Publications from IBRA

Useful new series of leaflets for beekeepers

The International Development Research Centre has given financial for support preparing ten leaflets to provide information often needed and sought by beekeepers in developing countries. These SAM leaflets "Source Materials for Apiculture" are now being made available from IBRA to beekeepers throughout the world, those marked * having a very wide application. leaflets Individual leaflets are free to addresses in developing countries, elsewhere 1 or US$2 each (£8 or US$16 for all 10).

*SAM 1 Suppliers of equipment for tropical end subtropical beekeeping 6 pages

Suppliers in 23 countries, also suppliers of specialised equipment such as pollen traps, propolis harvesters, top-bar hives, apparatus for instrumental insemination, queen-rearing equipment, bee blowers, protective clothing.

*SAM 2 Marketing bee products: addresses of importers and agents 10 pages

Addresses of 119 importers and traders in honey, 58 in beeswax, 28 in pollen and 15 in propolis, with other useful information for would-be exporters

SAM 3 Planting for bees in developing countries 10 pages

Details of 31 plants especially selected as worth growing for honey production,

*SAM 4 Opportunities for training in apiculture world-wide 10 pages

Details of both scheduled and tailor-made courses organized by 55 institutions, in 25 countries, that accept students from elsewhere.

SAM 5 Sources of voluntary workers for apicultural development 4 pages

Lists of agencies providing voluntary workers, and advices to individuals seeking work in developing countries.

SAM 6 Sources of grant-aid for apicultural development 12 pages

Information on 56 agencies, with indications that will help in selecting agencies to be approached, and in making an application,

SAM 7 Obtaining apicultural information for use in developing countries 6 pages

Addresses of libraries in developing countries with books on apiculture, and others which information on a from specific subject may be sought.

SAM 8 Apicultural reference books for developing countries 8 pages

Special selection of books and other publications, with additional recommendations for Asia, Africa, the Mediterranean region and the Americas. Prices and sources are included, and a list of publications available free.

*SAM 9 Educational aids on apiculture 6 pages

Selected wall charts, posters and colour prints, with prices and illustrations. Also sets of colour slides, Films and audio-visual material.

*SAM 10 Writing about apiculture: guidelines for anthers 6 pages

Covers writing for the general public and for an international audience; writing instruction leaflets, research papers, reports to read at a meeting, and labels for an exhibition.

Information Sheets on Tropical Apiculture (ISTA)

The three titles offered last August are still available in English and will shortly be published in Spanish as Folletos Informativos sobre la Apicultura Tropical (FIAT). These are sent free of charge on application to addresses in developing countries. Elsewhere a nominal charge is made towards handling and postage: £0.50p or US$1.060 (by air mail £1.00 or US$2.G0) for up to 4 leaflets.

ISTA/A Wax moths and their control

FIAT/A Polillaa de la cera y su control

ISTA/B Selection of visual aids

FIAT/B Selection de ajudes visuals

ISTA/C Correspondence and home study courses in apiculture

FLAT/C Curgos por correspeadencia y de estudio ea casa, en apicultura

Technical co-operation activities: beekeeping, a directory and guide (1982)

by Professor Wilhelm Drescher and Dr. Eva Crane, funded by the German Aid Agency GTZ, is now available, This directory is the first assembly of information on beekeeping programmes in developing countries, The guide discusses the apicultural and economic factors likely to determine the Success or failure of programmes, and give advice and recommendations. The book will be sent free of charge to the institutions in developing countries which received the Bibliography of Tropical Apiculture. Other institutions can obtain it free on request to GTZ, Press and Public Relations Unit, Dag- Hammarskjéld-Weg 1, 6235 Eshborn 1, German Federal Republic. Price and order form on application.

Directory of instructions in developing countries known to be concerned with apiculture (1982)

Lists the 361 institutions in 105 countries which have stated an interest in apiculture by applying for the Bibliography of Tropical Apiculture (1978; enables contact ta be made with beekeeping activity in most parts of the tropics and subtropics. Price £10.00 (USS 20.05) post paid,

Varroa disease of the honeybee Apis mellifera (M106) by Professor W. Ritter

(1981) is an up-to-date survey of the mite, its effect on bees and the colony, and covering biology, diagnosis of the disease, and treatment and control methods. It is documented with 46 references to other publications. Price £0.95, or US$2.30, post paid.

World distribution of the mite Varroa jacobsoni, a parasite of honeybees

(M107) by Dr. D.A. Griffiths and C.&. Bownan (1981) is the first world survey of the mite carried out by acarologists, thanks to co-operation from the International Congress of Acarology. A world map shews countries where the Varroa mite is present, suspected to be present, or not present. These data are supported by detailed tables, and a discussion, and there is also a map showing the timing of the movement of the mite across Europe. Price £0.75, or US$1.85, pest paid,

Preliminary world maps of honeybees diseases and parasites

(M108). by Margaret Nixon(1982) presents and discusses the first world maps: brood diseases: American foul brood, European foul broad, sac brood, chalk brood adult bee diseases: nosema, amoeba, acarine parasite: bee louse (Braula)

Detailed tables for 96 countries from which the maps were compiled are included, and keyed to 180 references to publications. Prices £1.29 or US$2.75, post paid.

Special offer of IBRA Journals

Special offer of IBRA Journals, made in News-letter No. 1, will be kept open for a few more months. Certain volumes of the IBRA journals are being made available at reduced rates to selected (as in Section 3) institutions in developing countries that are engaged in beekeeping education and research.

Bee World 1962-1979 (volume 43-6) £3 or US$6.60 per volume (current price £10 or US$21.50)

Journal of Apicultural Research 1963-1979 (volume 1-17) £4 or US$8.80 per volume (current price £12 or US$26.50)

Apicultural Abstracts 1550-1979 (volume 1-30) £5 or US$10.75 per volume (current price £20 or US$43.00)

Index to Apicultural Abstracts for 1950-1972 £10 or USS$21.50 (current price £50 or USS$19/.50)

Further details and an application form, will be sent on request. The purchaser will be asked to pay postage on the journals, which are in complete volumes unbound.

Coming...

We are disappointed that we still have ne news of the publication of the Proceedings of the Second Conference on Apiculture in Tropical Climates, held in 1980. ‘This is being produced by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research.

Apiculture and honey production in the developing countries of tropical and subtropical.

The manuscripts prepared at IBRA with the collaboration of specialists from many countries 12 now with FAQ. We are pleased that it is being translated into French and Spanish, and will be published in three languages.