Study Programmes 2016-2017
VCER2075-1  
Partie 2 : Application des principes de gestion apicole à un exemple concret
Duration :
20h Mon. WS, 20h AUTR
Number of credits :
Inter-university certificate in apiculture3
Lecturer :
Coordinator :
Claude Saegerman
Language(s) of instruction :
French language
Organisation and examination :
All year long
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite :
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents :
The content is a case study to be performed (Section 6). It involves the preparation of a practical case study in the field by each student concerning bee health.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit :
After the case-study, students will have acquired:
- knowledge for understanding the role of bees in pollination and biodiversity; - basic, theoretical and practical, knowledge of the honeybee and its conduction as well as the management of the quality and  thesafety of bee products, including regulatory aspects; - methodological know-how to calculate the mortality of bee colonies and to assess risks in beekeeping; - practical skills to handle bee colonies and for  the purpose of the diagnostic research, sampling or experimentation; - knowledge of health and bee pathology; - skils to implement sanitary measures to prevent and control mortality and honeybees - ability to carry a health audit in an apiary.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills :
Doctors of veterinary medicine, bio-engineers and biologists interested in beekeeping or owner of any equivalent degree.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
Study a practical case.
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
Personnal work of the student.
Recommended or required readings :
Assessment methods and criteria :
An assessment of a personal work of each student having followed all modules (beekeeping case study). This case study necessarily requires the completion of practical activities  
Work placement(s) :
Organizational remarks :
Contacts :
Promotor-coordinator and teacher: claude.saegerman@ulg.ac.be
Promotors and teacher: frederic.francis@ulg.ac.be et claude.bragard@uclouvain.be(claude.bragard@uclouvain.be )
Other teachers:
dominique.bonnevie@upv.be
bruneau@cari.be
ycaron@ulg.ac.be
antoine.clinquart@ulg.ac.be
Dirk.deGraaf@UGent.be
jdetilleux@ulg.ac.be
nelagrebi@ulg.ac.be
mmgarigliany@ulg.ac.be
nicolas.gengler@ulg.ac.be
thierry.hance@uclouvain.be
e.haubruge@ulg.ac.be
jlhornick@ulg.ac.be
blosson@ulg.ac.be
bmignon@ulg.ac.be
BK.Nguyen@ulg.ac.be
christian.quinet@arsia.be
bruno.schiffers@ulg.ac.be
mlscippo@ulg.ac.be
etienne.thiry@ulg.ac.be
bruno.urbain@fagg-afmps.be
A.vdplasschen@ulg.ac.be>
fverheggen@ulg.ac.be
wery-danielle@voo.be