Legal Paper: ‘Protection of the Endemic Maltese Honey Bee’

In the past months, the 𝑭𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑪𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑴𝒂𝒍𝒕𝒆𝒔𝒆 𝑯𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒚 𝒃𝒆𝒆 together with Mr David Chetcuti Dimech (lead author and law graduate) and Prof Simone Borg (supervisory academic and professor at the Faculty of Law at the University of Malta), concluded a report that deals with the ‘𝑷𝒓𝒐𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑬𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒎𝒊𝒄 𝑴𝒂𝒍𝒕𝒆𝒔𝒆 𝑯𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒚 𝑩𝒆𝒆’. This report explores and explains the legal framework necessary for the holistic protection of this endemic subspecies that can only be found in the Maltese islands.

We are pleased to announce that this article will be published in full in a legal academic journal, later this year! Keep yourself up to date by following our social pages and site!

We look forward to more collaborations, and initiatives for the holistic protection of the Maltese Bee, which is the key for sustainable beekeeping.