{"id":966,"date":"2020-09-24T10:00:48","date_gmt":"2020-09-24T10:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.friendsofthecountryside.org\/?page_id=966"},"modified":"2022-12-07T14:32:30","modified_gmt":"2022-12-07T14:32:30","slug":"european-bee-award","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.friendsofthecountryside.org\/index.php\/european-bee-award\/","title":{"rendered":"European Bee Award"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"966\" class=\"elementor elementor-966\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5516494 elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5516494\" data-element_type=\"section\" 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height=\"190\" src=\"https:\/\/www.friendsofthecountryside.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Bee-Award-1-1.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.friendsofthecountryside.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Bee-Award-1-1.png 418w, https:\/\/www.friendsofthecountryside.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Bee-Award-1-1-300x136.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 418px) 100vw, 418px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-80622c3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"80622c3\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-5b5ef69\" 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https:\/\/www.friendsofthecountryside.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/sunflower-geed0249df_1920-2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.friendsofthecountryside.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/sunflower-geed0249df_1920-2-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.friendsofthecountryside.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/sunflower-geed0249df_1920-2-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.friendsofthecountryside.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/sunflower-geed0249df_1920-2.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-ac2e36e\" data-id=\"ac2e36e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d82068b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d82068b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\"><p><strong>Are you part of an innovative project protecting bees or other pollinators?<\/strong><\/p><p>The<strong>\u00a0European Bee Award<\/strong>\u00a0is\u00a0launching\u00a0the call for applications for 2022! The\u00a0European Landowners\u2019 Organization (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.europeanlandowners.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ELO<\/a>)\u00a0and\u00a0the European Agricultural Machinery Industry Association (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cema-agri.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CEMA<\/a>) invite you to submit your project by <strong>September 2023.<\/strong><\/p><p>Since 2014, the Bee Award is committed to find common solutions for the benefit of biodiversity by rewarding projects protecting pollinators.<\/p><p><strong>3 prizes will be awarded:<\/strong><\/p><p>*Land management practices (4,000\u20ac prize)*<\/p><p>*Innovative Technological Solutions (4,000\u20ac prize)*<\/p><p>*Special Mention of the July (Diploma of Recognition)*<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-68e6533 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"68e6533\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\"><p><strong>Who can apply?<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p><p><strong>The European Bee Award is open to everyone*.<\/strong><br \/>We\u00a0reward\u00a0farmers, landowners, research institutes, academia, and private and public organisations\u00a0who develop\u00a0<strong>outstanding and innovative projects aiming to protect bees or other pollinators\u00a0<\/strong>and helping to preserve biodiversity.<\/p><p>Former applicants are very welcome to re-apply! Check the terms and conditions in the application form<\/p><p><strong>How to apply?<\/strong><\/p><p>Download the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.friendsofthecountryside.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Bee_Award_App_form_2022.docx\">Application Form<\/a> and send it by email to<span style=\"background-color: #fcfcfc; color: #454242;\">\u00a0<\/span><span id=\"cloakb9275671cf7c836c27d114ee43c72260\" style=\"color: #454242;\"><a style=\"color: #558e0a; background: 0px 0px; cursor: pointer;\" href=\"mailto:anne-sophie.mulier@elo.org\">anne-sophie.mulier@elo.org<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f9ae6c0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f9ae6c0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\"><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900; font-size: 34px;\">European Bee Award 2022: And the winners are&#8230;<\/span><\/p><p>In an award ceremony hosted by MEP Franc Bogovi\u010d at the European Parliament in Brussels, the IX edition of the European Bee Award rewarded a wildflower mixture for biogas production and a beehive monitoring system. <strong>Brussels 7<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0December 2022<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 The European Bee Award has been acknowledging innovative, efficient, and scalable projects that protect pollinators in Europe since it was established in 2014 by the European Landowners\u2019 Organization (ELO) and the European Agricultural Machinery Industry Association (CEMA). The ELO and CEMA were delighted to award this year\u2019s prizes last night to the winners:<\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #bca915; font-size: 24px;\">Winners of Land Management Practices<\/span><span style=\"color: #ff9900; font-size: 34px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/p><p><strong>Category \u2018Land management practices\u2019<\/strong>: the winner is\u00a0<a name=\"m_6351706553324389059_m_1419662645822468531__Hlk121302347\"><\/a><strong>Veitsh\u00f6chheimer Hempmix\u00a0<\/strong>(\u2018Veitsh\u00f6chheimer Hanfmix\u2019) by the\u00a0<strong>Bavarian State Institute for Viticulture and Horticulture (LWG)<\/strong>. LWG designed a wildflower mixture of 30 predominantly native wild and cultivated annual, biennial and perennial flowering plants that deliver diverse floral resources, as well as biomass that can be used for the production of biogas. This creates an agricultural cultivation system that combines productivity and biodiversity.