In Issue 110

Issue No 110 March 2014

In this issue

Practical beekeeping – how to foster self-healing..........................3-4

Interview with Gladness Mkamba...5-6

Questions & Answers in beekeeping...7

Varroa: a scientific essay.................. 8

Recent research............................... 9

Beekeeping economics III..........10-11

Book shelf...................................... 13

Look ahead and learn ahead........... 14

Notice board..............................14-15

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Cover picture A bumblebee Bombus terrestris foraging on a Gazania flower near to BfD office in Monmouth. Image kindly provided by Jeff Hayward. Last summer we found many bumblebees showing symptoms typical of deformed wing virus, and now researchers have proved that bumblebees are indeed susceptible to honey bee diseases.

COVER PHOTO © JEFF HAYWARD 2013

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