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INSIDE INFORMATION dear Inevrds Bees for Development created much interest at

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launch at the three day National Honey Show held in London last November. Our stand displayed lowtechnology beekeeping methods and some of the

traditional techniques used in Africa and Asia.

Of course

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we were preaching to the converted.

Beekeepers are well aware of the importance of

maintaining a good environment for bees, and of the benefits which beekeeping can bring. British and other

European beekeepers attending the Show were keen to know more about the craft in other countries and of

our work in providing information.

We were very pleased by

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received, with both individuals and beekeeping groups

pledging their support for Bees for Development.

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COVER PICTURE A large pot for honey in a village in

Central Gambia, West Africa. The pot

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resting upside-down in the picture.

30 years ago there were many hives in trees around the village and this pot was often filled with honey after the harvest.

In recent times there has been just one

hive in use and only 10-15 litres of honey have been harvested each year.

Now The Gambia Beekeepers’ Co-operative has started local training, and perhaps next season the container will again be filled with honey!

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FINDING QUEENS QUICKLY THE BRAZILIAN WAY

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Finding the queen: not always as easy as in this picture!

It is not necessary or recommended to

search for the queen every time a hive is opened. However, sometimes it is necessary to find her and anyone who has searched through 50,000 worker bees knows how difficult, timeconsuming and stressful it can sometimes be to both beekeepers and bees. Such situations are even worse when the bees are African or Africanized races which are resless and shw a low threshold for stinging.

In

Brazil,

whre Africanized honybees have

imposed the develpment of completely new anagement techniques, eekeepers have quick and safe method to find the queen without disturbing the colony too much. The method is based on the unique odour each colony has, and the intolerance a queen shows to others.

This is how it works. when a beekeeper needs to find the queen of a certain colony A, he or she goes first to another queenright colony B and removes one frame from its brood chamber This frame is checked quickly for the presence of queen If she is present, the frame is carefully replaced and another frame is chosen. The frame (without queen) is shaken to remove all the adult bees It is then taken to colony A which is carefully opened using a little smoke and with as little a

disturbance to the bees as possible. One frame is taken out of the brood chamber checked for the presence of the queen, and if she is not there, the bees shaken off.

The frame from colony B is now introduced into the central area of colony A’s brood chamber replacing the frame which was removed from the hive. After that, colony A is closed and the beekeeper waits for three to five minutes before reopening it.

By this time, if the beekeeper worked well and did not disturb too much or oversmoke the colony (smoke may mask the odour in the

frame introduced from colony B), the queen will have detected the odour of colony B inside her own colony and will be on the recentlyintroduced frame, searching for the presence

of another queen. Knowing that, the beekeeper can reopen colony A and go straight to that frame to find the queen.

This technique works well when beekeepers become practised at it. It can be used to find the queens of both colonies at the same time

by Introducing into colony B the frame removed from colony A and vice-versa, The method is also suitable foruseinany movable-frame hive or top-bar hive. It is important that beekeepers know about the health status of the colonies involved in the manipulations to prevent the spread of diseases within their apiaries.

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AFRICAN WEST AFRICA WEST AFRICAN BEE RESEARCH SEMINAR, GHANA

SEMINAR

In December 1993 beekeepers from Benin, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Tanzania and The Gambia joined Ghanaians for the second in this series of West African meetings.

That the Seminar took place at all was a triumph for the members of Ghana Beekeepers Association who organised it without government support: friends in The Netherlands provided funding for printing publicity information, and a last minute appeal to IFS in Sweden brought essential funding to enable the Seminar to go ahead.

Abun Botanic Gardens near Accra, venue for the Seminar

Over 100 government personnel, local chiefs and other dignitaries attended the opening ceremony, held in the shade of the majestic trees of Aburi Botanic Gardens. After the dancing and speeches ended the 56 Seminar Participants got down to beekeeping debate, which took place in English and French languages. Although the title of the Seminar mentions bee research, few of the participants are employed as bee researchers, although many, like beekeepers everywhere, are keen to test and try new methods. The Seminar’s sub-

title, Beekeeping development in West Africa provides a more accurate description of the type of discussion.