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #bca915; font-size: 24px; text-align: left;\">Winners of &#8220;Innovative and technological solutions&#8221;<\/span><\/p><p><strong>Category \u2018Innovative and technological solutions\u2019<\/strong>: the winner is <strong>IT Beekeeping by AmoHive<\/strong>. Amohive created a small 3D model of a hive that monitors hive activity (through an electronic scale, temperature sensors, GPS and a solar panel that powers the electronics) and sends information to a server. An algorithm processes the data and decides in which mode the hives should continue to work. The data can be followed in real time in an app which \u00a0is already used in Poland, Ukraine and Canada.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #bca915; font-size: 24px; text-align: left;\">Winners of the Special Mention of the Jury<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\">The Special Mention of the Jury was awarded to <strong>Birr Castle Bee Project<\/strong>\u00a0by the<strong>\u00a0Birr Castle Estate<\/strong>, who implemented changes in the land and forest management across the estate\u2019s 900 hectares in order to create, protect, and enhance bee habitat wherever possible.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.friendsofthecountryside.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Bee-Award-2022-Press-Release.pdf\"><strong>For more details, please check the press release<\/strong><\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element 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href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/european-bee-award-ceremony-2021-registration-162429604319\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"257\" src=\"https:\/\/www.friendsofthecountryside.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Screenshot-2022-12-07-at-14.30.56-300x257.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.friendsofthecountryside.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Screenshot-2022-12-07-at-14.30.56-300x257.png 300w, https:\/\/www.friendsofthecountryside.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Screenshot-2022-12-07-at-14.30.56.png 414w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f4da1e3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f4da1e3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">\u2018Innovative and technological solutions\u2019: the winner is IT Beekeeping by AmoHive.<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-6304379\" data-id=\"6304379\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-db2a3e5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"db2a3e5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"261\" src=\"https:\/\/www.friendsofthecountryside.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Screenshot-2022-12-07-at-14.30.40-300x261.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.friendsofthecountryside.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Screenshot-2022-12-07-at-14.30.40-300x261.png 300w, https:\/\/www.friendsofthecountryside.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Screenshot-2022-12-07-at-14.30.40.png 494w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e3c3552 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e3c3552\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">\u2018Land management practices\u2019: the winner is\u00a0Veitsh\u00f6chheimer Hempmix<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-30ebb10\" data-id=\"30ebb10\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1a26d74 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1a26d74\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"249\" src=\"https:\/\/www.friendsofthecountryside.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Screenshot-2022-12-07-at-14.30.28-300x249.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.friendsofthecountryside.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Screenshot-2022-12-07-at-14.30.28-300x249.png 300w, https:\/\/www.friendsofthecountryside.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Screenshot-2022-12-07-at-14.30.28.png 528w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9fada79 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9fada79\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Special Mention of the Jury was awarded to Birr Castle Bee Project\u00a0by the\u00a0Birr Castle Estate<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2aa733f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2aa733f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\"><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900; font-size: 34px;\">European Bee Award 2021: And the winners are&#8230;<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #bca915; font-size: 24px;\">Winners of Land Management Practices<\/span><span style=\"color: #ff9900; font-size: 34px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\">Category \u2018Land management practices\u2019: the winner is <strong>\u2018Coup d\u2019Pousse\u2019<\/strong>, a project by R\u00e9seau Biodiversit\u00e9 pour les Abeilles. With the participatory action of melliferous fields sponsorship, farmers can register to benefit from seeds to sow flower strips in fallow land in spring, and intercrops in summer. Beekeepers can also register to get in touch with farmers who implanted floral resources in their department, to set up their hives there.