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BeeFTA 2018 - Best Pollination Exhibition Award

NOMINEE 1- Cross-Pollination at 516 Arts

NOMINEE 2 - PolliNation 2017 Community Art Project Exhibition

NOMINEE 3 - Cross-Pollination Exhibition at The National Botanical Garden of Wales

NOMINEE 4 - Nectar: War Upon the Bees at Pratt Manhattan Gallery

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BeeFTA Awards 2018

Cue. Drumroll…. It’s here. BeeFTA 2018! After last years awards, I had big hopes for this years BeeFTA’s. The black and yellow carpet was ready to be rolled out. Unfortunately, however, due to budgetary constraints, I’ve had to rain in my plans. 

Honestly, it was gonna be great! Queen Bee was gonna be on stage… There was gonna be an enormous caterpillar cake!… bitesize hummingbird muffins, edible bouquets of flowers, bumble buns (not sure these are actually a food), nectar cocktails, beetle juice, butterfly biscuits, wasabi wasps (okay, yep I’m definitely making these up now). There was even gonna be a strict pollinator dress code for attendees. Sounded good right?! Sadly, the fallout from last years awards has hit the office hard. The bees are still complaining about the number of BeeFTA trophies. Uh hu… still. You just can’t get the staff these days. 

Anyway, in line with the blogs change of direction for this year, BeeFTA 2018 is not just gonna be about bees. BeeFTA 2018 is going to celebrate the world of pollinators! In the next couple of days, I will be announcing this year’s nominations. There are also going to be a few changes to last years categories… so watch this space! 🦋🐝🐜🐝🐞

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BeeFTA 2018 - The Shutterbug Award

NOMINEE 1 - Ming Thein (Insect macro photography techniques – an ongoing experimentation)

NOMINEE 2 - Vicky-Michelle Squire - cameraless photography to create vivid and detailed colour prints of real butterflies, beetles and bees

NOMINEE 3 - Scientists are buzzing after developing tiny cameras that are so small they can be placed on bees.

NOMINEE 4 - Entomology Project showing the Iridescent microworld of insects - Francesco Bagnato

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BeeFTA 2018 - The Songbird Award

NOMINEE 1 - Scientists discover how the distinctive pitch of mosquito wingbeats could tell us how to fight malaria.

NOMINEE 2 - The Plight of the Bumblebee (and others) by Caroline Ritchey

NOMINEE 3 - Dynamics by Secret Drum Band (an album composed in response to soundscape and form in locations chosen to draw attention to issues concerning endangered species, ecosystem function, and habitat loss)

NOMINEE 4 - The Pollination Rap

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BeeFTA 2018 - The Bookworm Award

NOMINEE 1 - Mariposas Nocturnas by Emmet Gowin

NOMINEE 2 - The Ant and Bee Books by Angela Banner

NOMINEE 3 - The Big Book of Bugs by Yuval Zommer

NOMINEE 4 - The Orchid Hunter by Leif Bersweden

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The First Annual BeeFTA Awards

Next Sunday is the annual 2017 BAFTA awards. But this is a beekeeping blog so forget the BAFTA’s. The BeeFTA’s are where it’s at! This year is the first annual BeeFTA awards, celebrating all that’s good and bad in the world of bees.

Winners of this years awards will be secured in the BeeFTA hall of fame as the first ever recipients of a prestigious BeeFTA. *Please note - A BeeFTA is definitely not a felted bee glued to a plinth. Okay yes it is.

There are 11 categories in this years BeeFTA’s

BeeFTA Award for Most Annoying Bee Movie Meme VOTE

BeeFTA Award for Most Outrageous Behaviour by a Bee VOTE

BeeFTA Award for Best Musical Performance VOTE

BeeFTA Award for Most Deserving of Being a Bee VOTE

BeeFTA Award for Best Documentary VOTE

BeeFTA Award for Best Bee Animation VOTE

BeeFTA Award for Best Bee Fact VOTE

BeeFTA Award for Creative Bee Art VOTE

BeeFTA Award for Best Bee Photography VOTE

BeeFTA Award for Best New Bee Book VOTE

BeeFTA Busy Bee Award VOTE

Please help spread the word... Lets make the BeeFTA’s bigger than the BAFTA’s!

Thank you! 🐝🐝🐝

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VOTING FOR THE FIRST ANNUAL BEEFTA AWARDS IS OPEN!

That’s right, voting is now open for this years BeeFTA awards! My once neat and tidy tumblr feed has become a mass of nominations.

If you didn’t see the nominees last week, they’re all listed below alongside links to vote. 

BeeFTA Award for Most Annoying Bee Movie Meme VOTE

BeeFTA Award for Most Outrageous Behaviour by a Bee VOTE

BeeFTA Award for Best Musical Performance VOTE

BeeFTA Award for Most Deserving of Being a Bee VOTE

BeeFTA Award for Best Documentary VOTE

BeeFTA Award for Best Bee Animation VOTE

BeeFTA Award for Best Bee Fact VOTE

BeeFTA Award for Creative Bee Art VOTE

BeeFTA Award for Best Bee Photography VOTE

BeeFTA Award for Best New Bee Book VOTE

BeeFTA Busy Bee Award VOTE

Thanks everyone for liking and reblogging! Voting closes this Sunday and I’ll announce the winners shortly after. 🐝🐝🐝

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BEEFTA - BEST BEE ANIMATION

NOMINEE 1 - Pollination by @annataberko VOTE HERE...

