The call is open for applications from Slovenia and abroad until 15 March 2022. The theme of this year's call is the conservation of bees and other pollinators.

The Golden Bee Award encourages and supports innovation and excellence of individuals or legal entities that have made a particularly important contribution to the protection of bees and other pollinators and to raising awareness of their importance worldwide, while promoting the efforts and outstanding achievements of individuals and legal entities. The recipient of the award will be selected by the Golden Bee Award Committee. The winner will be presented with a statuette and a financial award by the President of the Republic of Slovenia on 20 May on World Bee Day.

With the Golden Bee Award, the Republic of Slovenia promotes World Bee Day and the transfer of knowledge and technology. The aim of the award is also to raise the visibility of Slovenia as a green, healthy, proactive and innovative country. The recipient of the first Golden Bee Award in 2021 was Dr Lucas Alejandro Garibaldi from Argentina.

The open call and application forms for the award can be found here.