Bee Research Directorate was established at the National Center for Agricultural Research and Extension in 2001, in response to the demand of  beekeepers, farmers and workers in the field of beekeeping throughout the Kingdom. The Bee Research Department  is the  first of its kind in Jordan and the Middle East, it includes  a group of modern and unique laboratories such as pollen grains studies laboratory  and honey bee diseases identification using biotechnology techniques laboratory   in addition to the  honey bee hereditary bank  ,The bee research department was documented as a global source for the local honey bees  Apis mellifera syriaca.