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The natural history of pollination by Michael Proctor, Peter Yeo and Andraur I ack Harper Collins Publishers, London, United Kingdom (1996) 479 pages. Paperback. Available from
Bees for Development price 20.49 Pollination ecology is a dynamic field of research, with much activity during the last 25 years or so. This book draws together information on pollination biology, giving a comprehensive introduction to the subject. Pollination studies help our understanding of how plants and social insects evolved. In turn this contributes to current ecological and evolutionary theories.
VIDEO Bees, beekeeping and ecological agriculture produced by Agriculture Man Ecology
This is an important new text giving a world-wide look at pollination. Of course bees are not the only pollinators: birds, bats, butterflies, mice and possums are also discussed. The book is beautifully illustrated with black and white line drawings and photographs, and 45 colour photographs. These help to show how size, shape, positioning, conspicuousness, guide marks and food supply are all important indicators of how a flower will be pollinated.
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Programme, Bangalore, India (1995) Running time 23 minutes.
VHS. Available from Bees for Development price 15.65 Interesting facts about Indian bees and the management of Apis cerana. The video explains the basics of beekeeping, the role of bees in ecology and how bees and trees can be incorporated into a farming system. Information on the damage caused by pesticides, improved crop yields due to honeybee pollination, and the benefits of beekeeping to landless people. From the video “Bees, beekeeping and ecological agriculture” produced by the AME Programme
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already be familiar to readers of this journal! However a few mistakes have crept in, for example, confusion between methods for top-bar hives and frame hives, and while several different types of hives are described, there are not quite enough practical details for readers to get started. This would be a nice book to accompany students who are also attending a practical beekeeping course.
Bee pollen: properties, collection, preservation and consumption by
Seyed Javad Saadatmand
Available from Seyed Javad Saadatmand, Iranian Research Organization for Science and Technology,
PO Box 15815-3538, Tehran 15819, ran
A new, two hundred page paperback in Arabic, all about pollen. The purpose of pollen for plants, how it is gathered by bees, its identification, how it is harvested by beekeepers, and its use in apitherapy.
First aid for bee and wasp stings by
Mihaly Simics
Apitronic Services, Richmond, Canada (1995) 32 pages. Paperback. Available from
Bees for Development price 7.50
Honey: a practical manual for African community
beekeepers edited by Similola Towry-Coker The Participatory Development Resource Centre for Africa section of United Nations Volunteers, Harare,
Zimbabwe (1995) 52 pages. Paperback. In English and French. Available from Bees for Development
price 7.50
This is a smartly produced book with a worthwhile aim: to provide a practical manual for African community beekeepers. The layout is excellent, the pictures are very good and clear, and the text is presented in an easy to read style. Some of the information will
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An introduction to the stinging insects of North America. A clear explanation of stings and their effects, removing a sting, providing first aid to insect stings and bites, precautions, allergy tests, immunotherapy, sting treatments, home remedies, first aid for pets, benefits of insectvenoms. A neat g for beekeepers to keep handy.
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