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As part of the project MEDIBEES, Dr Gian Luigi Marcazzan a world expert on honey quality will be in Malta to deliver a talk on Friday 18 October 2024 from 17:00 till 19:00. During his talk, Dr Marcazzan will be using his experience as a researcher and a professional honey taster to explain the main causes of honey defects (crystallisation, odours, flavours etc) and how to recognise a quality honey. This interesting seminar which is open to all interested individuals will be in English and will be held at the University of Malta, Msida (New Lecture room BM402, Fourth Floor, Biomedical Science Building, Car Park 3). After the talk there will be an opportunity to speak to Dr Marcazzan.

Dr Gian Luigi Marcazzan is a researcher and technical manager for honey quality control by chemical and sensory analysis based at the Council for Agricultural Research and Economics (CREA) in Bologna, Italy. He is the leader of the Honey Sensory group within the International Honey Commission and President of the Italian Register of Experts in the Sensory Analysis of Honey with more than 25 years of experience as a professional honey taster. From 2008, Gian Luigi has worked as a panel leader for the international honey competition BioMiel. Gian Luigi has published extensively about the composition of royal jelly and propolis. He is also a beekeeper and breeds bees for the production of swarms and honey.

MEDIBEES is an EU PRIMA project that focuses on studying the different genetic backgrounds of the Mediterranean honey bee subspecies, with the aim of identifying subspecies that are most resistant to climate change. A primary aim of this project is the valorisation of honey and beekeeping by-products. MEDIBEES includes 9 partners from 8 Mediterranean countries (Algeria, Italy, Jordan, Lebanon, Malta, Portugal, Spain, and Turkey), covering 10 local subspecies of A. mellifera including the Maltese honey bee Apis mellifera ruttneri.