News

ARGENTINA

American foulbrood (a disease of honeybees caused by the bacterium Bacillus larvae) has been identified in Argentina for the first time. It was found in colonies in the area of Tandil, Buenos Aires Province.

(A M Alippi)

GHANA

A Bee Club has been formed. in Saltpond in Central Ghana. The Club aims to promote beekeeping with regular meetings to share experiences, exchange ideas and give practical assistance to Members and others outside the Club.

Members have built up knowledge of beekeeping through the courses, books and journals that are available to them. For example a two-day Workshop on beekeeping held at Amissano in March 1990 was attended by government personnel, farmers and teachers. The Workshop dealt with aspects of practical beekeeping and ended with an open forum and video show.

(K S Aidoo)

JORDAN

The Jordanian Beekeepers’ Association was established in December 1989. The Association is non-profit making and will issue a bi-monthly newsletter including tips for beekeepers and international news.

(I K Nazer)

On 27 June 1990 Queen Noor Al Hussein laid the foundation stone for a building for a bee breeding and honey production project. The project is carried out by the Noor Al Hussein Foundation within the framework of its programme “Women and Development” in Al Ejina area in Karak Governorate.

(Jordan Times)

SWEDEN

In June a seminar on tropical beekeeping was organised by the Beekeeping Section and the Forests, Trees and People Programme of the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences. Much discussion centred around appropriate hive design, and in particular the work of Mogens Jensen, Thord Karlsson and Bérje Svensson in developing a suitable hive from first principles for Apis cerana in Bangladesh. Mr Karlsson’s experience in determining optimum hive size and volume are reported in this edition of Newsletter and details of constructing the new hive will appear in a future edition.