Brather Anthony Addai displays a veil made in Ghana

Traditwnal dances at

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Opening Ceremony

The 28 papers that were presented generated plenty of lively discussion, particularly concerning the continuing debate between those keen on top-bar hives and those who favour frame hives There have been quite a few beekeeping projects in Ghana, and they have enjoyed varying levels of success. There was criticism of those projects which simply ‘dump hives’ without providing sufficient technical support to new beekeepers Another point concerned the selection of beneficiaries for beekeeping projects. it seems that too often not enough care is taken to ensure that

those who are given hives are people who have desire to work with bees

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Some of the problems faced by beekeepers in West Africa are common to beekeepers everywhere: lack of understanding by governments and by the general public of the importance and value of bees. In Ghana it seems that as more and more of the large trees are felled and native habitat is destroyed, bees are short of nesting sites and resort to nesting in houses and other man-made constructions.

Bees are therefore increasingly perceived as a nuisance. There are even commercial bee killers who are paid to destroy colonies using insecticides .

The only answer is to do, as beekeepers in Ghana and West Africa are doing, to organise themselves and to lobby on behalf of the bees.

Meetings such as these do much to focus attention on the value of bees: and the Ghana Beekeepers Association deserve congratulation for achieving it!

Beekeepers in Ghana have good experience of the native honeybee, Apis mellifera adansonii. and can obtain worthwhile honey yields from colonies of this bee, but nobody can really claim to have found a way to ‘manage’ it Indeed Stephen Adijare, one of the most skilled and experienced beekeepers in Ghana, titled his paper ‘Queen rearing in Ghana - an unworkable proposition’.

Exhibition An exhibition displayed honey collected from different regions of Ghana, some of the

commodities which can be made with Ghanaian honey and wax, locally made beekeeping clothing, and various items of equipment. It is very useful to have this kind of display at meetings. inevitably some nonbeekeepers turn up to find out more, and it is very useful to have equipment such as smokers and hives, and products of beekeeping, to explain the processes involved.

WABA turns into BAWA During the week there was more discussion about the regional grouping for West African beekeepers, formed two years ago at the first of these Seminars held in The Gambia. The Constitution was discussed, and various decisions taken, including a change of title: the new name is the Beekeepers Association of West Africa, or BAWA.

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AEETINGS Termites

Stingless bees

Termite ants cause great problems for West African beekeepers. Termites do not bother the bees, they simply eat their hives! Although there are some hard woods which offer resistance, these are very expensive.

Beekeepers have to be vigilant: wooden hives on wooden stands are at great risk from termites and ideally should be visited daily to sweep away any termite earth channels.

Brother Anthony Addai is a Franciscan friar who is President of The Ghana Beekeepers Association He has made some extremely valuable and interesting observations of stingless bees in Ghana. He has recognised 6 different species of stingless bees in Ghana, one of which seems at least as prolific honey

Siaka Manga, from The Gambia, caused quite a stir at the Seminar by relating his method for preventing termite damage The method involves the use of salt: watch this space for further details!

Wawa Wawa wood (Triplochiton scleroxylon) is widely available in Ghana, and wawa boards are relatively cheap. However the wood is soft and readily attacked by termites. Kwame Aidoo has found that by brushing the boards with molten beeswax they can be rendered termite proof.

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producer as Apis mellifera adansonii. Perhaps it is with these species that the future of

beekeeping in West Africa lies? Honey from stingless bees is highly valued by Ghanaians for its medicinal properties

Next Seminar The third in this series of Seminars will take place in Benin, in 1995.

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Ideas for low-technology hives.

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clay hive, on the right a top-bar hive made from the (hollow) upper part from an old palm trunk.

Nicola Bradbear atten ded the Second West African Bee Research seminar with funding from the Overseas Develop nent Administration, UK.

The Proceedings of the First Seminar are now available: see page 14.

EAST AFRICA

Tanzanian and Ugandan delegates

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the Conference venue.

