CON.API.VIT

Conservazione ex situ di colonie di ape italiana (Apis mellifera ligustica Spin.) presso l’apiario dell’Università degli Studi della Tuscia – Azienda Agraria Didattico Sperimentale “N. Lupori”

CON.API.VIT

ABSTRACT

The ex situ collection maintained at the Educational-Experimental Agricultural Farm of the University of Tuscia, is made of a nucleus of colonies of Apis mellifera ligustica Spin. (Italian honey bee, or also Ligurian honey bee). Its legal status is endemism for peninsular Italy and Sardinia (Check List of the Italian Fauna, file 106; (http://www.faunaitalia.it/checklist). Recently, the Lazio Region has approved the Regional Law 14/2021 which places the Ligurian bee at the centre of attention for the conservation and protection of bees. The subspecies A. m. ligustica Spin. is currently registered in the Regional Voluntary Register (RVR), managed by ARSIAL, devoted to maintain track of the autochthonous genetic resources at risk of genetic erosion according to the LR 15/2000 act, “Protection of autochthonous genetic resources of agricultural interest”. Specific instrumental and/or natural fecundation programs in a controlled environment ensure the consistency of the autochthonous genetic heritage of the subspecies subject to ex situ protection. The project also includes the use of precision beekeeping systems, already the subject of other regional projects (S.MA.RT.BEE), useful for the continuous monitoring of the activity of the colonies that are part of the ex situ collection. 

Identification Code: Atto di concessione 10.2.2-ADA LN-RI-08/06/2023-02; CUP F85B23000420009/Grant N. 10.2.2-ADA LN-RI-08/06/2023-02; Project Unique Code F85B23000420009

Total project cost: Euro 49.903,34

Total cost DAFNE: Euro 49.903,34

DAFNE Role: Beneficiario unico/single partner
Scientific Supervisor DAFNE: Prof. Pier Paolo DANIELI

Email: danieli@unitus.it

Start date: 19/6/2023

End date: 18/9/2024

LINK 

https://www.unitus.it/news/avvisi/progetto-con-api-vit/ 

PARTNERSHIP

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Fondo europeo agricolo per lo sviluppo rurale: l’Europa investe nelle zone rurali/ European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development: Europe invests in rural area.

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