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #bca915; font-size: 24px; text-align: left;\">Winners of &#8220;Innovative and technological solutions&#8221;<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\">Category \u2018Innovative and technological solutions\u2019: the winner is <strong>\u2018Connected scales\u2019<\/strong>, an initiative by FDSEA Ilede-France (Departmental Federation of Farmers Unions in the region Ile-de-France). This project aims to allow the best living conditions for bees by protecting them from phytosanitary treatments periods. Besides agricultural practices adaptation to bee protection, this project also implements flowering fallows to make them available to pollinators.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #bca915; font-size: 24px; text-align: left;\">Winners of the Special Mention of the Jury<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\">The &#8216;Special Mention of the Jury&#8217; was bestowed to \u2018<strong>Smartomizer H3O protecting bees by reducing the pesticides use\u2019<\/strong>, by Pulverizadores Fede. The Smartomizer H3O is an integrated pest management system that reduces negative effects on pollinators and also protects biodiversity by reducing the environmental impact of the high value crops protection task by carrying out precise and eco-responsible treatments.<span style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #bca915; font-size: 24px; text-align: left;\"><br \/><\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\">For more details, please check the <a href=\"https:\/\/mcusercontent.com\/7e5f446a883c6b513832bd781\/files\/fe1cfda6-5ddc-6aef-2319-d9eaf73283ff\/Bee_Award_2021_Press_Release_Winners_Announcement.pdf\">press release<\/a><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-0c99827 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0c99827\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-1e23b79\" data-id=\"1e23b79\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e93b27f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e93b27f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/european-bee-award-ceremony-2021-registration-162429604319\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"261\" src=\"https:\/\/www.friendsofthecountryside.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screenshot-2021-12-08-at-12.14.49-300x261.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.friendsofthecountryside.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screenshot-2021-12-08-at-12.14.49-300x261.png 300w, https:\/\/www.friendsofthecountryside.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screenshot-2021-12-08-at-12.14.49.png 728w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2013dfa elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2013dfa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">\u2018Coup d\u2019Pousse\u2019 by R\u00e9seau Biodiversit\u00e9 pour les Abeilles receives the Land management practices prize.<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-64f5395\" data-id=\"64f5395\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-961615a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"961615a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"288\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.friendsofthecountryside.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screenshot-2021-12-08-at-12.15.08-288x300.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.friendsofthecountryside.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screenshot-2021-12-08-at-12.15.08-288x300.png 288w, https:\/\/www.friendsofthecountryside.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screenshot-2021-12-08-at-12.15.08.png 436w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 288px) 100vw, 288px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-614b892 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"614b892\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Connected scales\u2019, by FDSEA Ile-de-France receives the Innovative and technological solutions prize.<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-a697d6a\" data-id=\"a697d6a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6ecb3b5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6ecb3b5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"203\" src=\"https:\/\/www.friendsofthecountryside.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screenshot-2021-12-08-at-12.15.22-300x203.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.friendsofthecountryside.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screenshot-2021-12-08-at-12.15.22-300x203.png 300w, https:\/\/www.friendsofthecountryside.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screenshot-2021-12-08-at-12.15.22-768x520.png 768w, https:\/\/www.friendsofthecountryside.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Screenshot-2021-12-08-at-12.15.22.png 954w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-55bae93 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"55bae93\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Pulverizadores Fede receives the Special Mention of the Jury for their \u2018Smartomizer H3O protecting bees by reducing the pesticides use\u2019.<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8cfb908 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8cfb908\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\"><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff9900; font-size: 34px;\">European Bee Award 2020: And the winners are&#8230;<\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>An online award ceremony, hosted yesterday by <strong>MEP Franc Bogovic\u030c,<\/strong>\u00a0the VII edition of the European Bee Award recognized the work and commitment put in place though innovative ideas and practices to protect bees and pollinators in European farmed landscapes.