Apicultores do Centro

Founded in 1989, Apicultores do Centro is a non-governmental organisation based in Tomar, Portugal working on nature & wildlife conservation, environment & climate, animal welfare.

Apicultores do Centro (Associação de Apicultores do Centro de Portugal) is a non-governmental, non-profit association founded in 1989 to support beekeepers in the central region of Portugal. Based in Tomar, it co-founded the Federação Nacional de Apicultura and has around 350 members. Its work includes technical support and consultancy, training, registration of beekeepers and their apiaries, liaison with regulatory bodies, and sanitary control of apiaries in collaboration with a veterinary research laboratory to prevent and treat bee diseases. It also runs public awareness activities on the importance of bees and pollinating insects, including info sessions, film screenings and product showcases, and sells beekeeping materials and its own-brand products from its shop and apiary in Tomar.