Workshop

The 14th EU RL Annual Workshop

The 14th annual workshop will be held at ANSES Sophia Antipolis (France) on...
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Next EURL annual workshop in October 2024

The 14th annual workshop will be held at ANSES Sophia Antipolis (France) on...
News

Comparative laboratory test on identification of Tropilaelaps spp. by Morphological Examination coming soon

Aims: To evaluate the conformity of the results obtained by the European...
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The NRL network met in person for the 13th EU RL annual workshop

The EU RL for Bee Health held its 13th annual workshop on 10th October 2023...

Welcome to the website of the EU RL for Bee Health!

ANSES was officially appointed as European Union Reference Laboratory (EU RL) for Bee Health by publication in the European Union Official Journal dated from 2nd. February 2011. The mandate took effect on 1st. April 2011.

The reference activities of the EU RL are defined by the Animal Health Law (Regulation (EU) 2016/429) and consequently cover bacterial (American foulbrood) and parasitic (infestation with the small hive beetle, Tropilaelaps spp. and Varroa spp. (varroosis)).

This website presents the responsibilities and tasks of the EU RL and the news and activities conducted by the EU RL and the EU National Reference Laboratory (NRL) network.