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APICENTAR doo for breeding, reproduction of honey bee queens and sales of beekeeping supplies
ESTABLISHED	September 1995.
FOUNDERS	“Aquatus” and Prof. Dr. Jovan Kulinčević
REGISTRATION	BD23974 and 80755/2005.
LICENCE	Government of Serbia , Ministry of Agriculture No. 361-13-84/2005-04
OFFICIAL SEAT	Vojvode Stepe 57, Belgrade
PHONE/FAX	+381 11/3974540
CONTACT PERSON	Mirko Milošević
MAIN ACTIVITY	Breeding, honey bee queen rearing and sales to domestic and foreign bee keepers.
DIRECTOR	Dipl.eng. Predrag Stojanović
COWORKER	Dipl. eng. Dražen Delić
BUSINESS ADMINISTRATOR	Mirko Milošević
COOPERATIVE BEEKEPERS (SELECTED QUEENS REPRODUCTION):	• Mileta Marković: 250 honey bee colonies and 1200 nuclei • Mile Todorović: 200 honey bee colonies and 400 nuclei • Milutin Petrović: 120 honey bee colonies and 200 nuclei • Petar Mraković: 100 honey bee colonies and 250 nuclei
COOWNER AND BREEDING LEADER	Prof.Dr. Jovan Kulinčević
RACE OF HONEY BEES IN BREEDING	Serbian eco types Apis mellifera var. carnica (Carnolian honey bees).
ENGAGED IN BREEDING	Since 1982.
BREEDING APIARY	90 honey bee colonies
REPRODUCTION APIARIES	150 honey bee colonies
MATING NUCS	1100 units
EQUIPMENT	Apicentar is equipped with all the necessary tools for practical and research work in beekeeping.
BREEDING METHODS	Open line breeding with 8 lines. In each year 4 lines are in the first year of selection and another 4 lines are in the second year.
PERFORMANCE TESTS	In the time of performance testing all breading lines are located in the same apiary. We undertake 2 inspections during spring time and one in the fall. We register amount of bees, brood, honey, pollen, quality of brood, and temperament of worker honey bees. Eventual symptoms of chalk brood or some other disorders are also recorded. After fall treatments varroa mites are counted. Over wintering ability is fallowed and in February dead bees from bottom boards for nosema examination are sampled.
HONEY PRODUCTIVITY TESTS	In the time of black locust bloom honey bee colonies are weighed twice in three days and differences in honey gains are counted as a complete productivity.
PROGENY TESTS	All the honey bee queens from the breeding program are progeny tested and according the results mother queens for the next generation of selection and those for mass production of commercial queens are chosen. “Apicentar” and five cooperative queen breeders are reproducing new queens exclusively from the given mothers. Yearly reproduction capacity is cca ten thousands mated egglying queens.
PACKAGING AND DELIVERY OF QUEENS	Mated and egglying honey bee queen is marked and put with six worker bees into Benton's wooden cages supplied by label containing serial number and the data of origin. There is some sugar candy in a part of case.
NUMBER OF HONEY BEE QUEENS REPRODUCED DURING THE LAST TEN YERS AND IN 2008.	“Apicentar” is the largest producer of selected honey bee queens in Serbia and our capacity exceeds ten thousands mates honey bee queens destined for domestic beekeeping, as well as export to other countries. During the last ten years the entire reproduction has been cca 90.000. From that number 6.300 are exported to Jordan .
BREEDING SUPPORTS	“Apicentar's” breeding program is subsidized in part by Serbian government. However, most expenses are covered by our own honey bee queens sales and some other services.
AMERICAN-YUGOSLAVIAN COOPERATIV RESEARCH VARROA TOLERANCE PROJECT	Prof. Dr. Jovan Kulinčević and Dr. Thomas Rinderer From 1984.-1989. for the first time was established the variation tolerance against varroa destructor in honey bees and ARS-Y-C-1 line was introduced to USA in 1991. from 1993. is being reproduced commercialy for their beekeepers.
Prof. Dr. Jovan Kulinčević Born 1928. in Radjevo selo Valjevo-Serbia
Education, Research and Empoyment	a) 1947.-1952. Diploma eng. agr. Faculty of Agriculture, University of Belgrade, Yugoslavia. b) 1954.-1961. Director, Honeybee Experimetal Station Decani, Institute of Agriculture Pec, Yugoslavia. c) 1961.-1963. Research Associate for beekeeping, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Belgrade , Yugoslavia . d) 1963.-1967. Graduated and doctoral studies, Institute für Bienen Kunde, Friedrich Wilhelem Univerzity Bonn, West Germany . Doctoral thesis: Die Phenoanalyse der Abdominal Tergite von Drohnen verschiedener geographischer Rasen der Honigbiene (Apis mellifera L.) und ihrer Kreuzungen. e) 1967.-1971. After doctoral studies, Breeding and diseases of honey bees. Ohio State University, Faculty of Biology, Columbus, Ohio, USA. f) 1972.-1975. Research associate, Honey Bee Laboratory. Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA. g) 1976.-1981. Visiting Associate Professor OSU, Columbus, Ohio, USA . h) 1981.-1987. Research counselor, Beekeeping Combine, Belgrade, Yugoslavia. i) 1982.-1984. Associate Professor, Graduate Studies, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Belgrade, Yugoslavia and after 1984. Full professor at the same University. j) 1984. Full professor at the same University. k) 1987.-1996. Research counselor INI “Agroekonomik” Belgrade, Yugoslavia. l) 1996.-2002. Director and co-owner of “Apicentar” doo Belgrade . ) 2002 .- Counselor and co-owner of “Apicentar” doo Belgrade, Serbia.