Bee Alert: Silver Medal at International Congress
The Bee Alert application received a Silver Medal in the Beekeeping Innovation contest during the XI Latin American Congress of Beekeeping 2014, held in Puerto Iguazu, na Argentina, for the FILAPI. At the same congress, the application was officially adopted the seven member countries of FILAPI and this initiative has started a scientific collaboration partnership between Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Chile, Colombia, Venezuela and Cuba to seek solutions to the problem.
Check out some photos of the moment of award, received by the researcher and coordinator of the campaign No No Bee Food, Prof. Dr. Lionel Segui Gonçalves (in the middle).
The Bee Alert app is the first online platform for recording the disappearance or massive death of bees in apiaries, using the geolocation feature. Beekeepers, beekeepers and the scientific community are able to share cases, helping to give visibility to a serious but silent problem. Watch the video and find out how easy and fast to register their events. Just visit the site and download the application in the Apple Store or Google Play stores. All simple and free. Inquire also about how to proceed in cases of contamination of apiaries.
The location, the number and intensity of affected hives, and the possible causes of mortality of bees in the apiary (pesticides, diseases, pests, etc) They are recorded in real time on application. The data are confidential and will be used for scientific purposes, but represent great contribution to the protection of effort to bees.
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