Journal of Apicultural Science

Editor-in-Chief
Zbigniew Kołtowski, PhD, Associate Professor
National Institute of Horticultural Research, Skierniewice, Apiculture Division in Puławy, Poland;
email: zbigniew.koltowski@inhort.pl

Vice Editor-in-Chief
Andrzej Oleksa, PhD, Associate Professor
Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz, Department of Genetics, Poland; e-mail: olek@ukw.edu.pl,
andrzej.oleksa@gmail.com

Statistical Editor
Robert Maciorowski, PhD, Associate Professor
National Institute of Horticultural Research, Skierniewice, Poland; e-mail:
robert.maciorowski@inhort.pl
Technical Editors
Beata Panasiuk, PhD
National Institute of Horticultural Research, Skierniewice, Apiculture Division in Puławy, Poland; e
mail: jas@inhort.pl, beata.panasiuk@inhort.pl
Sławomir Machaj
National Institute of Horticultural Research, Skierniewice, Poland; e-mail: slawomir.machaj@inhort.pl

Section Editors:
Bee Biology:
Adam Tofilski, PhD, Associate Professor
University of Agriculture in Krakow, Department of Zoology and Animal Welfare, Poland; email:
rotofils@cyf-kr.edu.pl
Grzegorz Borsuk, Professor
University of Life Sciences in Lublin, Faculty of Animal Sciences and Bioeconomy, Institute of
Biological Basis of Animal Production, Sub-Department of Apidology, Lublin, Poland; email:
grzegorz.borsuk@up.lublin.pl

Bee Genetics:
Andrzej Oleksa, PhD, Associate Professor
Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz, Department of Genetics, Poland; e-mail: olek@ukw.edu.pl
Beata Horecka, PhD, Assistant Professor
University of Life Sciences in Lublin, Faculty of Animal Sciences and Bioeconomy, Institute of
Biological Basis of Animal Production, Sub-department of General and Molecular Genetics, Poland; e
mail: beata.horecka@up.lublin.pl

Bee Breeding:
Małgorzata Bieńkowska, PhD, Associate Professor
National Institute of Horticultural Research, Skierniewice, Apiculture Division in Puławy, Poland; e
mail: malgorzata.bienkowska@inhort.pl
Krzysztof Olszewski, PhD, Associate Professor
University of Life Sciences in Lublin, Faculty of Animal Sciences and Bioeconomy, Institute of
Biological Basis of Animal Production, Sub-Department of Apidology, Lublin, Poland; email:
krzysztof.olszewski@up.lublin.pl

Pathology and Toxicology:
Paweł Chorbiński, Professor
Department of Epizootiology and Clinic of Birds and Exotic Animals, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine,
Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Wrocław, Poland; e-mail:
pawel.chorbinski@upwr.edu.pl
Maria Michalczyk,PhD, DVM, Assistant Professor
University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Department of Parasitology and Invasive Diseases,
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Olsztyn, Poland; e-mail: maria.michalczyk@uwm.edu.pl

Pollination and Bee Botany:
Zbigniew Kołtowski, PhD, Associate Professor
National Institute of Horticultural Research, Skierniewice, Apiculture Division in Puławy, Poland;
email: zbigniew.koltowski@inhort.pl
Marzena Masierowska, PhD, Associate Professor
University of Life Sciences in Lublin, Department of Botany and Plant Physiology, Sub-department of
Plant Biology, Poland; e-mail: marzena.masierowska@up.lublin.pl; mlm25@up.lublin.pl

Bee Products:
Sławomir Bakier, Professor
Białystok University of Technology, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Environmental Sciences, Institute
of Forest Sciences, Poland; e-mail: s.bakier@pb.edu.pl
Małgorzata J. Dżugan, Professor
University of Rzeszow, Department of Chemistry and Food Toxicology, Institute of Food Technology
and Nutrition, College of Natural Sciences, Poland; e-mail: mdzugan@ur.edu.pl
Izabela Jasicka-Misiak, PhD, Associate Professor
University of Opole, Department of Pharmacy and Ecological Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, Poland
e-mail: izabela.jasicka@uni.opole.pl

Apitherapy:
Paulina Niedźwiedzka-Rystwej, Doctor
Experimental Immunology and Immunobiology of Infectious and Cancerous Diseases Team - IMMUNO, University of Szczecin, Poland; e-mail: paulina.niedzwiedzka-rystwej@usz.edu.pl
Mirosław Szczepański, Doctor
Department of Otolaryngology, Centre of Postgraduate Medical Education, Warsaw, Poland; e-mail: mirski1975@gmail.com

Management, Technologies, and Economy:
Jerzy Wilde, Professor
Warmia and Mazury University in Olsztyn, Department of Poultry Science and Apiculture, Faculty of
Animal Bioengineering, Poland; e-mail: jerzy.wilde@uwm.edu.pl
Krystyna Czekońska, PhD, Associate Professor
University of Agriculture in Krakow, Department of Zoology and Animal Welfare, Faculty of Animal
Science; e-mail: krystyna.czekonska@urk.edu.pl

Solitary Bees and Bumblebees:
Tadeusz Pawlikowski, PhD, Associate Professor, emeryt.
Copernicus University, Toruń, Poland e-mail: pawlik@biol.uni.torun.pl; pawlik@umk.pl
Waldemar Celary, PhD, Associate Professor
Jan Kochanowski University, Institute of Biology, Faculty of Exact and Natural Sciences, Kielce, Poland
e-mail: waldemar.celary@ujk.edu.pl
Karol Giejdasz, PhD, Associate Professor
Poznań University of Life Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science, Department
of Zoology, Laboratory of Apidology, Poland; e-mail: karol.giejdasz@up.poznan.pl

Advisory Board
Kaspar Bienefeld (Germany)
Sarah Alexandra Corbet (England)
Cecilia Costa (Italy)
Maria da Graça Campos (Portugal)
Dan Eisikowitch (Israel)
Halit Vasfi Gençer (Turkey)
Krzysztof Grzywnowicz (Poland)
Ernesto Guzman (Canada)
Fani Hatjina (Greece)
Per Kryger (Denmark)
Algirdas Skirkevičus (Lithuania)
Andreas Thrasyvoulou (Greece)
Werner von der Ohe (Germany)
Michał Woyciechowski (Poland)
Krystyna Żółtowska (Poland)

Contact
The National Institute of Horticultural Research,
Apiculture Division,
Kazimierska 2A Str.
24-100 Puławy, POLAND.
Phone: 48 81 886 42 08
Fax: 48 81 886 42 09

Beata Panasiuk,
e-mail: jas@inhort.pl

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