The award was presented in Basel, Switzerland at the 16th Annual Biocontrol Industry Meeting (ABIM) organised by the IBMA

International Biocontrol Manufacturers Association (IBMA) has recognised Bee Vectoring Technologies International (BVT) with the Bernard Blum Award for novel biocontrol solutions, awarding Bronze for BVT’s VectorHive system.

The award was presented in Basel, Switzerland at the 16th Annual Biocontrol Industry Meeting (ABIM) organised by the IBMA and the Research Institute of Organic Agriculture. Ashish Malik, CEO, BVT and Christoph Lehnen, BVT Business Manager for Europe, the Middle East and Africa attended the conference. 

“BVT being recognised with a Bernard Blum Award is a strong indicator of the robustness and sustainability of our natural precision agriculture solution,” said Lehnen.

BVT’s Vectorite with CR-7, a biological fungicide, controls fungal diseases including Colletotrichum (anthracnose), Botrytis (grey mould) and Monilinia (mummy berry).

As bees exit the hive during normal pollination activities, they walk through BVT’s VectorHive system, picking up trace amounts of the biological product (which attach harmlessly to their bodies), then carry it directly into blooms. As the bees pollinate crops, they efficiently deliver the microbe directly to where plants are most susceptible to many fungal diseases: the flower. Once on the flower, the microbe colonises the plant and protects the crop against various diseases.