Horizon 2030

We want to protect more than 1 million bees and cultivate our lands using farming models that are favourable to them.
OUR COMMITMENT

For over 9,000 years bees have symbolised natural fertility and agricultural growth. Unfortunately today they are becoming increasingly at risk of extinction, due to their extreme sensitivity to chemical pollution.

Thanks to special initiatives and commercial competitions that have seen the involvement of our products in the protection of bees since 2018, we have amply exceeded our 2030 target by already protecting more than 1 million. This is why we have decided to take our commitment one step further and focus on scientific research. Together with LifeGate and the University of Bologna, we will study the lives of bees in the olive groves of Bosco Monini, located in Umbria, Puglia and Tuscany, to assess the positive impact in terms of biodiversity, by installing biomonitored hives and using targeted analysis to ascertain the presence of favourable conditions.

Protecting and increasing biodiversity in the lands of Bosco Monini is our major aim, and we will mobilise our finest resources to spearhead it.

Yesterday

250.000

250,000 bees protected by the first “bees and oil” initiatives

Today

1 million

bees protected

TOMORROW

Achieve the perfect integration of trees and insects in the lands of Bosco Monini

Why this is important

01LOSS OF BIODIVERSITY

Biodiversity is a veritable richness of life on earth. To lose it would endanger the capacity of ecosystems to resist climate change and consequently, productivity in the current food system. Thanks to new cultivation and a virtuous relationship between earth and humans, we can protect biodiversity and avoid the onset of new threats in terms of food safety.

2018

Bees and olive oil: protection of 50 bees per bottle of Monini Bios sold plus non-invasive biomonitoring of the health of the Apicoltura Carpinese bees and land

2019

100 bees protected per bottle of Monini Bios sold plus donation of 10 hives to Apicoltura Carpinese

2020

Monini is celebrates its 100th birthday by adopting 100 thousand bees

2021

750 thousand bees saved with the support of LifeGate, in addition to 100 thousand bees adopted by the winner of the 2021 competition

Remote monitoring devices: technology at the service of bees

In order to preserve the health of their bees and optimise production, increasing numbers of beekeepers are considering the option of using this technology, which enables them to constantly receive information online on the conditions of hives, so that they can promptly intervene as soon as any problems arise. These instruments can measure hive weight for example, useful in calculating an estimate of incoming nectar and any loss of bees following swarming or poisoning events. Internal hive temperature can also be measured, which is useful for estimating bee colony size and understanding whether there is sufficient egg production, or to limit the risk of mass death of bees when hives are moved.

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