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The Museum of the American Man Foundation is using IDB Funding for Special Operations to develop beekeeping activities among 250 small-scale farmers and their families who live near the Serra da Capivara National Park in Piauf. The Park is a protected area of significant ecological and archaeological importance, with tare species of flora and fauna, and rock paintings dating back 17,000 years. The beekeeping activities will provide a living for the residents without being harmful to the area's ecology. Source: The IDB, September-October 1992
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The enthusiasm of people to make money from honey has not been lost on Ebenezer Nartey, who as a driver with the Rural and Women's Industries Division of GRATIS has made many trips to beekeeping workshops and has learnt the craft of managing bee hives and harvesting honey.
Realising that he can supplement his income with the sale of honey and beeswax, in 1991 he acquired three hives to install at his hometown of Kodiabe in the Greater Accra Region. Barely five months after, Ebenezer was able to harvest four gallons of honey from his hives which he sold at 900 Cedis per beer bottle. Earnings from the sale of honey and beeswax enabled him to purchase three more hives. “Beekeeping can be lucrative and by getting deeply involved” says
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Ebenezer, who expects to harvest a gallon of honey from each of his six hives before the end of the year and hopes to acquire more bee hives to expand the business. Source: Gratis News, October 1992
INDIA Control of Thai sacbrood disease
A Workshop to discuss the control of Thai
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sacbrood disease was held on 31 October 1992 at Mercara, Karnataka. It was organised by the Government of Karnataka and the State level steering committee for the control of Thai
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The Workshop was attended by over 300 scientists, officials and beekeepers from all over Karnataka. Dr Channabasavanna inaugurated the Workshop and stressed the economic importance of beekeeping and measures for conservation of all three species of honey bees. Sri P T Devaiah presented a brief account of the occurrence of Thai sacbrood disease in Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu, and the
We damage caused to the bee industry where it is estimated that 90% of colonies are affected. Dr C Chandrasekhara Reddy gave a history of Thai sacbrood disease in India and abroad and suggested short term measures of destruction of infected brood and banning of migratory beekeeping in the affected regions for immediate control of the disease. Long term measures for the control of Thai sacbrood disease included the identification and mass rearing of disease-resistant queens and their supply to beekeepers.
He also indicated on the basis of epidemiological studies that the Thai sacbrood virus currently affecting colonies in South India is the same as that which destroyed many thousands of colonies in northern India during 1978 to 1984. Sri Joyappa reported that as many as 6000 colonies have been lost in Kodagu district alone. Professor G K Veeresh conducted a technical session and answered questions pertaining to the disease.
Sri N Sampangi was mainly responsible for the success of the Workshop, and he emphasised the need for preservation and conservation of honey bee species. He also stressed the need for the establishment of a Regional Centre: the Workshop unanimously passed a Resolution and recommended to the Government of Karnataka that an Apicultural Research Centre with all modern facilities be immediately established. Source: Dr C C Reddy, Department of Zoology, Bangalore University, Jnana Bharathi, Bangalore, 560 056, India.
JAPAN Taste of honey brings a brush with death Five loggers in Iwate Prefecture on northern Honshu licked honey from some old honeycombs they found inside a hollow log and suffered symptoms of severe poisoning.
Symptoms included difficulty walking and falling into semiconscious state, an official said “I think they each only licked a small amount but a
it was enough to cause nausea and numbness”.
