Vita celebrates 20 years at Apimondia

Vita is celebrating its twentieth birthday in style at Apimondia 2017 in Istanbul, Turkey.

The global impact of Vita’s contribution to the health of honey bees was indicated by the countries of the different distributors present: Albania, Argentina, Bulgaria, Costa Rica, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Greece, Iran, Ireland, Kenya, Libya, Lithuania, Netherlands, Philippines, Portugal, Russia, Tunisia, Turkey and the UK.

Max Watkins and Jeremy Owen entertained the gathering with tales from Vita’s past and introduced the new name – Vita Bee Health – and the new logo.

Korpa in Iran presented Vita with a stunning 24-carat gold version of the new logo. On behalf of Vita staff, Sebastian Owen presented Jeremy and Max, Vita’s founders, with engraved Dartington Crystal glass carafes to commemorate the pair’s commitment and endeavour over the 20 years.

And of course there was lots of useful discussion amongst the distributors, friends, colleagues and special guest, President of Apimondia, Philip McCabe.

And then of course, it’s down to work at the new stand: