Bees for Development Journal Edition 1 - August 1981

Information Sheets on Tropical Apiculture published by International Bee Research Association, Hill House, Gerrards Cross, Bucks SL9 ONR, England

NEWSERET Mo.

1

AUCTIST 1981

This Newsletter is issued to let you know what is being done at. the International Bee Pesearch Association concerning tropical apiculture, and how you can heln in it.

WORK FUNDED PY ODA

Information Officer for Tropical Apiculture

This appointment at IPRA, funded by the Overseas Tevelopment AdmiristraAt a time of cutUK, is to continue for at least another 6 months.

The extension backs in Government spending, this is very gcod news. recognizes the great demand from develoning countries for scientific and technical information om a whole variety of sukiects to do with apiculture.

tion,

During

my

first vear } have

answered cver

540

letters,

from 72

countries

altogether, many of which asked a large numver of cuestions.

They ranged from how to start in beekeeping to detailed enquiries on the state of the Wher you write to ask for informinternational honey and beeswax markets.

If 7 ation please make your auery specific, and as clear as you can.

Put if I am understand what information you need, I can reply quickly. asked, for instance, “how honey is produced" I do not know if you mean what bees do, or what beekeepers should do, either of which : ga very large I have enjeyed meeting with the many visitors to I®R4 from the subject. tropics, and hearing direct from them cof their experience and problems in beekeeping.

I have gone the preliminary work in setting up an information file for I have each developing country where Lees are known to be kept (about 150). also started to compile leaflets giving information that is commonly requested from these countries.

Three titles are new available: “Wax moths and their

control, A selection of visual aids and Correspondence and home study courses in apiculture.

These are in English only at present, but we are making The leaflets will be arrangements for translations inte French and Spanish. sert free of charge to addresses in develoning countries. nlsewhere a and or USS1.10 (by air 0.50 mace towards is tandling postage: Rominal charge Mail 1.09 or US$2.2%) for up to 4 leafiets.

Book grants

Last year the

small collection of books could and Yenya

a grant to IPRA, so that a to ten selecte? centres in India presented

Commenwealth Foundation awarded be

that specialize in apiculture

or

apicultural research.

DP

Oi EE

Qe

just heard that an application ty IRBEA to the ODA Book Presentasuccessful, and this will enable libraries in 20 developing countries to receive a collection of beekeeping books and pamphlets.

We

tion

have

Programme has been

for Africa

for Tropical Asia

re

This is splendid news, and will help to fill one of the greatest needs for the develooment of in the tropics: access to up-to-date apiculture are reference material.

There larger collections of books and journals at the three Franches cf the IPRA Li brary: RAP,

Central

Kenya

Institute, Village Industries Commission,

Deccan Gymrhana, Pune 411904, India

Institute of Tanagawa 194

Fairobi,

Bee Pesearch

Khadi and 8359/1

for Eastern Asia

Box 30786,

PO

Japan

Honeybee

Science,

‘niversity, Machida-shi,

Tokyo,

A NEW PROJECT FUNDED BY FDPC

ta

5

The Internationa! Development Pesearch Council PRC), Cttawa, will be familiar to most readers as the agency that funded che. ibliography of Tropical Apiculture conviled hy Tr. Fva Crane and the staff at IPPA, and Over 400 institutions in 95 developing ccuntries have published in 1972. requested this Fibliography and it has been sent to them free of charge, thanks’to IDRC. Some institutions also aprlied for photocopies of articles, and for one or more of the 14 Satellite Fibliopraphies.

IPFA still has a limite? number of the 24 Parts of the Bibliography for free distribution, and both the Eitliography and the Satellite Eitliocgraphies can be vurchased.

Cetails can be supplied on apnlication.

In budgeting for photocopies in the O4 appointment, the demand was underestimated.

ODA

for

funding in connection with my We have applied successfully to

extension cf their allocation for phctoccpies,

an

so we are

still

to supply them, but each applicant shall be limited to 40 copied pages in

akle

total.

very well the waste of effort and reserves brought about by in countries are so often Beekeepers developing thwarted because they do not know where to get epecific equipment - for instance queen excluders or a foundation press to suit their local bees.

They may need contects in different courtries through «whom they might sell honey or beeswax. Teachers want te now about useful -tooks and educational aids.

And a great many young beekeepers want to attend a training course, and may need funds in order to do so.

IBRRA

knows

lack of information.

In April a new grant was awarded by IDPS to IPRA, to prepare and distri-~ bute (on the same lines as ROTA) a series of leaflets on Source Materials for

Aviculture.