ARUSHA BEEKEEPERS ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE, TANZANIA

A total of

35 papers were presented, covering low cost methods of small-scale processing of honey, ‘apiagroforestry’, the role of NGOs in beekeeping development and appropriate

beekeeping equipment.

According to our correspondent Matthew Kawa: ‘The meet was very rich in beekeeping information. The experts learnt a lot from the local experts (traditional beekeepers) and they were equally pollinated by the paper presentations, the video shows, posters, photo exhibition, corridor and tea

chats!

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Session in full swing Masai ladies listen attentively

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The wide range of participants required simultaneous translation between English, Kiswahili and Kimasai.

the efforts of Mr A Y Kimishua, Co-ordinator of Arusha Beekeepers Association, and he and his team also deserve congratulation for the successful meeting they have brought about

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In October Arusha beekeepers held their first Conference, which attracted around 100 people from all walks of life, but with a shared interest in bees: mostly local beekeepers and farmers but also from Ghana, Uganda and Zanzibar.

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APIS MELLIFERA VERSUS APIS ERANA IN THE NORTH OF THAILAND H Pechhacker and N Juntawong Improvements in beekeeping must always consider local bee species, races and

ecotypes.

Observations in the north of Thailand show what happens when an exotic bee is introduced.

THE LOCAL SITUATION

WHY IS APIS CERANA

DECLINING?

The area around Chiang Mai is used for intensive agriculture Besides rice and

One possible reason is direct competition between Apis mellifera and Apis cerana. For

vegetables the large orchards growing litchi, longan and mango provide the important crops

example in mating and for bee fodder Another reason is the importation of diseases (brood

in this area. Litchi and longan orchards

particularly need insect pollination and longan

diseases, tracheal mites and viral diseases} by

is a very important plant for honey production in this region. A lot of longan honey is

the introduced bee.

exported to Taiwan and Japan.

These two paints may play an important role in this region - for example chalkbrood and

was to this region that the first successful imports of Apis mellifera were made. Since 1985

the area.

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sacbrood diseases can be found throughout

we have observed the relationship between the local bee Apis cerana and the introduced

there economic competition? No, because the local beekeepers are still providing nesting sites for Apis cerana by offering empty Is

Apis mellifera.

The table shows the numbers of Apis cerana colonies present in the same apiaries in 1985,

traditional hives as they did 1000 years ago.

Traditional hives are now never occupied by

1988 and 1992. The dramatic reduction in the

Apis cerana.

number of Apis cerana colonies can be seen.

Dr W Ritter has informed us that he also found

it

a big reduction of Apis cerana

beekeeper of this region said “No swarms come anymore - and if swarm comes, A

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colonies in the

will abscond again very soon”.

WHAT IS THE EFFECT?

north of Thailand between 1985 and 1988. At

Because of the decline of Apis cerana colonies in many regions of Asia, Apis cerana is an

the same time the number of Apis mellifera colonies has multiplied several times. There is

endangered species. The smaller the native population of Apis cerana in any area, the higher

now a highly developed Apis mellifera bee

industry in the area, producing royal jelly and

the danger for this bee because of its mating behaviour

pollen

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Traditional beekeeping as part of the farming systems will be lost in areas with a high density of Apis mellifera beekeeping As Professor Verma says, “Apis mellifera is bee only for the rich men”, because Apis mellifera

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beekeeping in Asia involves continous treatment against the tropical bee mites and needs very high technical standards None of this is possible for poor farmers.

This means that beekeeping for home use in many regions of Asia will be lost According to Professor Verma, “Apis cerana is the bee for the poor man in Asia”, and this poor man will be much poorer than before

When the Apis cerana population is destroyed a native and well-adapted pollinator for both

native and agricultural plants will be lost The results for native plant biodiversity and the pollination of agricultural crops cannot be

estimated.

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effectively as Apis cerana?

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Apis cerana better management of this bee,

selection, and better marketing. Protection by law alone is not enough

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to support existing programmes involving the distribution, publication, exchange and donation of books, journals and related materials.

should be compared for their economical value for beekeeping under different conditions.

