The M Kampinoska bee line is one of the lines representing the genotype of Central European bees in a relatively pure form and has been protected since the 1970s. In the early 1980s, a conservation breeding area was administratively established for this line, thanks to which it has survived and can represent a valuable source of Central European bee genes. The natural habitat of these bees is the Kampinos Forest, which is why the conservation breeding area of line M Kampinoska is located here.
At present, however, the Kampinoska bee has been virtually completely supplanted by foreign breeds of honey bee, in the importation of which modern beekeepers are competing from various parts of Europe and even the world.
As of today, there are several dozen colonies of relatively pure breeds throughout Poland, which is the subject of morphometric and genetic studies. This means that the Kampinoska bee is on the brink of extinction as a subspecies. There is still a shadow of a chance to save it as a subspecies, so immediate action is needed.
Stowarzyszenie Kampinoska was established to integrate the scientific, beekeeping and social communities in order to work together to protect the Kampinoska bee.
