BeeLife is proud to announce that it has been awarded EU funding for the EUBeeLovers Project, a major milestone for our organisation and for the European beekeeping community as a whole.

The combination - deregulation + loss of detection capacity - creates a structural vulnerability in Europe’s biosafety architecture. BeeLife’s perspective on the provisional political agreement.

Pollinators may be invisible to most European citizens, but not to companies that base their work on biodiversity and natural ingredients.

A New Policy Brief to Rethink Agriculture Through the Lens of Pollinators. How can we build food systems that are both productive and truly sustainable? Our new Policy Brief on Pollinator-Friendly Agricultural Policies brings together a decade of scientific evidence to highlight why supporting pollinators is essential for ecosystem health, agricultural resilience, and human wellbeing.

Beekeepers from Spain and Italy travelled to Cyprus at the end of August, where they were welcomed by the Pan-Cypriot Beekeepers Association, a pioneer in controlling Oriental Hornet.

BeeLife met with Alisa Tiganj, Cabinet Expert for Agriculture and Food in the team of Commissioner Hansen, to address key priorities for the beekeeping sector and for a sustainable European agriculture.

Recent years have shown us how quickly deregulation trends can undermine years of progress, whether it’s the relaxation of rules on pesticide reduction or questionable policy decisions that directly harm beekeeping businesses.

Under the pretext of “simplifying” EU legislation, the European Commission is considering revising or even weakening some of the key frameworks that ensure the safety of our food and the protection of our environment.

From September 26 to 28, Brussels hosted the first session of the Young Citizens Assembly on Pollinators, an initiative giving young Europeans a central role in shaping the future of biodiversity and food security.

Pollinating EU: A Collective Call for a Pollinator-Friendly Future. We brought together scientists, policymakers, legal experts, and civil society representatives to address one crucial question: How can we secure a pollinator-friendly Europe?

On this page, you'll find our agenda of events. Come and meet our team, learn about our ongoing advocacy work, and discover how we're working to protect bees and beekeepers across Europe.

As the European Commission proposed a renewed trade agreement with Ukraine, allowing up to 35,000 tons of duty-free honey imports annually, questions are emerging about how this decision aligns with the EU’s broader commitments to supporting European beekeeping, food safety, and the EU’s internal market priorities.