<\/p><p>For years, the European Bee Award has been promoting bees and pollinators\u2019 wellbeing, essential to preserve and restore biodiversity in farming environments in Europe. The prize was established by the European Landowners\u2019 Organization (ELO) and the European Agricultural Machinery Industry Association (CEMA) in 2014 as a way to acknowledge innovative, efficient and scalable projects that protect bees and pollinators in Europe. This year the traditional awarding ceremony took place online. The winners of the 2020 European bee Award are.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 24px; color: #bca915;\"><strong>Winners of Land Management Practices<\/strong><\/p><p style=\"color: #d05;\"><em>Let it Bee by The National Federation of Group Water Schemes, Roscommon County Council and Roscommon Group Water Schemes.<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-78da63c elementor-aspect-ratio-169 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"78da63c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;aspect_ratio&quot;:&quot;169&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-fit-aspect-ratio elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<iframe class=\"elementor-video-iframe\" allowfullscreen title=\"youtube Video Player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/O7X8tRkhC0Q?feature=oembed&amp;start&amp;end&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;loop=0&amp;controls=1&amp;mute=0&amp;rel=0&amp;modestbranding=0\"><\/iframe>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a055f2b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a055f2b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\"><p>&#8216;Let it Bee&#8217;\u00a0puts in place a comprehensive project to promote sustainable farming practices that lead to improved water quality at sources, increased biodiversity, and enhancement of climate awareness. The project includes a pilot programme providing farmers with honey bees, hives, suits, necessary equipment and training &amp; mentoring, and encouraging them to act as ambassadors for biodiversity enhancement.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eca9ac6 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"eca9ac6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/bybi.dk\/\" class=\"elementor-button-link elementor-button elementor-size-lg\" role=\"button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Visit their website<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-468a673 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"468a673\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\"><p style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #bca915;\"><strong>Winners of &#8220;Innovative and technological solutions&#8221;<\/strong><\/p><p style=\"color: #d05;\"><span style=\"color: #666666;\"> StopVespa <\/span><em>by Universit\u00e0 degli Studi di Torino<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a199f43 elementor-aspect-ratio-169 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"a199f43\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;aspect_ratio&quot;:&quot;169&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-fit-aspect-ratio elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<iframe class=\"elementor-video-iframe\" allowfullscreen title=\"youtube Video Player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AjI3R8eX9-o?feature=oembed&amp;start&amp;end&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;loop=0&amp;controls=1&amp;mute=0&amp;rel=0&amp;modestbranding=0\"><\/iframe>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8420d5e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8420d5e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\"><p>The Life StopVespa project developed an innovative harmonic radar technology for tracking flying hornets of the Asian yellow-legged hornet (Vespa velutina), an invasive species that threatens honeybees and wild pollinators of Europe.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0fd6929 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"0fd6929\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vespavelutina.eu\/en-us\/\" class=\"elementor-button-link elementor-button elementor-size-lg\" role=\"button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Visit their website<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-85c3c8a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"85c3c8a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\"><p style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #bca915;\"><strong>Winners of the Special Mention of the Jury<\/strong><\/p><p style=\"color: #d05;\"><em>Bybi by The Copenhagen City Bee Association<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1440d41 elementor-aspect-ratio-169 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"1440d41\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;aspect_ratio&quot;:&quot;169&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-fit-aspect-ratio elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<iframe class=\"elementor-video-iframe\" allowfullscreen title=\"youtube Video Player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-PhQFCdbqg4?feature=oembed&amp;start&amp;end&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;loop=0&amp;controls=1&amp;mute=0&amp;rel=0&amp;modestbranding=0\"><\/iframe>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0c82f93 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0c82f93\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\"><p>The \u2018Copenhagen City Bee Association (Bybi)\u2019 was awarded the Jury Special mention prize for their impressive work of promotion of apiaries and honey making in a urban collaborative environment.