Over the past months, talented and passionate innovators from across Latvia, Estonia, and Lithuania came together to transform scientific ideas into impactful biotech and deep tech solutions.  

BeeYOND idea was to create honey without bees—while preserving the same nutritional and functional benefits. Using locally sourced ingredients and precision fermentation, the team aims to produce a bee-free honey rich in enzymes and antioxidants.  

Wild honeybees are increasingly at risk of extinction across the EU, raising concerns about the long-term sustainability of traditional honey production. At the same time, the European honey market is projected to grow by 4.8% by 2030, driven by rising awareness of honey’s health benefits, including immune system support. Consumers are also shifting toward natural sweeteners over synthetic alternatives. 

Currently, local honey production meets only about 63% of demand, while up to 46% of imported honey is suspected to be adulterated. BeeYOND addresses both sustainability and quality challenges by offering a reliable and innovative alternative to conventional honey.  

“We need a sustainable source of honey without risking the honey-bee popluation.” 

Looking forward to tasting “Bee-Free-Honey” in the future! 

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We participated in a safety challenge organised by the TalTech Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology, where we won 2nd-3rd prize!

What was improved:
✅ Training video introducing the main safety principles in a bioengineering laboratory
✅ All safety guidelines were organised and made accessible via QR codes that are hung in the laboratory space
✅ Safety reporting form was implemented for easy access for reporting incidents, near misses and bad conduct

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This automated system streamlines microbial screening and selection processes, offering substantial benefits in research and production environments. As automation continues to revolutionize laboratory workflows, investing in such technology ensures that our researchers can maximize efficiency while maintaining high-quality results. A colony picking robot is a valuable asset in any bioengineering laboratory, offering speed, accuracy, sterility, and cost-effectiveness.

Over the next weeks, our team will work to develop workflows and make the best use of our newly arrived asset.

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The machine is a valuable asset for bioengineering laboratory as it offers the possibility of broader screening of microbial strains. Therefore microbial strains with different mutations can be screened at once, broadening the possibility to find the ones with best characteristics.

The growth profiler was sourced under DigiBio joint project with TalTech, University of Tartu and Danish Technical University, which received 15 million € from European Union and 15 million € from Estonian government.

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Daria defended her bachelor’s thesis “Characterisation of non-conventional yeast Kluyveromyces marxianus in lignocellulosic hydrolysate” on 31st of May with the highest grade.

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The group is led by Prof. Petri-Jaan Lahtvee and the Team has expertise in bioinformatics, metabolic engineering, bioprocess optimization as well as in 3D printing of living materials.

Our goal is to address global challenges of biosustainability, including sustainable production of food and feed, but also biochemicals and materials

Happy to start new collaborations at TalTech.

Photo credit: Raul Mee

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