Press Release Bee Award 2016
2016
BRUSSELS, 7 DECEMBER 2016
Designed to distinguish innovative & practical ideas to protect pollinators in European farming, the European Bee Award, established by the European Landowners’ Organization (ELO) and the European Agricultural Machinery Industry Association (CEMA), was handed over last night to this year’s winners:
- “B-lines – connecting the landscape for pollinators”, a large-scale initiative developed by Buglife from the UK, is the winner of the “land management practices” award; while
- “Double knife” mowing technology from BB Umwelttechnik in Germany was awarded the “innovative & technological solutions” prize.