{"id":227,"date":"2026-04-08T15:00:37","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T13:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.savethebeefoundation.org\/?page_id=227"},"modified":"2026-04-14T19:05:01","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T17:05:01","slug":"press-media","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.savethebeefoundation.org\/?page_id=227","title":{"rendered":"Press &amp; Media"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"227\" class=\"elementor elementor-227\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-44dfa03 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"44dfa03\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0eb38bc elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"0eb38bc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<!-- ============================================================\r\n     SAVE THE BEES FOUNDATION \u2014 About Us: Press & Media\r\n     Elementor HTML Widget \u2014 paste directly, no substitution needed\r\n     ============================================================ -->\r\n<style>\r\n  @import url('https:\/\/fonts.googleapis.com\/css2?family=Source+Serif+4:ital,wght@0,300;0,400;0,600;1,300;1,400&family=Source+Sans+3:wght@300;400;500;600&display=swap');\r\n\r\n  .pm-wrap * { box-sizing: border-box; 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The data is public. The deadline is December 2026.<\/h1>\r\n  <p class=\"pm-subtitle\">For journalists, documentary makers, and media professionals covering pollinator decline, EU environmental law, or conservation science in Belgium.<\/p>\r\n  <hr class=\"pm-divider\">\r\n\r\n  <!-- LEAD -->\r\n  <p class=\"pm-lead\">\r\n    Belgium is losing its bees \u2014 and the numbers are not disputed. <strong>31.2% of managed colonies lost in 2023\u201324.<\/strong> 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 \u2014 and we are willing to talk about all of them, on the record.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <!-- STORY ANGLES -->\r\n  <p style=\"font-size:0.72rem;font-weight:600;letter-spacing:0.12em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#0E5C8A;margin-bottom:0.8rem;\">Story angles we can support<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <div class=\"pm-angles\">\r\n    <div class=\"pm-angle\">\r\n      <p class=\"pm-angle-label\">Policy &amp; Law<\/p>\r\n      <p class=\"pm-angle-title\">Belgium's binding EU deadline \u2014 and the monitoring gap no one is talking about<\/p>\r\n      <p class=\"pm-angle-body\">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.<\/p>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"pm-angle\">\r\n      <p class=\"pm-angle-label\">Science<\/p>\r\n      <p class=\"pm-angle-title\">Why soil type determines where wild bees survive \u2014 and why nobody monitors it<\/p>\r\n      <p class=\"pm-angle-body\">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.<\/p>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"pm-angle\">\r\n      <p class=\"pm-angle-label\">Heritage &amp; Commerce<\/p>\r\n      <p class=\"pm-angle-title\">56 years of artisanal honey \u2014 and what the hive records show about the landscape<\/p>\r\n      <p class=\"pm-angle-body\">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. 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All our scientific claims are traceable to peer-reviewed sources \u2014 citations provided on request.<\/p>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- ASSETS -->\r\n  <p style=\"font-size:0.72rem;font-weight:600;letter-spacing:0.12em;text-transform:uppercase;color:#0E5C8A;margin-bottom:0.8rem;\">Available media assets<\/p>\r\n\r\n  <div class=\"pm-assets\">\r\n    <div class=\"pm-asset\">\r\n      <span class=\"pm-asset-icon\">\ud83d\uddbc<\/span>\r\n      <p class=\"pm-asset-name\">Logo &amp; Visual Identity<\/p>\r\n      <p class=\"pm-asset-desc\">High-resolution logo files, colour palette, and brand guidelines<\/p>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"pm-asset\">\r\n      <span class=\"pm-asset-icon\">\ud83d\udcca<\/span>\r\n      <p class=\"pm-asset-name\">Data &amp; Charts<\/p>\r\n      <p class=\"pm-asset-desc\">Publication-ready visualisations of Belgian colony loss, wild bee decline, and EU policy timelines<\/p>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"pm-asset\">\r\n      <span class=\"pm-asset-icon\">\ud83d\udcc4<\/span>\r\n      <p class=\"pm-asset-name\">Press Kit<\/p>\r\n      <p class=\"pm-asset-desc\">Foundation overview, key statistics, programme summaries, and founder biography \u2014 available on request<\/p>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<!-- END PRESS & MEDIA WIDGET -->\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About Us \u00b7 Press &amp; Media The story is real. 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