UN / HONEYBEES

The President of the General Assembly, Peter Thomson, officially welcomed three colonies of Italian honeybees to the United Nations Headquarters in New York as part of the United Nations’ ongoing greening efforts.

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:02:24
• Production Date: 1 June 2017
• Asset Language: English
• Personal Subject: PETER THOMSON
• Corporate Name: GENERAL ASSEMBLY
• Subject Topical: ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS
• MAMS Id: 1898926
• Parent Id: 1898926
• Alternate Title: unifeed170601e

Description

STORY: UN / HONEYBEES
TRT: 02:24
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 01 JUNE 2017, NEW YORK CITY

Shotlist

1. Tilt up, from flowers to UN headquarters
2. Zoom out, beehive at UN grounds
3. Various shot, bees at bee colony
4. Wide shot, beekeepers at bee colony
5. Med shot, beekeepers opening beehives
6. Various shots, beekeepers working with bee colony
7. Pan left, from bee colony to GA President Peter Thomson
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Peter Thomson, President of the General Assembly, United Nations:
“This moment is another step in our commitment at the United Nations to implement the Sustainable Development Goals. Three hives may not seem like a lot to you, but this is going to grow into 200,000 bees in this colony here, and as you know from SDG 15, in support of terrestrial integrity, that biodiversity is a huge part of SDG 15, and bees are essential to biodiversity.”
9. Zoom out, Thomson being handed a jar of honey harvested from UN grounds
10. Various shots, beehive being opened
11. Various shots, Thomson tasting honey from beehive
12. Various shots, bees and flowers at UN grounds

Storyline

The President of the General Assembly, Peter Thomson, today (01 Jun) officially welcomed three colonies of Italian honeybees to the United Nations Headquarters in New York as part of the United Nations’ ongoing greening efforts.

The rescued swarm of Apis mellifiera linguistica (Italian honeybees) was given to the United Nations from Bees Without Borders, a non-profit founded by Andrew Cote, a fourth-generation beekeeper.

Thomson said “this moment is another step in our commitment at the United Nations to implement the Sustainable Development Goals. Three hives may not seem like a lot to you, but this is going to grow into 200,000 bees in this colony here, and as you know from SDG 15, in support of terrestrial integrity, that biodiversity is a huge part of SDG 15, and bees are essential to biodiversity.”

Cote presented President Thomson with the first bottle of honey produced by the bees.

The profits from the sale of the UN honey will go to a non-profit which supports sustainable apiary in developing countries. Bees Without Borders has agreed to care for the United Nations bees-in-residence.