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An initiative to develop beekeeping in Burkina Faso began in the early 1980s with local, UNDP and FAO

funding. Following a government request to FAO the “Intensification of Beekeeping” project was launched

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ETHIOPIA Honeybees - a morphometric study A study has been conducted by Ayalew Kassaye to classify Ethiopian honeybees. The sample size covers 75% of the land area of Ethiopia.

No samples were taken from the northern “regions due to instability in these areas.

Classification of honeybees was done by standard procedures. 41 morphometric characters per worker bee and 19 characters per drone were investigated according to Ruttner's method. Honeybees from Ethiopia

were compared with the honeybees of tropical Africa, the Middle East, and with some subspecies from Europe. Five distinctly

separate groups of honeybees were found, representing different ecological areas of the country. Apis mellifera litorea was found in Gambella while Apis mellifera monticola was found in the highland areas of the Bale Region. The yellow bee found in the eastern escarpment of the country resembled Apis mellifera jemenitica.

Honeybees from the western part of the country differ from the honeybee races of East Africa in many respects, and are thus proposed to be named Apis mellifera abyssinica. Lowland honeybees of Ethiopia resembled Apis mellifera adansonii but not Apis mellifera scutellata of East Africa

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Work to identify subspecies of honeybees is still going on at the Centre of Bee Research and Training at Holeta.

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NEVIS is now a year since fire destroyed the Nevis Beehouse. The generosity of beekeepers locally and world-wide responding to the Nevis Beehouse Appeal means that new Beehouse is very likely in 1994, although further donations are always welcome: Nevis Beehouse Appeal, Gingerland PO, Charlestown, NEVI KN2, St Kitts & Nevis, West Indies.

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PAKISTAN The introduction of the European honeybee has resulted in a marked increase in honey production in Pakistan. There are now more than 27,000 colonies of Apis mellifera in all the provinces and Azad Kashmir, producing over 500 tonnes of honey annually The overall production of honey by all three local honeybee species (Apis cerana, Apis dorsata and Apis florea) and Apis mellifera is about 1000 tonnes per annum.

Although Pakistan could be self-sufficient in honey, honey is also imported from Australia, Canada, China, Dubai, Germany, The Netherlands, Singapore, the UK and the USA: 182.5 tonnes were imported in 1990/91.

Women beekeepers

PARC has made concerted efforts to train beekeepers in modern practices and to encourage beekeeping as an incomegenerating activity for small farmers and landless families. PARC has collaborated with the Aga Khan Rural Support Programme to set up a beekeeping unit at Gilgit. More recently a women’s beekeeping unit has started in collaboration with the Planning and Development Department, NWFP, and the International Labour Organisation. PARC

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THE WORLD serves as a resource centre for training and extension activities and has established an active unit at Timergarah, Dir, from where the first women’s beekeeping NGO in Pakistan operates. The lady beekeepers in Dir harvested more than 500 kg of honey during May and

sold at Timergarah after processing and packing under PARC supervision. Two further centres are being set up at Ouch and Sadbar Clay. These centres will have 60 women trainers for further assistance in the remote areas of Malakand. PARC is thus providing technical assistance and playing a pivotal rote to develop beekeeping as a cottage industry for rural communities.

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Source: Nasreen Muzaffar, Director of the National

Agricultural Research Centre

UGANDA The Uganda Beekeepers’ Association held their second Annual Beekeeping Workshop in September 1993 in Kampala. The theme for the Workshop was product development and export marketing for honey and beeswax. The Minister of Agriculture, Mrs Victoria Sekitoleko, officiated at the opening ceremony.

She is a great supporter of beekeeping in

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Venezuela.

The National Bee Research Centre was established in Hanoi ten years ago and in 1992 the former Technical Department of the Central Honey Bee Agency was incorporated to form the National Bee Research and Development Centre.

The Centre receives government funding for applied research and extension programmes.

