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Asian apiculture Lawrence J Connor, Thomas Rinderer, H Allen Sylvester and Siriwat Wongsiri edited by
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Wicwas Press, Cheshire CT, USA (1993) 704 pages. Hardback. Available from
Bees for Development
Buy”) price 50.00 These are the texts of 80 papers presented during the International Conference on the Asian Honey Bees and Bee Mites held in (see "Books to
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Chulalongkorn University, Thailand in February 1992. All together they provide what must be the most comprehensive single publication on Asian honeybee biology available to date. Sections relate to biodiversity, biotechnology, pure biological research, bee products, pollination, bee mites, pathology, and pesticides The section on honeybee mites is particularly strong with many papers presented by scientists working on Varroa jacobsoni. The type of papers presented varies considerably: from honeybee molecular systematics to Thai honey wines with floral flavours. There is also a useful bibliography on Asian honeybees.
sumer 1988
Bees for Development Buy") price 13.00 An excellent account of how African bees ha spread through the Americas. Available from (see “Books to
The story of Africanized bees is an astounding one. Greg Flakus has unearthed some new aspects of the saga and gathered together all the facts to make a most interesting account. A helpful text for people who know little of bees, and useful facts for beekeepers everywhere: at some time or another all beekeepers are asked to relate the story of killer bees. The author, a skilled journalist, uses the K****R word to give an exciting title and cover to the book. But inside he has dropped the adjective ‘killer’ in favour of ‘Africanized’ by page four!
any more satisfactorily.
O polem no mel Brasileiro (The Pollen of Brazilian Honey) by Monika O Barth
The human factor in rural development by Tom Gabriel Belhaven Press, London, UK and New York, USA (1991} 159 pages. Hardback.
Those who are serious about assisting a community need a clear understanding of who they are trying to assist and the likely impact of the assistance. For example, there are many beekeeping projects which aspire to help rural women. But do the local women actually want more work, will they benefit from a new activity, or will it merely add to the pressures on them?
discusses knowledge of human thought and behaviour and provides insight into the needs of rural women’s programmes, extension services, pest management and rural health care activities. This book will be of interest to people who care about providing assistance that is the most helpful to the intended recipients. The human factor in rural development
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Quick Trading Company, San Francisco, USA (1993) 144 pages. Paperback.
The contents of this volume reflect strongly the current status of Asian apiculture: knowledge of the biology of Asian honeybees is rapidly expanding but this is not yet assisting Asian beekeepers to manage their native honeybees
Available from Bees for Development (see “Books to Buy") price 37.00
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Living with killer bees: the story of the Africanized bee invasion by Greg Flakus
Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnoldgico - CNPq, Brazil (198 155 pages. Paperback. In Portuguese.
Available from: Dr Monika Barth, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Caixa Postal 926, 20.001 Rio de
Janeiro, Brazil. Price USS$25.00 This book is an important contribution to the study of tropical honeys. The results are based on the analysis of 500 honey samples. Most of these samples are from honeybees, and were collected mainly in Rio de Janeiro state, also some honey samples from Meliponinae bees were collected from the states of Parnambuco and Parafba: 86 different pollen types are described and photographed. There is a discussion of qualitative and quantitative pollen analysis The most important families are Anacardiaceae, Compositae,
Convolvulaceae, Leguminosa and Rubiaceae. At the end there is a useful glossary. ROGEL VILLANEUVA
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