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-70758ad elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"70758ad\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/bybi.dk\/\" class=\"elementor-button-link elementor-button elementor-size-lg\" role=\"button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Visit their website<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e4ce193 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e4ce193\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\"><p>The ELO and CEMA would like to congratulate\u00a0all winners and all contenders for this year\u2019s European Bee Award, and thank\u00a0them wholeheartedly for their work and their highly valued contribution to the biodiversity and pollinators.<\/p><p>Please find below all the projects who wanted to be featured on our website<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-fb7efa0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"fb7efa0\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-d749030\" data-id=\"d749030\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-21626a9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"21626a9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\"><p>Winners of 2019 European Bee Award<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-734df77 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"734df77\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"580\" height=\"327\" src=\"https:\/\/www.friendsofthecountryside.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Bee_3_2019-2.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.friendsofthecountryside.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Bee_3_2019-2.png 926w, https:\/\/www.friendsofthecountryside.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Bee_3_2019-2-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.friendsofthecountryside.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Bee_3_2019-2-768x433.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-51415fe elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"51415fe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\"><p>Bees and other pollinating insects make a critical contribution to crop production and pollination of wild plants. Yet there is concern about declines in these important species across Europe and elsewhere. With sponsorship from CEMA, the European Landowners&#8217; Organisation announces the &#8220;European Bee Award&#8221;, a prize for new interventions that promote the protection of pollinators in the farm environment.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-50bf8c9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"50bf8c9\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-393850a\" data-id=\"393850a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0468796 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0468796\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\"><p><b>Brussels, 10th of December 2019\u00a0<\/b><\/p><p><em>in a ceremony hosted by <strong>MEP Franc BOGOVI\u010c<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0<strong><em>\u00a0at the European Parliament in Brussels<\/em><\/strong><em>, the 6<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0edition of the European Bee Award once again acknowledged\u00a0the great commitment of private\u00a0and\u00a0public<\/em>\u00a0<em>organizations, as well as\u00a0the involvement of the research community, to\u00a0enhance\u00a0pollinators\u2019 wellbeing and\u00a0support\u00a0bee-friendly farming practices in Europe.<\/em><\/p><p>With the aim of acknowledging innovative, efficient and scalable projects that protect pollinators in Europe, the European Bee Award, established by the European Landowners\u2019 Organization (ELO) and the European Agricultural Machinery Industry Association (CEMA), was \u00a0awarded to the following winners:<\/p><p><strong>Category 1:\u00a0<\/strong>Land Management Practices:<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>\u2018Pro Planet apples\u2019 from the Lake Constance Foundation<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>Category 2:\u00a0<\/strong>Application of innovative technological solutions:\u00a0<strong>Bee Varoa Scanner from Turin<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>Patrick TR\u00d6TSCHLER\u00a0<\/strong>presented the project<strong>\u00a0\u2018Pro Planet apples\u2019\u00a0<\/strong>from the Lake Constance Foundation. They set out to motivate as many farmers as possible to<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>enhance the food and habitat situation for pollinating insects in and around lake Constance\u2019s orchards whilst developing, testing and implementing measures to improve the volume of nectar and pollen plants. The project has seen positive results with the concept being transferred to other apple producing regions in Germany and Austria.\u00a0<\/p><p><strong>Davide BASSIGNANA\u00a0<\/strong>presented the\u00a0<strong>Bee Varroa scanner.<\/strong>\u00a0The Varroa parasite is the main cause for the decline in the health of the honeybee. Apisfero set out to create a technology which would counter the threat of these deadly mites.\u00a0<\/p><p><strong>Michael GARRATT,<\/strong>\u00a0the Chair of the Jury, gave a\u00a0<strong>special mention<\/strong>\u00a0to \u2018<strong>Green-roofed\u00a0bus shelters in Utrecht\u2019\u00a0<\/strong>for their innovative and original way\u00a0of providing\u00a0shelter and feed for pollinators in urban areas where their natural habitats are scarce.\u00a0<\/p><p><strong>Franc BOGOVI\u010c MEP\u00a0and host of the ceremony\u00a0<\/strong>stressed\u00a0<em>&#8220;The European Bee\u00a0<\/em><em>Award\u201d is\u00a0<\/em><em>a necessary recognition to the very valuable projects which year-on-year show there is a shared commitment to protecting pollinators in European agriculture.