It does this in a number of ways. This contains advertisements for beekeeping related items as well as articles on beekeeping techniques. It completed 36 years of service in that month and had a membership of 50,000 beekeepers. Only a few thousand in the United States are members of national associations. The FAI keeps its membership not only by publishing a journal, but also by providing several other services.
Beekeepers can receive liability insurance through the organization.
In addition, the FAI provides its members with a special seal of quality that can be affixed to their products, as well as a multi-colored carboard package which has the seal and guarantee of quality on it. The organization also sells some forty publications of interest to beekeepers. These include books on honey and other bee products, beekeeping practices, history of beekeeping, and instrumental insemination. Finally, the FAI represents beekeepers and promotes their interests by attending legislative sessions. Dr. Cannamela recently went before the Italian general assembly to discuss beekeepers problems from marketing to pesticide poisoning.