Be

The

subjects

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SAM 1 SAM 2 fAM

3

SAM 4

SAM 5

are:

Suppliers of beekeeping equipment Marketing bee products

Plantingfor

bees

Opportunities for training Sources of voluntary .workers

SAM 54M SAM SAM SAM

6 7

8 9

10

Applying for grant-aid Applying for information Reference books Educational aids Writing about apiculture

IPRA is in contact These leaflets should be available early next year. with institutions that provide training in Australia, Canada, Egypt, France, German Federal Repubiic, India, Israel, Fenya, Zomania, South Africa, We urgently need addresses in other countries that can Tanzenia, UK and USA. Please send me any provide training for students from developing countries. information you have

SOME TRPRA

ACTIVITIES

Conference in 1°84 IFPA has accepted an invitation from the Government of Kenya to hold the Third International Conference on Apiculture in Tropical Climates.in Nairobi, in June 1924, IBPA organized the First Conference in London in 1976, and the Second Conference was held at the invitation of the Government of India, in New Delhi in 1980.

Rook for FAO One extra tas! IPFA has undertaken this year is the preparation of a book commissioned by FAQ “Aniculture and honey production in the developing countries of the tropics and subtropics".

Wo book of this scope exists so far, and much thought has heen piven to its planning and execution. Dr. Crane, Director of I[RPA, has teen successful in getting the collaboration of specialists from many countries to write different chapters. These include the Chairman and Vice-Shairman of IRPA, Professor .F. Townsend, Canada and Pr. J.P. Free, U¥; and Frofessor ™. Koeniger, German Federal Pepublic; Ma Deh~ Feng, Shina; Tr. Ae Popa, Tunisia; Pr. &. Shimanuki, USA; Mr. G. Walton, New Zealand.

Dr. M.S. Swaminathan, India, who is President of IBRA, will write the preface.

Special offer of IFP4 Journals TERPA has agreed te make available certain volumes of its journals at reduced rates to institutions in developing countries that are engaged in beekeeping education and research.

‘Jorld 1962-1979 (vol. 43-6C) 3 each (current price 10) Journal of Apicultural Pesearch 12363-1979 (vol. 1-17) 4 each (current price 12) Apicultural Abstracts 195C-197° (vol. 1-30) 5 each (current price 20) "Index to Apicultural Abstracts for 1950-1972" 10 (current price 50) Bee

Further details,

and an

The application form, will be sent on request. on the journals, which are in complete volumes

purchaser must pay postage

unbound.

4, HELP?

CAN YOU

distribution of tee diseases

World

I receive so many enquiries from beekeepers who wish to import queen bees from another country, that the old English saying that "the grass is always

Put greener on the other side of the fence'’ seems to apply here too. importing queens or bees carries the risk of importing new bee diseases or We parasites into a disease-free area and may endanger all the bees there. know far too little of the world distribution of bee diseases, and it is I am trying to compile urgently necessary to improve our knowledge. for Ree World, showing the countries where the preliminary maps publication-in

following diseases

American foul brood European foul brood

and

parasites

Bacillus larvae

Strertococcus pluton and

Facillus alvei

sactrood virus Nosema apis

sackrood nosena amoeba

present:

are

Malpighamoeba

chalk brood acarine

Ascosphaera apis Acarapis woodi bee louse Praula coeca external wites Varroa jacobsoni Tropilaelans clareae .

mellificae

find no information whatever on the disease position in the mainland countries (except for a 1959 report on acarine disease by following I

can

E.P. Jeffree).

Please send me any revorts or offers of help, including confirmation that disease is believed not to be present in a certain country.

Africa: Almost all countries in a belt south of the Sahara and north of Zaire and Tanzania; also Fotswana, Lesctho, Madagascar, Malawi, Swaziland America: Ecuador, Honduras, Nicarague, Surinam Asia: Almost all the Arabian peninsula; also Bangladesh, Bhutan, Rrunei, Zurma, Laos, Nepal, Philippines, Sikkim, Singapore, Sri (Varroa jacobsoni and/or Tropilaelaps Lanka, Thasland, Vietnam.

-clareee are known to be present in some of these countries).

COMING

The "Proceedings of the Second Conference on 4piculture in Tropical Climates", held in 1980, is heing produced by the Indian Council of Agricul-

tural Research.

The "Birectory anc guidelines for beekeering develorment programmes", by Dr. E. Crane and Professor W, Drescher, is funded hy the German Aid Agency GTZ, and will he published (in Fnelish) by then.

We are

eagerly awaiting these

definite publication dates.

two new hooks, but are

still

unable to give

TS YOUR ANDPESS CORRECT?

Please send me any change in your address, or that of your institution.

Most important, if your work no longer involves bees or apiculture please tell me, so that money is not wasted in sending you further leaflets.

Margaret Nixon Information Officer for Tropical Apiculture