In Issue 112

Issue No 112 September 2014

In this issue

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

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.

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”.

COVER PHOTO © LEONID SHARASHKIN

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