Terms of Use
License
The EU pollinator hub metadata collection is shared under the CC BY 4.0 license. 
Owner
The EU Pollinator Hub is a product commissioned by the EuropeanFood Safety Authority (EFSA) (Simon Delso et al. 2025). The EU Pollinator Hub Metadata Collection is formally owned by EFSA, but is managed and developed by the consortium, led by BeeLife - European Beekeeping Coordination, in collaboration with the Apimondia Working Group 15 (Data Standardization of data on bees and beekeeping). The corresponding author of the consortium is:
- Simon Delso Noa | BeeLife - European Beekeeping Coordination, Belgium | simon@bee-life.eu
How to cite the EUPH Controlled Vocabulary
If you refer to the EUPH-CV in whole or in part we would appreciate to be referenced as follows:
Simon Delso N., Otalora S., Sušanj G., Rubinigg M., San Martin G. 2025 The EU Pollinator Hub: Operationalisation of the EU Bee Partnership Platform for Harmonised Data Collection and Sharing Among Stakeholders on Bees and Pollinatorsn. EFSA Supporting Publications 22(1). doi: 10.2903/sp.efsa.2025.EN-9219
If you refer to definitions quoted from external sources, you should of course refer to the original source.
How to cite the EUPH Ontology
If you refer to the EUPH Ontology in whole or in part we would appreciate to be referenced as follows:
Simon Delso N., Otalora S., Sušanj G., Rubinigg M., San Martin G. 2025 The EU Pollinator Hub: Operationalisation of the EU Bee Partnership Platform for Harmonised Data Collection and Sharing Among Stakeholders on Bees and Pollinatorsn. EFSA Supporting Publications 22(1). doi: 10.2903/sp.efsa.2025.EN-9219
How to cite the EUPH Metadata Standard
If you refer to the EUPH-MS in whole or in part we would appreciate to be referenced as follows:
Rubinigg M., Sušanj G., San Martin G., Simon Delso N. 2025 PMS: The data standard of the pollinator community. PP-302. 49th Apimondia Congress, 23-27.09.2025, Copenhagen, Denmark.