Hacettepe University Biology Department faculty member and Bee and Bee Products Application and Research Center (HARÜM) Director Prof. Dr. Aslı Özkırım was elected as the President of the Bee Health Scientific Board of the European Beekeeping Federation (EBA https://ebaeurope.eu/). Hacettepe University, which is a leader in many areas in the field of Beekeeping despite not having a Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Agriculture, will chair the decision-making processes and practices regarding the research, projects, legislation and criteria to be prepared in Europe on bee health. Our faculty member will serve as the chairman of the EBA Bee Health Scientific Board, which has 358,962 members from 40 countries, for 4 years. Prof. Dr. Aslı Özkırım has been serving as the Vice President of the Honey Bee Colony Loss Prevention Platform (COLOSS- www.coloss.org), where 2258 scientists from 127 countries are members since 2022.