For people living below the poverty line in this area life is very hard. Even to run a demonstration class on a subject that women want to take part in is difficult unless we are able to give them a wage for the days they attend. This is because the pressure of a hand to mouth life means that when there is no daily field labour (rice planting and harvesting) they must spend the whole day in the jungle collecting seeds or firewood for sale in the daily market to obtain that day’s provisions. Please seriously give thought as to how we can obtain a grant, because with such a grant we are totally confident that beekeeping could become a major contributor in changing the whole quality of life for these women.
Gunanidhi Limma, New Hope Rural Leprosy Trust, Post Bag 1, Muniguda, Koraput Dist, Orissa 765 020, India.
Tranquilliser for the African honeybee has been said that green leaves of Vitex payos, Manihot utilissima and Voandzeria subterranean, and other plants can be mixed with smoker fuel to produce a smoke which tranquillises it
bees. It would be a great boon to beekeepers if Apis mellifera adansonii can be temporarily tamed with a soporific. Have you any information on the practical use of these or any other tranquillisers?
D M McKinnon, Box BW126, Borrowdale, Zimbabwe.
[Ed: Previous editions of this Newsletter have described the use by village beekeepers in Ghana of stalks of Ade-
nia lobata to subdue bees (Newsletters 8, 1986; 11, 1987) and the use of puffballs in smokers by beekeepers in Tanzania (Newsletter 11, 1987). It is stated that
bees usually recover after treatment with Adenia lobata, but the hydrogen sulphide gas given off from puffballs can be deadly for brood and adult bees. The identification of compounds which have a soporific effect on bees but which are toxic neither to bees nor
humans could be a useful step.]
LOOKING AHEAD Please note if you are planning a beekeeping event and you want details to appear in this column it is important that you send information to the Editor of the Newsletter well in advance of the planned date.
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11th International Congress of the International Union for the Study of Social Insects. 5-11 August 1990, Bangalore. Further details from: The Secretary, 11th Congress of IUSSI, Department of Entomology, University of Agricultural
Sciences, GKVK Campus, Bangalore 560 065, India.
NETHERLANDS Sixth International Symposium on Pollination. 27-31 August 1990, Tilburg. Further details from: The Sixth International Symposium on Pollination, Ambrosiusweg 1, 5081 NV, Hilvarenbeek, Netherlands.
PAKISTAN Beekeeping Training Course (National Level). 2-8 May 1990, Islamabad. Further details from: Dr R Ahmad, Honeybee Research Programme, PARC, National Agricultural Research Centre, PO National Institute of Health, Islamabad, Pakistan.
Royal Show international Symposium: The Contribution of the Honeybee to Agriculture and the Countryside. 4-10 July 1990, Stoneleigh Further details from: Katherine Fort, Assistant to the Agricultural Director, Royal Agricultural Society of England, National Agricultural Centre, Stoneleigh, Warwickshire CV8 2LZ, UK. Changing patterns of crop production and changes in emphasis in land use will create challenges as well as opportunities for the beekeeper. The Symposium will address the following themes: Environment, Changes in agricultural practice, Apiculture and _pollination, The transfer of technology and education in apiculture, New directions from science. The Symposium will be held during the same week as The Royal International Agricultural Show. 8th
The Behaviour and Physiology of Bees. Joint Colloquium — The Royal Entomological Society of London and the International Bee Research Association. 11-12 July 1990, London.
Further details from IBRA, 18 North Road, Cardiff CF1 3DY, CK. The Meeting will consist of four main sessions: Environment within the hive; Communication; Foraging behaviour and Neurobiology.
IBRA’S ADDRESS 1986 IBRA moved from Hill House, Gerrards Cross in Buckinghamshire, England to Cardiff in Wales. Many readers seem to believe that there are IBRA offices at each address, and are writing to both. We have only one Headquarters and this is in Cardiff. Although some IBRA publications may still show the old address, please send all correspondence to IBRA, 18 North Road, Cardiff In
SOUTH AFRICA Bees and Beekeeping in Southern Africa, under the auspices of S A Federation of Beekeepers-Associations and Patronage of Apimondia. 24-26 January 1990, Stellenbosch. Further details from: Organizing Committee, PO Box 3306, Cape Town 8000, South Africa.
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