BEESFREE, Inc. has opened a main R&D Facility in Rome, Italy. The facility will serve as a hub for joint research projects with European Union and international research and development groups. The new BeesFree laboratory will be managed and coordinated by Dr. Francesca del Vecchio, the company's Inventor and Chief Scientist. This new R&D facility will focus on the development of future products as well as the improvement and fine tuning of the Company's current BeesFree chemical compound. The company's chemical compound, soon to be ommercialized, works to minimize the effects of Colony Collapse Disorder on bee populations. Additionally, upon the initiation of a sales and marketing campaign in Italy, the lab will be utilized to run quality control tests for any EU shipments.