COVER PHOTO © LEONID SHARASHKIN
Bees for Development Journal 112
Dear friends Have you discovered TECA? The website run by FAO that provides practical information to help small producers in the field. Go to the TECA website: www.teca.fao.org and then to Exchange Groups and you will find the excellent Beekeeping Exchange Group. During September there has been discussion about stingless bees, and before that plans for bee houses. From 17 November we will be discussing how beekeepers best learn their craft, and how long it takes to become proficient.
Survey and subscriptions If you are receiving this Journal free of charge, your subscription has been sponsored by BfD Trust. We will soon be sending you a survey asking about the value of the Journal to you. You must complete the survey to continue receiving this Journal. Remember to let us know of any changes to your postal or email address – if we cannot contact you we cannot sponsor your subscription. Our cover shows Dr Leo Sharashkin who practises treatment-free beekeeping in horizontal hives in the Kaluga Region of Russia, south-west of Moscow, described in his book on page 18. Leo says “I am very glad to know that beekeepers the world over will find my information relevant to their beekeeping. My wife and daughter create the artwork for my hives”.
Issue No 112 SEPTEMBER 2014 In this issue
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Practical beekeeping – the setting has to be perfect................................3 Combination beekeeping – a solution to the problem.......................5 Rethinking beekeeping development in East Africa..................6 Honey bees in East Africa resist pathogens..........................................7 Practical beekeeping – soft set honey.................................................8 Women in beekeeping- success and prosperity..................................10 Questions and answers in beekeeping.......................................12 Recent Research .............................13 News around the World....................14 Look Ahead .....................................17 Bookshelf.........................................18 Notice Board................................17,19
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Erratum We apologise that in Good Beekeeping Practice – comb hygiene (BfDJ 109), one of the images was wrongly captioned. The correctly labelled image is shown below
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The combs on the right are in good condition and can be used again. Although the dark honeycombs (centre) appear good in transmitted light (left), they are not in good condition and must be destroyed. 2