\u00a0 It fills me with joy to see the number of applications to the Bee Award competition rising from year to year. This year there were 36 applications all together, which shows that the European Bee Award is indeed gaining its importance and is also a generator of new ideas, which promote solutions that improve the state of the biodiversity in EU.\u201d<\/em><\/p><p><strong>Alain SCRIBAN, special adviser for ELO<\/strong>\u00a0said\u00a0<em>\u201cFor land managers, pollinators are our friends in the field. Without thousands of bees, butterflies and other insects, our crops would not grow and flourish. Together with farmers, they are among the hardest workers in the countryside, and they all deserve our support.\u201d<\/em><br \/>\u00a0<br \/><strong>Gilles DRYANCOUR,\u00a0Chairman of the CEMA Strategic Committee and member of the Bee Award Jury,\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0pointed out\u00a0<em>\u201cinitiatives such as the European Bee Award are showcasing\u00a0<\/em><em>\u00a0<\/em><em>bees\u00a0<\/em><em>and pollinators as an essential\u00a0<\/em><em>part to enhance more sustainable farming practices in Europe.<\/em>\u00a0<em>Indeed, there is a strong willingness from the European agricultural equipment industry to support innovative projects which could be scaled up for protecting bees\u2019 and pollinators\u2019 life.\u201d<\/em><\/p><p>In 2019, the European Bee Award competition received 36\u00a0applications from 11 different European countries. The prize ceremony gathered over 100 participants: bee-keepers, policy makers, land managers, academia and representatives of the agri-food sector exchanged best practices, while getting inspired by new ideas on how to protect bees and enhance biodiversity in Europe.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-87c18c1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"87c18c1\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-12e5fd6\" data-id=\"12e5fd6\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4128214 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4128214\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"580\" height=\"379\" src=\"https:\/\/www.friendsofthecountryside.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Bee_2019-1.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.friendsofthecountryside.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Bee_2019-1.png 864w, https:\/\/www.friendsofthecountryside.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Bee_2019-1-300x196.png 300w, https:\/\/www.friendsofthecountryside.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Bee_2019-1-768x501.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4f14e77 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4f14e77\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\"><p>\u00a0Special Mention : Green-roofed Bus Shelters in Utrecht<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-4c7e262\" data-id=\"4c7e262\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e30337d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e30337d\" 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class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\"><p>Category 2: Bee Varoa Scanner from Turin \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e1b6de9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e1b6de9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\"><p>2018 EDITION<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fdf87dc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fdf87dc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\"><p><i><strong>MEP Karl-Heinz Florenz<\/strong>\u00a0hosted the ceremony\u00a0<strong>at the European Parliament in Brussels and in the presence of EU Director General for Environment Daniel Calleja Crespo<\/strong>, this year\u2019s prize was awarded to a Spanish project focusing on holistic land management practices and an innovative sowing machine for field margins.<\/i><\/p><p>The 2018 Bee Award prizes were handed over on December 5 to this year\u2019s winners:\u00a0<\/p><p><strong>&#8220;Vivencia Dehesa<\/strong>&#8221; a project whose main objective is to actively manage a private protected natural area in a sustainable way in order to improve biodiversity, is the winner of the \u201cland management practices\u201d award. Nora von Liechtenstein presented the project.<\/p><p>\u00a0<strong>&#8220;Sem \u2018Obord&#8221;<\/strong>\u00a0an innovative sowing machine for field margins, presented by Am\u00e9lie Mandel, received the \u201cinnovative &amp; technological solutions\u201d award.<\/p><p>A special jury mention was granted to\u00a0<strong>&#8220;Beescanning&#8221;<\/strong>, represented by Mr. Bjorn Lagerman for inventing a tool which helps beekeepers save their bees from parasites by using artificial intelligence on their smartphone to analyse the health of bee colonies<\/p><p>In 2018, the European Bee Award competition received 17 applications from various European countries. The award ceremony gathered over 100 participants in the European parliament: bee-keepers, policy makers, landowners, academia and representatives of the agri-food sector exchanged best practices, while enjoying a festive networking evening celebrating bees and biodiversity.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ac95fe0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ac95fe0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"580\" height=\"389\" src=\"https:\/\/www.friendsofthecountryside.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/DSC_785-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.friendsofthecountryside.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/DSC_785-1.jpg 724w, https:\/\/www.friendsofthecountryside.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/DSC_785-1-300x201.