The Institute intends to define guidelines and methods for protecting health in the country’s beekeeping industry.

In particular, it pursues the following lines of research and experimentation:

- Development of methods to combat varroasis, essentially based on the use of acaricides of natural origin;
- Evaluation of prophylactic strategies against American foulbrood, based on the use of antimicrobial substances of natural origin and methods of prevention;
- Testing for residues of pharmacological substances in beehive products;
- Study of Varroa resistance to acaricides;
- Study of parasite tolerance mechanisms in bees for selection purposes;
- Monitoring of disease spread across Italian territory.