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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

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. 

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 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 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

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!

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