In Issue 103

ISSUE No 103 June 2012

Extensive beekeeping...................... 3

Fungicide residues bankrupt beekeepers..................................... 6

Asian Apicultural Association News .7

Notice Board................................... 7

Projects underway at BfD................ 8

Letters.......................................... 10

News around the World................. 11

Look and Learn Ahead.................. 12

Notice Board................................. 12

Bookshelf...................................... 14

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Diana Robertson weaving a British skep from wheat straw. From the book The beekeeper & the bee by Kate Lynch reviewed on page 14

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