Activities include research into Apis cerana, Apis dorsata and Apis mellifera, honeybee management and training for beginners, extension workers and more advanced beekeepers. Topical courses on sacbrood contro! and queen rearing are also organised.

BRDC wants to co-operate with other research institutes and training centres.

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OBITUARY Mr Tran Duc Ha passed away on

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January 1994

As Director of the National Bee Research Centre in Vietnam since 1984 Mr Tran Duc Ha was the vital force in establishing contacts towards improving beekeeping in Vietnam. His efforts resulted in the National Research and Development Centre described above.

In his work he showed a great awareness of, and actively promoted the unique traditions and the diversity of bees and beekeeping in Vietnam. Despite the difficulties, he manoeuvred the Bee Research Centre into an organisation with international activities. Within Vietnam he actively organised local training and extension programmes with the Asian bee Apis cerana.

The speed and the enthusiasm with which he mastered the English language is a remarkable example of his spirit; it was appreciated by the many international researchers he met and opened his field of contacts, and also helped other Vietnamese bee researchers.

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From its start five years ago he was the Vietnamese delegate to the Asian Apicultural Association (AAA), and has been a regular contributor to this journal. Recently at the Apimondia Congress in Beijing he received a bronze medal award for an instructional video production on Vietnam's Apis cerana beekeeping, and was pictured in Beekeeping & Development 29.

Mr Ha strongly wished to greet his friends in beekeeping, at home and abroad, to thank them for their contacts, to

encourage them and to wish them good success.

Leaving his wife, his two children and many, many friends he he age of 47. behin he Vincent Mulder

Source: Patricia Vit Olivier

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VALUE ADDED PRODI By processing your beekeeping products into other useful items or foods, you add value to them. All goods made with honey and/or beeswax sell for much more than the costs of the raw

etroleum jelly is easy to make and it is ningredient of many other products:*

alt the beeswax in a double boiler.

teaspoon wintergreen essential oil

PROPOLIS GRANULES I: Obtain hive scrapings containing mostly

When stored in a jar and allowed to cool, this glue thickens and can be used as a normal

200°F oven.

paper paste.

container. Stir often to help release the wax.

Maintain the heat for at least two hours.

CHAPPED-LIP BALM Petroleum jelly is good for chapped lips but this formula is even better.

Remove the can from the oven and let it cool.

methods exactly, they will work.

Step

difficulty in finding some of the

2: Remove the waxy layer that formed on the surface of the water. Pour off the water and

Step

3. Place the container in a freezer. When the propolis is brittle, chip the granules from the

container. Spread the propolis granules on

White's book contains many such

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HERBAL OINTMENT

lips.

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tablespoon honey

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CHEESE WAX

hours. Strain the ointment and store it in a

After the air drying period, when cheese has developed a hard, dry rind, it must be protected with wax to prevent mould and further drying.

tightly sealed tin or wide-mouth jar.

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Combine the ingredients and heat them to 240°F in an oven. Use an oven thermometer and check it often

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the mixture until it cools.

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Stop all bleeding, apply the herbal ointment and a bandage. Repeat the treatment daily for three days.

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tablespoon lanolin

6 oz fat or oil

Place ingredients in a 200°F oven for three

¥ teaspoon petroleum jelly

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Melt the wax, lanolin and petroleum jelly in a double boiler. Add the honey and essential oil.

Essential oils of peppermint, eucalyptus,

shortening)

lipstick,

teaspoon honey

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dry. Store them in a sealed container.

(The fat or oil can be cocoa butter, lanolin, mineral oil or vegetable

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paper and allow it to dry. Moisten the glue to

enough water to cover the scrapings and heat

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seal the envelope or attach labels.

the propolis will stick to the bottom of the

you follow her ingredients and

oz beeswax (not

taste. With a brush, apply a very thin coat of the hot

glue

The wax will melt and float on the water, while

has tested all of these recipes and if

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propolis. Place the scrapings in a heat-proof container that can later be discarded. Add

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and harden. Reduce the temperature of the wax to 160°F,

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Simple petroleum jelly is a good clear lip gloss Lipstick colours this formula.

