The grand opening of the XXII Congress was held at the State Kremlin Palace on September 9, 2018. The official part was held in the format of a panel discussion on the topic "Bee is the main ecologist of the planet", which was attended by the leader of the Communist Party G. A. Zyuganov, Deputy Minister of Agriculture of the Russian Federation I. V. Lebedev, Chairman of the Committee on Agrarian Issues of the State Duma of the Russian Federation V. I. Kashin.
According to Vladimir Kashin, Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Agrarian Issues, beekeeping in Russia will receive support at the state level, as it happens in many countries around the world. Beekeepers of Russia, and together with them, all Russians who are concerned about the state of the environment in general, want to believe that this will happen in the very near future, because now serious problems in the life of bees on our planet are being discussed at the state level in many countries of the world, without which a correct and balanced food policy of any country possible.