NOMINEE 2 - Animation by @adamvanwinden VOTE HERE...

NOMINEE 3 - Bebe Bee by @littlekingdoms VOTE HERE...

NOMINEE 4 - Bee Gif VOTE HERE...

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BEEFTA - MOST DESERVING OF BEING A BEE

NOMINEE 1 - Cat Bee VOTE HERE...

NOMINEE 2 - Llama Bee VOTE HERE...

NOMINEE 3 - Parrot Bee VOTE HERE...

NOMINEE 4 - Ellen Page ... Who deserves a special nomination for her help raising awareness for honey bees! Watch here Vanishing of the Bees VOTE HERE...

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The Winners of the 2017 BeeFTA Awards!

That’s it. The first Annual BeeFTA Awards have now concluded. The votes have been cast, and the winners are about to be announced... It was a tightly contested affair (mainly due to the sheer volume of votes). In many categories we have multiple winners. Most noticeably in the Most Annoying Bee Movie Meme category in which each nominee won. Argh, I was reluctant to hand out a single BeeFTA in that category, let alone all four! The sheer volume of winners has caused quite a stir in the office. The bees are complaining about the number of BeeFTA trophies that need to be produced. I know, I know... I’ll be having words. In any case, there will be some sort of award produced and distributed to the winners very soon. So let’s get down to it! The winners...

1. BeeFTA Award for Most Annoying Bee Movie Meme

All of them!

2. BeeFTA award for Most Outrageous Behaviour by a Bee

Sticks M Legy Real Far, Mason Bee Pulling a Nail Out of Wall, Bee Taking a Wee

3. BeeFTA Award for Best Musical Performance

Beyonce - Hold Up

4. BeeFTA Award for Most Deserving of Being a Bee

Parrot Bee and Ellen Page

5. BeeFTA Award for Best Documentary

Ghost in the Making & Microsculpture

6. BeeFTA Award for Best Bee Animation

@annataberko & @littlekingdoms

7. BeeFTA Award for Best Bee Fact

Bee Fact #103 - Bring Your Own Bees

8. BeeFTA Award for Creative Bee Art

Matt Willey - Murals, Wolfgang Buttress - The Hive, @xeptum Bee Illustrations

9. BeeFTA Award for Best Bee Photography

Dan Winters

10. BeeFTA Award for Best New Bee Book

Winnie the Pooh: The Best Bear in All the World & Bees in Your Backyard

11. BeeFTA Busy Bee Award

All of the Bee Bloggers on Tumblr

If, over the course of this year, anyone has any ideas for next years categories or notices anybody who deserves to be recognised, please let me know! There are already two possible contenders in the two posts below this. Exciting times are afoot, there are big plans for next year, so prepare yourselves for the black and yellow carpet to be rolled out in 2018!

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BEEFTA - BUSY BEE AWARD

NOMINEE 1 - All of the Bee Bloggers on Tumblr VOTE HERE...

NOMINEE 2 - Dave Goulson VOTE HERE...

NOMINEE 3 - Hilary Kearney @girlnextdoorhoney VOTE HERE...

NOMINEE 4 - Mikaila Ulmer VOTE HERE...

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BEEFTA - BEST BEE DOCUMENTARY

NOMINEE 1 - A Ghost In The Making: Searching for the Rusty-patched Bumble Bee VOTE HERE...

NOMINEE 2 - The Solitary Bees VOTE HERE...

NOMINEE 3 - Microsculpture- The Insect photography of Levon Biss VOTE HERE...

NOMINEE 4 - Introduction to Beekeeping VOTE HERE...

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BEEFTA - MOST OUTRAGEOUS BEHAVIOUR BY A BEE

NOMINEE 1 - Sticks m Legy Out Real Far VOTE HERE...

NOMINEE 2 - A solitary mason bee pulling a nail out of a hole in the wall! Incredible. VOTE HERE...

NOMINEE 3 - Bee Having A Wee by Mark Parrott VOTE HERE...

NOMINEE 4 - Huge Dawson Bees Fight to the Death VOTE HERE...

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BEEFTA - BEST BEE PHOTOGRAPHY

NOMINEE 1 - Sam Droege @usgsbiml VOTE HERE...

NOMINEE 2 - Levon Biss VOTE HERE...

NOMINEE 3 - Beekeepers World on Instagram @beekeepersgram VOTE HERE...

Photograph by @eatdrinkandbestraddie

NOMINEE 4 - Dan Winters VOTE HERE...

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BEEFTA - BEST MUSICAL PERFORMANCE

NOMINEE 1 - The Swarm by the Quorum VOTE HERE...

NOMINEE 2 - Blue Lullaby by BE VOTE HERE...

NOMINEE 3  - Song made almost entirely of sounds from the Bee Movie trailer VOTE HERE...

NOMINEE 4 - Hold Up by Queen Bee Beyoncé VOTE HERE...