In Issue 129

Issue 129 December 2018

In this issue

9th National Honey Week and 1st Apiculture Congress........... 3

Facts about beeswax................ 5

Notice Board............................ 8

Ubwiza bwa Nyungwe Beekeepers Union................... 9

News .................................11,16

Pesticides and bees – an overview ...........................14

Book Shelf...............................17

Look Ahead.............................19

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Bees for Development Trust gratefully acknowledge: Artemis Charitable Trust, E H Thorne (Beehives) Ltd, Ethiopiaid,

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Cover picture

A Majengir beekeeper sets off for the forest in south west Ethiopia. He carries his precious rope for climbing trees and for hauling hives and honeycomb, a basket to hold honeycomb as it is harvested and lowered out of the tree, a calabash ‘rucksack’ to carry the harvest home, and a bundle of reeds to use as a torch at night time. Majengir people gain most of their income from beekeeping and are very important guardians of the forest.

Photographed in December 2018 by Milan Wiercx van Rhijn, Bees for Development.