The bee research institutes

• Lower Saxony State Office for Consumer Protection and Food Safety (LAVES), Institute for Apiculture (Celle, Niedersachsen),
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• Apicultural State Institute, University of Hohenheim (Baden-Württemberg),
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• Institute for Bee Research Hohen Neuendorf (Brandenburg, Sachsen, Sachsen-Anhalt, Thüringen),
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• Landesbetrieb Landwirtschaft Hessen, Bieneninstitut Kirchhain (Hessen),
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• Institute for Biology, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (Halle/Saale, Sachsen-Anhalt)
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• Dienstleistungszentrum ländlicher Raum Westerwald-Osteifel, Fachzentrum Bienen und Imkerei (Mayen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Nordrhein-Westfalen) and
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• Bavarian state Institute for Viticulture and Horticulture, Department of honeybee research and beekeeping (Veitshöchheim, Bayern)
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oversee approximately 120 beekeeping establishments within their respective federal states.