Marian Jelinski

Marian Jeliński (kashubian: Marión Jelińsczi) was born in Siemirowice (kashubian: Szëmrejce), in 1949. Jeliński is a recognized authority in bee diseases and an active member of the Kashubian community. He is involved in a gamut of activities focusing on the preservation of the Kashubian language and culture. Dr. Jeliński is also known for his support of Kashubian Embroidery and building bridges between Kashubian communities in Poland and Canada. He and his wife Alicja have two sons and currently live in Żukowo, near Gdańsk, Poland.

In 1968, Jeliński enrolled at the Agricultural and Technical University of Olsztyn, to study veterinary medicine, broadening his prospective at the "Tierärztliche Hochschule" of Hannover, Germany. In 1974, he completed his graduate studies and became a veterinarian, accepting employment from the National Veterinary Research Institute at the Department of Diseases of Useful Insects in Swarzędz, near Poznań.

In 1978, Marian received a scholarship to study at the Free University of (West) Berlin. During the three months he spent there, Jeliński demonstrated how a strain of Bacillus possesses mycolytic properties against Ascosphaera mycelia.

In 1980, Jeliński defended his Ph.D. in Veterinary Sciences at the National Veterinary Research Institute of Puławy, Poland. His dissertation contributed to a greater understanding of the biochemical activities of Paenibacillus larvae subsp. larvae (formerly classified as Bacillus larvae) - i.e., American foulbrood is caused by this bacterium.

A 1976 visit to Bulgaria had a profound impact on his career. Here, for the first time Jeliński witnessed the deadly parasitic mite, Varroa destructor. While at the Bulgarian Department of Microbiology, Jeliński (along with Dr. M. Shabanov) published an article in the Polish Magazine “Pszczelarstwo” (The Beekeeping) about this deadly parasite that affects honey bees. Later, he published the V. destructor (formerly classified as Varroa jacobsoni) article in Austria and France. When in 1980 the mite Varroa destructor was detected in Poland, and later causing death of many bee colonies and no satisfactory treatment had yet been found, Jeliński vastly contributed to the testing of Apiwarol AS – amitraz and Warrosekt – malation as an effective treatment alternative. Applied as smoke, these agents helped to control Varroa infestation. As a subject matter expert, Jeliński’s research of bee diseases results were in broad use in Poland for the next couple of decades. In 1988, Jeliński had found for the first time Varroa destructor on Vespula vulgaris. Dr. Jeliński was actively involved in providing training to the Ghana and Iraq beekeepers.

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