Biodiversity Friend® Beekeeping
Biodiversity Friend® Beekeeping is a voluntary standard owned by the World Biodiversity Association. The Certification was specifically developed for European and Mediterranean beekeeping.
For the producer
- A tool to communicate your work and your commitment in sustainaility and in the protection of the honey bee
- An increase in value to your products
For the consumer
- The awareness of purchasing economically, socially and environmentally sustainable beekeeping products
The evaluation of the sustainability performance of the beekeeping company takes place through a documnt checklist and the direct verification in the apiary, in accordance with the basic principles of the “Carta di San Michele all’Adige”.
Based on its particular characteristics and needs, the company has the opportunity to choose between two paths to achieve levels of environmental, social and economic sustainability in line with the expectations of producers and consumers.
The founding principles are:
- respect for the honeybee biology and its genetics
- use of sustainable beekeeping practices with low environmental impact
- enhance the work of the beekeeper
Biodiversity Friend® Beekeeping is a voluntary standard owned by the World Biodiversity Association.
Biodiversity Friend® Beekeeping guarantees the protection of biodiversity in beekeeping.
The Biodiversity Friend Beekeeping certification aims to:
- define a path of improvement that guides and enhaces beekeeping towards greater protection of the honey bee
- reconize the role of beekeepers as custodians of biodiversity
S.O.S. Bees
Bees are on the decline, threatened by pesticides, habitat loss, monocultures, pests, diseases and climate change. If bees die, it is the environment, our food and agriculture that pays the price.
Honeybees do not only produce honey; a third of the food we consume and 75% of our main agricultural crops depend on their pollination.
Additionally, the bees play a fundamental role of preserving the ecological and landscape biodiversity of an environment.
A beekeeping, mainly and preferably sedentary, that favors the biology of the honey bee; in particular, a beekeeping that uses native bees, preferes natural honeycomb (also used in partial form) and mass selection. A beekeeping that enhances the honeys typical of a territory and that first of all considers the health of bees and the healthiness of all its products.
