Author Archives: Stephen Fleming

  • Photo competition winners 2021

    Posted on Monday December 6th, 2021

    This year’s overall winner of the Vita Bee Health international photographic competition is Vincent Hakzimana of Rwanda for his photograph of a hand-held swarm showing pollen glistening from the pollen baskets of the bees.

    Photo by Vincent Hakzimana of Rwanda



    Featured photographers – in calendar month order – are:

    Jan  Ainars Millers

    Feb  Grace Madden

    Mar  Lewis Turner

    Apr  Holli Kircher

    May  Richard Cherry

    Jun  Peter Jones

    Jul  Dave Charnley

    Aug  Grace Madden

    Sep  Karen Rennie

    Oct   Ainars Millers

    Nov  Vincent Hakzimana

    Dec  Simon White

    Sebastian Owen, commercial director of Vita Bee Health, said, “As ever, the photo competition has highlighted the diversity of beekeeping across the world. The 2022 calendar shows that clearly as Vita prepare to celebrate its 25th anniversary researching, developing and producing products to help beekeepers across the world keep their honey bees healthy and productive. 

    “We warmly thank everyone who entered and the judging panel. Please feel free to download the pdf of the calendar.”

    Winners will shortly be receiving the beautifully printed limited-edition desk calendars.

    High-resolution pdf 2022 Vita Bee Health calendar

  • Higher or lower?

    Posted on Monday August 16th, 2021

    How high is a drone congregation area (DCA)? At the site of the first recorded DCA, a UAV drone takes to the air to find out.

  • Tenth anniversary photo and calendar competition

    Posted on Wednesday June 23rd, 2021

    Vita Bee Health is calling for entries to its international photo competition, now celebrating its tenth year. Winning entries appear in the sought-after limited-edition calendar, which is sent to the Vita distribution network across the world. The closing date is 24 October 2021.

    Photo: Lewis Turner

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