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Vita launches free photo library for bee presenters


24 Sep 2009
 

Anyone giving talks about bees and beekeeping can now download images for their presentation from the Vita gallery at www.vita-europe.com. Vita (Europe) Ltd, the honeybee health specialist, has developed the free resource because of the increasing demand on beekeepers to give public talks.

Already there are more than 200 images available for download and that number is expected to grow steadily. The Vita Gallery reflects the multifaceted nature of beekeeping – there are historic, scientific, and botanical images as well as pictures relating to beekeeping management and equipment, new and old.

“Beekeepers frequently ask if we can supply pictures for their presentations, so we decided to create this free image library for anyone wanting high quality digital images,” explained Jeremy Owen, Sales Director of Vita (Europe) Ltd. “We have contributed many of our own pictures and are very grateful to Hampshire Beekeepers’ Association and Mike Lambert for making many of their pictures available.

“Anyone who would like to contribute to the resource is welcome to contact us at gallery@vita-europe.com.”

The images in the Vita Gallery are mostly high resolution and suitable for download from the Internet by anyone with a broadband connection. They are categorised and searchable by keyword for ease of use. Anyone can view the images and there is a simple, free registration process for those wishing to download and use the pictures.

The conditions of use are simple: the Gallery images are free to download and use in presentations, but are not to be published or used for commercial gain. Anyone with specific queries about usage should contact gallery@vita-europe.com.

 
 
About Vita (Europe) Ltd

Vita (Europe) Ltd is a mite control and honeybee health specialist based in the UK and operating across the globe. Vita researches, develops, manufactures and markets acaricide products and is the world's dominant supplier of honeybee health products to the honey and pollination industries.

 

In the development of new and ecologically-sensitive approaches to mite pest control, Vita collaborates with universities including Cardiff, Milan, Udine and institutes including the Tierhygienisches Institut (Institute of Animal Health) in Freiburg, Germany, the UK Central Science Laboratory and the USDA in America. Vita's innovative research and development work has received support from the UK Government.

 
Vita’s products are available through a network of 60 distributors in 50 countries and have been registered by more than 60 veterinary authorities. Its product range includes anti-varroa acaricides (Apistan (outside the USA/Canada) and Apiguard), chalkbrood and wax moth controls, and foulbrood diagnostic kits) and two health-promoting feeds. All the control products are designed as elements of Integrated Pest Management programmes to inhibit the build-up of resistance and wherever possible use natural compounds and biological controls that are benign to all but the target pests.
 
As a result of its primary research of natural control agents, Vita is currently engaged in new projects exploring mite control in the agricultural, veterinary, and horticultural industries as well as public health and human allergen control.
 
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General Enquiries
Jeremy Owen
Vita (Europe) Ltd
Tel +44 (0)1256 473 176
Email j.owen@vita-europe.com
Web www.vita-europe.com