American Association of Professional Apiculturists (AAPA) is Now an Affiliated Society Member of Insects

In March 2018, the American Association of Professional Apiculturists (AAPA) chose Insects as its preferred journal and became an affiliated society member of the journal.

The goals of the AAPA focus around three major areas: 1) Promoting communication within and between industry, academia and the beekeeping community; 2) Developing and fostering research on fundamental and applied questions to gain a greater understanding of bee biology in an aim to assist and improve the beekeeping industry; and 3) Create a venue to rapidly share new techniques and current research to advance the field.