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balls about half the size of your thumbnail. Store these in a small covered jar.

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TOOTHPASTE 250 parts honey 250 parts precipitated chalk 250 parts orris root 7 parts tincture

FIRST WEST AFRICAN BEE RESEARCH SEMINAR We have a small number of copies of the Proceedj which we will donate to projects and groups inter asted in the management of African bees.

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INDONESIA

Apimondia Meeting on Bee Biology

Second Asian Apicultural Association Conference 25-30 July 1994, Yogyakarta.

1994 Further details will be given in this journal as they are announced.

BRAZIL

AAA Conference, Directorate of Afforestation and Social Forestry, Ministry of Forestry, Manggala Wanbakti Building 13 Floor, || Gatot Subroto Senayan, Jakarta 10270, Indonesia. Telephone 62 21 573 0182. Fax: 62 21 573 7092.

Further details from: Organising Committee of the Second

10th Brazilian Congress on Apiculture 14-18 August 1994, Goias.

Caixa Postal No 1337, Goidnia-Goids, CEP 74000- 970, Brazil. Fax: 55 62 224 4745.

Further details from-

MALAYSIA Tropical Bees and the Environment

Resources and Environmental Monitoring 3-7 October 1994, Rio de Janeiro.

Further details from: Roberto Pereira da Cunha, INPE. PO Box 515, 1220] Sao Jose dos Campos, Brazil

CUBA

13-16 March 1995, Universiti Pertanian Malaysia.

The Conference will explore the utilisation of indigenous tropical bees and indigenous knowledge for beekeeping, and the contributions which can be made by beekeepers to the conservation of the environment.

1996 Further details will be given in this journal as they are announced.

BEENET ASIA, Plant Protection Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Universiti Pertanian Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia Telephone: 60 3 948 3514 Fax: 60 3 948

FRANCE

2507.

XH International Congress on Social Insects 21-27 August 1994, Paris.

The XXXIV International Apicultural Congress - APIMONDIA

Further details from- Secretariat,

Apimondia Meeting on Pollination

SWITZERLAND

Further details from. Professor Pierre jaisson, Laboratoire

d’Ethologie, Universite Paris-Nord, 93430, Villetaneus, France. Telephone: 33 49 403218. |

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Systems-Orientated Research in Agriculture and Rural Development 21-25 November 1994, Montpellier.

Further details from: Secretariat du symposium sur les recherches-systeme, Bat, Les Moulins B-10, BP 5035, 34032 Montpellier Cedex 1, France.

If you want details of your event included here send details to

Bees for Development,

8-14 August 1995, Lausanne. Further details will

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journal as they

are announced.

UK Global Forum '94 25 June - 3 July 1994, Manchester.

Further details from:

Global Forum ‘94, PO Box 532, Town Hall, Manchester,

M60 2LA, UK.

USA IX International Congress of Acarology 17-22 July 1994, Ramada Unversity Hotel and Conference Center, Ohio.

Further details from. IX International Congress of Acarology, Acarology

Troy, Monmouth, NP5 4AB, UK. Fax 44 (0}600 716167.

Laboratory, Museum of Biological Diversity, The Ohio State University, 1315 Kinnear Road, Columbus, OH 43212, USA Fax: 614 292 7744. |

LEARN AHEA > Further details f om: Jon Daane, international Agricultural Centre, PO Box 88, 6700 AB, Jageningen, Netherlands. Telephone: 3} 837 090 111. Fax: 31 837 018 55 2,

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Rural Project Planning

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1994, Canberra.

Further details fi ‘am: Course Co-ordinator, ANUTECH Pty Ltd, GPO Box 4, ‘Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia. Telephone: 61 62 495671. Fax: 61 62 *

International Short Course on Land Use Management for Tropical Agriculture June 1994.

. 6172 213896.

- ISRAEL Extension International Workshop on Beekeeping and

"20 April - 11 May §994, Ruppin Institute of Agriculture.

