Cover competition

Bees for Development Journal facilitates the sharing of information about bees and beekeeping around the world. The first edition was published in 1981 as the Newsletter for Tropical Apiculture. Today BfDJ has a readership of over 4,000 and is distributed to more than 130 countries. To celebrate the publication of Issue 100, we are running a competition to collate images representing the close relationship people have with bees. We hope to use the images in a publication which will highlight the diversity of beekeeping practices around the world and the importance of bees and bee products to different cultures.

Entrants may submit up to four images, either as prints or in electronic format*. Entries should be accompanied with your name, postal address and email address. A brief description (up to 150 words) should be provided for each image to include the following:

• who took the image

• where it was taken

• what the image shows

• how this relates to Bees and People

Entries will be judged by considering a number of factors including originality, composition and interpretation of the theme. The overall winner will be selected and her/his photograph will appear on the cover picture of BfDJ 100. The overall winner and three finalists will all receive a prize and a year’s complimentary subscription to the Journal. Entrants will retain copyright of the images submitted, but in entering the competition grant Bf D the right to publish their photos in BfDJ, on the website and in other relevant literature. All photographers will be credited.

Entries are welcome throughout 2010 to allow for the varying beekeeping calendars around the world, but must arrive by 31 December 2010.

Send your entry to

Bees and People Competition, Bees for Development, PO Box 105, Monmouth, NP25 9AA, UK or email to info@beesfordevelopment.org.

*Digital images, saved as individual .jpg, .jpeg or .tif files should be sent low resolution (less than 0.5 MB). We will ask you to send at higher resolution if required.