In Issue 100

ISSUE No 100 September 2011

In this issue

Practical beekeeping - Adding value to bee products in Tanzania..........3

Crucial value of pollinators....................4

Creation of a bee sanctuary ...................5

Beekeeping livelihoods in the Himalayas .............................................6

Increase in EU support for beekeeping............................................7

Caribbean Congress in Grenada ............8

Inspirational poem.................................9

Stingless bees in Ghana......................10

News around the World.......................12

Letter - a response to Varroa in tropical Africa......................................14

AAA move ...........................................14

Trees Bees Use....................................15

Look and Learn Ahead .........................16

Notice Board .......................................16

Bookshelf ............................................18

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