- Further details from: The Director, Center for International Agricultural Development Co-operation, Ministry of Agriculture, PO Box 7011, Tel Aviv 61070, Israel. Telephone: 972 3 697 1709. Fax: 972 3 697 1677.

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‘Agroforestry Research for Development 9-27 May 1994, Nairobi.

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TRAILANS Marketing of Non-Timber Tree and Forest Products 21

March

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ipril 1994, Bangkok.

Further details f am: Dr Somsak Sukwong, Director, RECOFTC, Kasetsart University, Ba| ngkok 10900, Thailand. Telephone: 662 579 0108. Fax: 662 561 4880.

Certificate C vurse in Community Forestry

13fune-140 ctober

1994, Bangkok.

Further details fi om: Dr Somsak Sukwong, Director, RECOFTC, Kasetsart University, Ba ngkok 10900, Thailand. Telephone: 662 579 0108. Fax: 662 561 4880.

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Further details from: Director General, Attn C Searle, International Consultancies, Department of Primary Industries, Queensland, GPO Box . 46, Brisbane, Queensland 4001, Australia, Telephone: 61 72 393302. Fax:

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‘Alleviation: Project Management and Design

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Diploma in Aydiculture October 199 4 - 30 September 1995, University of Wales College of Cardiff.F th details from: Diploma in Apiculture, University of Wales College of Ca diff, PO Box 915, Cardiff CFI 3TL, UK. Telephone: 44 222 |

874147. Fax:

4 222 874305.

Women and gricultural Development 21 April - 30] ine 1994, University of Reading.

Further details f om: Agricultural Extension and Rural Development Department. Iniversity of Reading, 3 Earley Gate, Whiteknights Road, Reading, KUO 2AL, UK.

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INDIA Size 3,287,263 km Population 843.9 million GNP S610 per capita

Location India lies to the north of the equator. It measures 3214 km north to south and 2933 km east to west, with altitudes ranging from sea

level to 8581 m in the Himalayas.

Main agriculture Cashew, coconut, coffee, cotton, jute, maize, pulses, rice, sugarcane, tea, tobacco and wheat are just some of the important crops: many fruits and vegetables are grown.

Honeybees Apis cerana, Apis dorsata, Apis laboriosa and Apis florea are native bee species. The following sub-species of Apis cerana have so far been

identified: Apis cerana cerana, Apis cerana himalaya and Apis cerana indica. Apis mellifera was introduced to the north in the mid 1960s and to southern India only recently.

Beekeeping Wooden boxes, hollowed-out logs, earthen pitchers and wall hives are traditional ways of keeping Apis cerana. Modern hives for Apis cerana are wooden movable-frame hives, called the IS]

villager's hive. Apis mellifera is kept in Langstroth hives. Migratory beekeeping is practised in some parts, especially in the north. Beekeeping equipment is supplied by government departments and private dealers.

Problems Frequent swarming, absconding, robbing and decline in populations of Apis cerana. Mating and foraging competition between Apis cerana and Apis mellifera. Pesticide poisoning and invasion by pests and pathogens.

Number of beekeepers There are around one million colonies of Apis cerana and Apis mellifera being kept in

Honeybee diseases, pests and predators These include the parasitic mites Acarapis woodi and Tropilaelaps clareae, ants, bears, beetles, birds, predatory wasps (Vespa spp) and wax moths. Acarine, nosema, sacbrood and cluster virus are the most important diseases. Thai sacbrood virus which killed almost 80% of Apis cerana colonies in the early 1980s is still prevalent in some parts of the country. As a result of this the large scale multiplication of Apis mellifera is taking place, which is threatening the existence of Apis cerana.

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Madras

SRI LANKA

Beekeeping Association The All India Beekeepers Association, 817 Sadashiv Peth, Pune 411 030. There are also regional associations and societies.

Research Beekeeping research is being conducted by universities and institutes in Bangalore, Himachal Pradesh, Hisar, Kerala, Ludhiana, New Delhi, Palampur, Pune, Punjab, Simla, Solan, Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh.

