| Copyright | Each entrant agrees that Vita can put it in the online Vita Gallery for others to use and the Vita Calendar. Wherever used, Vita will credit the contributor. |
|---|---|
| Eligibility | Open to all photographers, worldwide. |
| Finish | 19 October 2014 |
| Entry fee | Free |
FinishedPhotos can be on any relevant topic: from honeybee behaviour, to beekeeping practices, foraging honeybees and honeybee produce. Giving a few tips for this year’s entrants, Jeremy Owen, Sales Director at Vita and Chairman of the judging panel, said: “This year the judges will be keen to see photographs of beekeeping management in action. Since the photos are linked to months of the year, well-composed out-of-season photographs are likely to stand out from the crowd.”
Prizes:
- The outright winner of the competition will receive a €50 cash prize, plus Vita anti-varroa products for 10 colonies.
- Runners-up will receive a special package of Vita products.
- There is also a special prize for the winner of the under-16s category.
- Winners’ photographs will appear in the 2015 Vita (Europe) Ltd Calendar and they will each receive a copy of the limited edition calendar.
Entrants can submit up to four photos relating to honeybees or beekeeping by emailing them to [email protected].
Image requirements: image size around 1 Mb.
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