About Us · Press & Media
The story is real. The data is public. The deadline is December 2026.
For journalists, documentary makers, and media professionals covering pollinator decline, EU environmental law, or conservation science in Belgium.
Belgium is losing its bees — and the numbers are not disputed. 31.2% of managed colonies lost in 2023–24. A 33% decline in wild bee occupancy over 70 years. A legally binding EU obligation to reverse that decline by 2030, with a monitoring scheme due by December 2026, and no operational scheme yet in place. The Save the Bees Foundation exists at the intersection of those facts — and we are willing to talk about all of them, on the record.
Story angles we can support
Policy & Law
Belgium's binding EU deadline — and the monitoring gap no one is talking about
The EU Nature Restoration Regulation requires an operational pollinator monitoring scheme by December 2026. Belgium abstained in the Council vote. It has no scheme. We can explain what that means in practical and legal terms.
Science
Why soil type determines where wild bees survive — and why nobody monitors it
70% of Belgian wild bees nest underground. Site selection for monitoring typically ignores soil substrate entirely. We can explain our methodology and why it changes what gets measured.
Heritage & Commerce
56 years of artisanal honey — and what the hive records show about the landscape
Weyns Honing has been producing honey in Belgium since 1968. The colony records, forage calendars, and winter loss data from those decades are a continuous environmental register. We can make them available.
Data & Technology
Building Belgium's first citizen science pollinator map — before the legal deadline
The BeeWorld platform is turning georeferenced field observations into policy-ready monitoring data. The architecture, the methodology, and the December 2026 race against the clock are all documentable.
Press contact
We can provide spokespeople for broadcast and print media, field access for documentary and photographic work, and verified data for investigative journalism. All our scientific claims are traceable to peer-reviewed sources — citations provided on request.
Available media assets
Logo & Visual Identity
High-resolution logo files, colour palette, and brand guidelines
Data & Charts
Publication-ready visualisations of Belgian colony loss, wild bee decline, and EU policy timelines
Press Kit
Foundation overview, key statistics, programme summaries, and founder biography — available on request