Melbourne Congress - September 2007 Medals - Apimondia

1 - Technical beekeeping inventions

Gold     Monitor Hive, Eric Whitby, NSW, Australia
Silver    Bee Bread Extractor, Tentorium Apicompany, Russia
Bronze  Royal Jelly Extraction, Karl Jenter, Germany
Highly Commended   Observation Hive, Paul Smith, UK

2 - Innovative use of products from the beehive

Gold    Pollen/protein powder, Wang’s Bee Gardens, China
Silver   Water Soluble Propolis, Glen Heaven, USA
Bronze Tavener’s Ale, Lindsay Bourke, Tasmania, Australia
Highly Commended   Propolis in cosmetics, Sunland Biotech Shanghi, China

3 - Promotional packaging

Gold    Soft drinks, Tentorium Apicompany, Russia
Silver   Leatherwood Honey, Ewan Stephens, Tasmania, Australia
Bronze Royal Jelly Box, Yuanshang Gong, China
Highly Commended  Xu Lianbao, China

4 - Films, videos, CD’s on beekeeping

Gold     Instrumental Insemination of Honey Queens, Susan Cobey, Ohio University
Silver    Carniolan Bee, Franc Sivic, Slovenia
Bronze  Beekeeping Library, Dr Nizar Haddad, Jordan
Highly Commended   Apimondia 2005, Dragoslav Ilic, Serbia

5 - Slides, photographs on beekeeping subjects

Gold    Bees on Flowers, Franc Sivic, Slovenia
Silver   Rafter Beekeeping in Cambodia, Claire Waring, UK
Bronze Peter Kaczynski, Victoria, Australia
Highly Commended    Peter Warhurst, Queensland, Australia
Highly Commended    Tentorium Apicompany
Highly Commended    Xu Lianbao

6 - Books (Due to the large number of high quality books entered this category was sub-divided into three sections)

6a - Beekeeping books
Gold    ABC & XYZ of Bee Culture, Root, USA
Silver   Beekeeping in Practice – Part 2, Lauri Ruottinen, Finland
Bronze AgSkills - Beekeeping, Doug Somerville, NSW DPI, Australia
Bronze The Bee Book, Peter Warhurst, Queensland DPI, Australia

6b - Technical books
Gold    Pair of books - The Honey Bee – Around & About, and The Honey Bee - Inside Out, by Celia F Davis, Bee Craft, UK
Silver   Fat Bees Skinny Bees, Doug Somerville, RIRDC Publication.
Bronze Practical Pollination Biology, edited by Dafni, Kevan & Husband, Canada
Highly Commended Dictionary of Apiculture, English - Arabic, Dr. Nizar Haddad, Jordan

6c - General interest books
Gold    The Great Atlas of Melliferous Plants, Zbigniew Koltowski, Poland
Silver   Medal: der honig Kuch Buch, Remy Bintener, Luxemborg
Bronze No Fear of Bees, Heinrick Gritsch, Austria

7 - Didactic materials

Gold    Bee Craft Apiary Guides, Claire Waring , UK
Silver  Marion Weatherhead, Qld, Australia
Bronze Rubber Stamps, Tetyana Vasylkivska,
Bronze The Bee Farm, Medyana Rosa, Ukraine

8 - Beekeeping collections

Gold    Postage stamps, Mykola Tshchuk, Ukraine
Silver   Beekeeping Music, Tentorium Apicompany, Russia
Bronze Quilt, Shirley Stephens, Tasmania, Australia
Highly Commended   Honey Tins, Doug Somerville, NSW, Australia

9 - Apicultural journals: (Sub-divided into two sections)

9a - Beekeeping journals
Gold   
Silver 
Bronze
Highly Commended
Gold Medal: Bee Craft, UK

Silver Medal: Deutsches Bienen Journal, Germany

Bronze Medal: Bee Culture, USA

Highly Commended: Beekeepers Quarterly, UK

9b - Scientific journals:
Gold    Journal of Apicultural Research, IBRA, UK

10 - Beekeeping websites

Gold    Bee Craft, UK www.bee-craft.com
Silver   BeeCulture, USA www.BeeCulture.com
Bronze Bee Research Unit, Jordan. www.jordanbru.info

11 - ApiExpo stands:

Gold    Zip Technologies,
            Brotherhood of Ukranian Beekeepers,
            The Bee Farm “Medyana Rosa”, Ukraine
Silver    Argentina
Bronze  Charles Blue Hills Honey, Tasmania, Australia

12 - APIMONDIA SONG or MUSICAL TRIBUTE TO APICULTURE

Special competition, entries invited by Asger Jorgensen, President of Apimondia, at Apimondia 2005 in Ireland.
Two entries received and both awarded gold medals:

Gold    Tentorium Apicompany, Russia – “Apimondia Song”
Gold    Igor Krivopalov Moskin, Russia – “Bee Heaven”

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