Training The state departments of horticulture and agriculture look after the extension work of beekeeping and give training to farmers and

young entrepreneurs. Beekeeping is becoming an important component of Integrated Rural Development Programmes Central Bee Research Institute, Khadi and Village Industries Commission, 1153 Ganeshkhind Road, Sivajinagar, Pune 41] 016. Training from beginner to postgraduate level. Overseas students are accepted.

Projects Many projects are underway in universities and institutes. A major one is: All India Co-ordinated Project on Honeybee Research and Training, Haryana Agricultural

Publications Mattu,V K (1992) Scope and strategies for apicultural development in Himachal Pradesh. In Honeybees in mountain agriculture. New Delhi India; Oxford and !BH. 181-192.

Mishra.R C; Sihag, R C (1987) Apicultural Research in India.

Hisar, India; AICRP. 120 pp.

Rawat, B S (1978) Beekeeping Ranikhet, India; Rawat Apiaries. 146 pp.

University, Hisar, Haryana 125 004.

questions and answers.

Locally organised development projects have been funded by: ActionAid; CARE-India; Oxfam, SIDA, YMCA, and others.

in Hindi.

mu

45,000 villages.

Indian Bee Journal,

All India Beekeepers’ Association, 817 Sadashiv Peth, Pune 411 030.

Rawat, B 5 (1981) Elementary Ranikhet, India; Rawat Apiaries. 63 pp. In Hindi.

Melliferous vegetation

(In English. Quarterly).

Shah, F A (1983) Fundamentals of beekeeping. Shah Apiaries,

indian Honey, Indian Institute of Honey,

India. 60 pp.

Martandam, Kuzhithurai, Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu 629 163.

Verma, L R (1991) Beekeeping in >.

traditional and modern hives, which are being maintained by about 250,000 beekeepers in

India enjoys tremendous ecological diversity.

A variety of honey resources are present in different agro-climatic zones which can be categorised as agricultural crops, forest and avenue trees and shrubs, fruits and vegetables.

Honey production Annual honey production is more than 18,500 tonnes. Apis cerana colonies yield 4-10 kg, whereas Apis mellifera produce 10-25 kg per colony.

Journals

(In English, Malalyalam, Tamil. Quarterly).

Madhu Prapancha, D K Beekeepers’ Co-operative Society Ltd, No L 386, Puttur 574 201.

(Im

beekeeping.

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integrated mountain development.

Edinburgh, UK; Edinburgh Aspect Publications. 367 pp.

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Kannada. Quarterly).

Patrika, Uttar Pradesh, Mannapal Sangh,

PO Jeolikote, Mainital, Uttar Pradesh.

(In Hindi. Irregular).

DrV K Mattu of Himachal Pradesh University for much of the information for this item.

We thank

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Published three times a year in English, French and Spanish, this journal carries articles on nutrition issues, food standards and quality in developing countries. It is included here as it will be of value to readers concerned with projects addressing malnutrition problems.

Super formulas: how to make more than 360 useful products that contain honey and beeswax by

EC White

Valley Hills Press, Starkville, USA (1993) 120 pages. Paperback.

Bees for Development, Monmouth, UK (1993) 20.00

The written texts of the papers presented at this First Seminar, held in The Gambia in 1991.

The papers reveal the difficulty of managing the honeybee native to West Africa, Apis mellifera adansonii, and depict the current level of knowledge of this bee Other information is also presented: on making beekeeping projects successful, on the further research requirements of West Africa, and concerning other bee species.

La biologie de l'abeille

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The common factor is that the recipes and techniques all contain or use honey, beeswax or propolis. The formulas are not just recipes for food items (although a few are included), but are for making other products.

A French translation of Mark Winston's excellent text: very highly recommended for all who want to understand the biology of

These methods and products range from those you might already know - candles, mead and vinegar, to those you probably never thought could contain products of bees: beard softener, mascara, paint stripper, and theatrical grease

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Many of the formulas contain ingredients that are not readily obtainable but from the 350 methods and recipes you are certain to find some that can be made and could become

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honeybees, tropical and temperate

Network Available from. Dr

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