Bee Health Magazine “BEENOW” Launched at Bayer’s Perspective on Innovation 2014
December 2, 2014
Monheim, December 3, 2014 – The “Bayer’s Perspective on Innovation 2014” international press forum held in Leverkusen, Germany, was the venue for the launch of the company’s first bee health magazine, “BEENOW." The magazine presents Bayer’s efforts to unite partners from around the world, including research institutes and universities, beekeepers, farmers and industry partners, to jointly tackle the various challenges bees are facing.
“The diversity of factors affecting bee health precludes one simple solution for all,” says Annette Schuermann, Head of the Bayer Bee Care Center. “We are working on numerous fronts to reduce the effects of some of the major contributing factors, such as the Varroa mite.”
Bayer is committed to improving bee health as the company understands that pollination matters and not only for the supply of high-quality, affordable food across the planet. Bayer sees sustaining pollination services as the shared responsibility of a broad range of stakeholders and is actively contributing to achieve this objective.
“Have you ever wondered what Bayer is doing for bees? I am confident that our new magazine will provide more people with surprising information on how we explore opportunities to really make a difference to the health of bees and other pollinators. For us, it’s amazing to see what can be achieved when different parties are working together,” adds Schuermann.
The current issue of the BEENOW magazine includes interviews with leading scientists from research institutes such as the University of Freiburg in Germany, Wageningen University in the Netherlands and the University of Guelph in Canada, all of whom are involved in the projects featured on the cover page. Additional articles cover the many partnerships that Bayer has been involved in.
The magazine will be complemented by supplementary material, such as videos and useful links that can all be found online at www.beenow.bayer.com. Regular updates about further projects that we are involved with will also be added throughout next year.
The first issue of the magazine, which can be downloaded and ordered at www.beecare.bayer.com, is currently available in English and German. The next edition will be published at the end of 2015.
About Bayer CropScience
Bayer is a global enterprise with core competencies in the fields of health care, agriculture and high-tech materials. Bayer CropScience, the subgroup of Bayer AG responsible for the agricultural business, has annual sales of EUR 8,819 million (2013) and is one of the world’s leading innovative crop science companies in the areas of seeds, crop protection and non-agricultural pest control. The company offers an outstanding range of products including high value seeds, innovative crop protection solutions based on chemical and biological modes of action as well as an extensive service backup for modern, sustainable agriculture. In the area of non-agricultural applications, Bayer CropScience has a broad portfolio of products and services to control pests from home and garden to forestry applications. The company has a global workforce of 22,400 and is represented in more than 120 countries. This and further news is available at: www.press.bayercropscience.com.
Note to editors:
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Contact:
Utz Klages, Tel. +49 2173 38-3125
E-Mail: utz.klages@bayer.com
Julian Little, Tel. +44 1223 226606
E-Mail: julian.little@bayer.com
Find more information at www.cropscience.bayer.com.
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