Bees for Development Journal 120
September 2016
Dear friends
Issue 120: Sept 2016 In this issue
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Dear friends.................................. 2 Swarming makes bees healthier....................................... 3 8th Caribbean Beekeeping Congress...................................... 4 Apimondia ApiBio Organic Beekeeping Symposium............... 6 Bees make beeswax..................... 7 ApiExpo-Africa............................10 Uganda 7th National Honey Week.................................11 Beekeeping helps young people with social and learning difficulties......................12 Bookshelf.....................................14 Bees for development Journal Produced quarterly and sent to readers in over 130 countries Editor: Nicola Bradbear PhD Co-ordinator: Helen Jackson BSc Subscriptions cost £26 per year - see page 15 for ways to pay
Well planned international beekeeping events provide a boost for the apiculture sector of the host nation – this is because beekeeping is often rather low down political agendas, and an international meeting brings in visitors and showcases the national industry. Non-beekeepers are always surprised to experience the great interest and curiosity of visiting beekeepers who never tire of looking at other people’s bees, honey and apicultural set-ups. Of course it is impossible for most beekeepers to travel to these event, and in this magazine we aim to bring you at least some of the interest and flavour of these international meetings. Also in this edition is more information from Professor Tom Seeley and Dr Wolfgang Ritter about swarming – explaining why swarming bees are healthy bees – you read it here first! Nicola Bradbear Director, Bees for Development
TECA FAO discussions teca.fao.org 15 October to 15 November 2016
Let’s give a toast to tropical honey Looking at national standards for tropical honey. Moderated by Professor Cleo Cervancia, President of Apimondia Regional Commission for Asia. 12 December 2016 to 12 January 2017
Adulterated honey Adulterated honey is one of the greatest problems facing the beekeeping sector and this debate will be moderated by Etienne Bruneau, President of Apimondia Scientific Commission Beekeeping Technology and Quality. These discussions are at beekeeping Exchange Group at www.teca.fao.org
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September is the favoured month for bee conferences and meetings, because it comes early in the beekeeping season for people in the southern hemisphere, and at the end of season for many beekeepers in northern climes. So for example, the APIMONDIA International Beekeepers Congress is held in September every second year – with the next Congress in Turkey in late September 2017. This means that many events are scheduled to take place in the alternate year, and this month has been a full one for international bee meetings. In the Caribbean has been the Eighth Caribbean Congress, in South America the APIMONDIA ApiBio Symposium on Organic Beekeeping, in Africa, Uganda Honey Week (now becoming a major event for Africa) as well at the ApiTrade Africa event in Rwanda. So if you are planning a bee event for 2017 or 2018 – check our website calendar and this Journal to be sure of unique dates!
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Cover picture John Gates and Gladstone Solomon. display the Flow Hive at the 8th Caribbean Beekeeping Congress, Tobago in September 2016.
