrygerInstitute of Agroecology, Århus University, Denmark.

Marco LodesaniAgricultural Research Council, Honey bee and Silkworm Research Unit, Bologna, Italy.

Vesna LokarAgricultural Institute of Slovenia, Ljubljana, Slovenia.

Mica MladenovicFaculty of AgricultureUniversity of Belgrade, Beograd, Serbia.

Beata PanasiukResearch Institute of Horticulture, Apiculture Division in Puławy, Poland.

Plamen P PetrovAgricultural University, Plovdiv, Bulgaria.

Slađan RašicFaculty of AgricultureUniversity of Belgrade, Beograd, Serbia.

Maja I Smodis SkerlAgricultural Institute of Slovenia, Ljubljana, Slovenia.

Flemming VejsnæsDanish Beekeepers Association, Sorø, Denmark.

Jerzy WildeApiculture DivisionUniversity of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Olsztyn, Poland.