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4783e6f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4783e6f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\"><p>2017 EDITION<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9ae69ad elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9ae69ad\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\"><p>Solitary bee&#8217;s protection and bee-friends spraying technology winner projects of the IV edition of the European Bee Award\u00a0<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-26eaeac elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"26eaeac\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\"><p><i>In a ceremony hosted by\u00a0<b>MEP Franc Bogovi\u010d<\/b>\u00a0<b>at the European Parliament in Brussels and in presence of EU Commissioner for Digital Economy and Society Mariya Gabriel<\/b>, this year\u2019s award celebrates in particular the great commitment of private and public organisations, as well as individual initiatives, to pollinators\u2019 wellbeing and bee-friendly farming practices in Europe.<\/i><\/p><p><b>&#8220;A bee project for solitary bees&#8221;<\/b>\u00a0by the Belgian material solution company\u00a0<strong>Sibelco<\/strong>, as part as its Biodiversity and European Species protection programme, is the winner of the\u00a0<strong>\u201cLand Management Practices Award&#8221;<\/strong>.<\/p><p>In acknowledgement of innovative &amp; practical ideas to protect pollinators in European farming, the<strong>\u00a0European Bee Award<\/strong>, established by the European Landowners\u2019 Organization (ELO) and the European Agricultural Machinery Industry Association (CEMA), was awarded to this year\u2019s winners:<\/p><ul><li><b>&#8220;Dropleg: Application of Plant Protection Products below the flowering level in rapeseed&#8221;<\/b>\u00a0presented by the specialised nozzles company Lechler GmbH receives the \u201cinnovative &amp; technological solutions\u201d prize.<\/li><\/ul><p><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.friendsofthecountryside.org\/images\/Bee_Award\/European_Bee_Award_CS_171.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Learn more about the 2017 winners here<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p><p>Moreover, a\u00a0<b>&#8220;Friend of pollinators&#8221;<\/b>\u00a0award has been bestowed to Mr. Marek Nowakowski for his contribution to the protection of pollinators as a private individual, and a special mention was granted to \u201c<b>Terras de Mondalva\u201d\u00a0<\/b>for an integrated beekeeping project for rural development in Portugal.<\/p><p><b>Franc Bogovi\u010d MEP, Member of the Jury<\/b>, stressed \u201cthe European Bee Award adds the necessary recognition to very valuable projects which year-on-year show there is a shared commitment to protecting pollinators in European agriculture\u201d.\u00a0<\/p><p><b>Mariya Gabriel, European Commissioner for Digital Economy and Society<\/b>\u00a0congratulated the initiative \u201cEvents such as the European Bee Award are very important for the promotion of the protection of bee health. It is crucial that we maintain bee-health and the interests of the beekeeping sector on the top of the political agenda, at all levels, as well as to promote initiatives and projects, which allow awareness-raising for policy-makers and citizens, and to be proactive in addressing the challenges of the beekeeping sector\u201d.<\/p><p><b>Marleen Evenepoel, CEO of the Agency for Nature &amp; Forests Government of Flanders<\/b>, emphasized the actions undertaken in Belgium for the protection of pollinators, such as the \u2018Week van de bij\u2019 in Flanders, or the signature of the Declaration of the international Coalition of the Willing on Pollinators. Learn more about the actions\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.friendsofthecountryside.org\/images\/Bee_Award\/BEE_Award_2017_info_Belgium.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">clicking here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p><p><b>Thierry de l\u2019Escaille, Secretary General of ELO<\/b>:\u00a0\u201cThere has been fierce competition for the Prize, making it difficult to choose a winner. Yet the high number and quality of projects submitted is a great tribute to the dedicated efforts that are being made across Europe to halt bee decline and enhance biodiversity.\u201d<\/p><p>On behalf\u00a0of CEMA,\u00a0<b>Gilles Dryancour, Honorary President<\/b>, welcomed the\u00a0contribution of the farm equipment industry to develop cutting-edge spraying\u00a0technology that\u00a0improves in parallel\u00a0farming activities\u00a0and the protectionof\u00a0pollinators\u2019 populations, as showcased by\u00a0the\u00a0<i>Dropleg<\/i><i>\u00a0project<\/i>.<\/p><p>In 2017, the European Bee Award competition\u00a0received 18 applications from 11 different European countries. The award ceremony brought together over 100 participants: bee-keepers, policy makers, landowners, academia and representatives of the agri-food sector, exchanging best practices and enjoying a festive networking evening celebrating bees and biodiversity.<\/p><p><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.friendsofthecountryside.org\/images\/Bee_Award\/Press_Release_2017_Bee_Award.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Download here the Press Release<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/media\/set\/?set=a.1906107212737229.1073741853.184349014913066&amp;type=1&amp;l=93d176ffa4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Click here for more pictures of the Ceremony\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are you part of an innovative project protecting bees or other pollinators? The\u00a0European Bee Award\u00a0is\u00a0launching\u00a0the call for applications for 2022! The\u00a0European Landowners\u2019 Organization (ELO)\u00a0and\u00a0the European Agricultural Machinery Industry Association (CEMA) invite you to submit your project by September 2023. 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