The publication, Roadmap to Control the “Invasive Hornets”, produced by BeeLife European Beekeeping Coordination and co-signed by Copa-Cogeca, Apimondia and the European Professional Beekeepers Association (EPBA), analyses the spread and impacts of Vespa velutina and the neo-invasive Vespa orientalis across Europe. If your organisation shares this commitment to environmental, agricultural or social safety, we'd love to have you co-sign the roadmap.

The publication, Roadmap to Control the “Invasive Hornets”, produced by BeeLife European Beekeeping Coordination and co-signed by Copa-Cogeca, Apimondia and the European Professional Beekeepers Association (EPBA), analyses the spread and impacts of Vespa velutina and the neo-invasive Vespa orientalis across Europe. If your organisation shares this commitment to environmental, agricultural or social safety, we'd love to have you co-sign the roadmap.

Behind the scenes, teams and partners are working intensively to shape a bold, multidisciplinary initiative connecting bees, beekeepers, farmers and consumers in Belgium. With its official launch set for 27 May in Brussels, the project aims to build a vibrant community and raise awareness of the true value of European honey and sustainable beekeeping.

The EU is approaching a final vote on new rules that would deregulate most genetically modified crops developed through New Genomic Techniques (NGTs). Critics warn the proposal would remove labelling, traceability and risk assessment for the majority of these products - raising concerns for transparency, pollinators and farmers. Civil society is mobilising through the campaign “Blacked-Out Ingredients - Label gene-edited food!”, while BeeLife highlights concrete risks for bee

Tropilaelaps mites: in a letter addressed to the European Commission, Member States, and National Reference Laboratories for bee health, BeeLife calls for immediate preparedness and reinforced vigilance, urging authorities to prevent the introduction of the mite and to effectively manage its potential spread.

EU Court Rules Cypermethrin Re-Approval Illegal. A landmark EU Court ruling challenges both the scientific and democratic foundations of pesticide approvals, reinforcing the need for transparency, accountability, and stronger protection of pollinators.

NGOs mobilise across Europe to call for stronger safeguards in EU pesticide reform. A growing coalition of environmental organisations is stepping up efforts to oppose the European Commission’s proposed Food and Feed Omnibus. Scientific evidence shows that chemical pesticides are a major driver of biodiversity loss, ecosystem degradation.

Europe cannot restore nature without reducing pesticide use. Scientific evidence shows that chemical pesticides are a major driver of biodiversity loss, ecosystem degradation.

More than 270 civil society organisations - including BeeLife - have signed the Antwerp Counter-Declaration, urging the European Commission to listen to the wider public affected by deregulation.

BeeLife’s Activity Report 2025 is now available. The report highlights a year marked by major political shifts in European agricultural and environmental policy. In a year shaped by regulatory uncertainty BeeLife focused on turning complexity into coordinated actions.

The crisis facing insect pollinators is no longer only an environmental issue. Today, it directly affects the economy, food security and the stability of Europe’s rural areas.

A major scientific paper that for decades helped defend Monsanto’s glyphosate-based herbicide Roundup has been formally retracted.