Israeli Innovation: Biobee

Nov 2, 2025
1 min read

Founded in 1983 at Kibbutz Sde Eliyahu in northern Israel, BioBee began as a small kibbutz project and grew into a world leader in biological pest control and natural pollination. Long before most people understood the global importance of bees to food security and ecosystems, BioBee was already showing how farming could work in harmony with nature.

The company breeds beneficial insects that protect crops from pests and exports bumblebees for pollination and predatory mites that replace chemical sprays. Its products are used in more than 50 countries, including the United States, Chile, and Kenya, and are approved for organic farming. In Chile and Mexico, farmers using BioBee systems have cut chemical pesticide use by up to 80 percent — proof that nature can protect its own.

BioBee’s work has restored balance to delicate ecosystems and shown that innovation can help the planet thrive. What began on a kibbutz has become one of Israel’s quiet global success stories — science in service of sustainability.