Bees for Development Journal Edition 40 - September 1996

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Naomi Saville explains how Holly Keens-Dumas, a beekeeper from Tobago demonstrates how to make wax foundation sheets by hand 3.

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Once the wax is melted (never allow the water to boil) pour on to a wet tray with a space for pouring off excess wax. Carefully tip the tray until there is a thin even layer of wax covering the surface (2-3 mm thick), pouring off excess in the process.

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Once the wax has hardened you might emboss the sheet with worker brood comb pattern using a press, or in this case a hand operated roller. Bees will also use plain wax sheet without the embossed pattern.

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PAUAL is an association of 11 beekeeping organisations from Chile, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Mexico and Uruguay. Through relationships with alternative trade organisations, these groups were made aware of the existence of each other and with time became curious to know more about each other and to exchange experiences and ideas.

By their own initiative they first met in September 1994 in Mexico. In spite of differences they arrived at the conclusion that they all faced similar problems: @

lack of information or difficult access to information from Europe;

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nocash (and difficulty in obtaining credit);

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structural problems;

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the need to improve their beekeeping know-how;

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a bad price for their honey and no direct

contact with conventional honey importers.

Additional information on PAUAL in French and Spanish can be obtained by writing to Bees for Development

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The decision was taken to create an association that would allow information to flow between its members. Each group had its own experiences and had developed interesting strategies that would be useful if shared. A linked network also gives strength to the promotion of beekeeping in the countries concerned.

The international representatives of the eleven beekeeping organisations which constitute PAUAL meeting Mr Rolf Buser, Manager of Max Havelaar, Switzerland in

September 1994

PAUAL is composed of five national networks, each with a representative. This person co-ordinates activities, transmits information to member organisations, and also returns information to the General Secretary of PAUAL. The activities at the international level are to centralise and distribute information from Latin America, to organise a yearly meeting of PAUAL representatives, to inform groups about European market standards (quality, prices, potential buyers), to put members in contact with interested and interesting

organisations (beekeeping experts, bio-certifying organisations, NGOs) and to do fund raising.

PAUAL is not a closed association: on the contrary it is interested to share information with other beekeeping groups. PAUAL functions on a voluntary basis. Decisions on financial participation for members or interested organisations will be taken in October 1996.

Groups interested to join PAUAL should write to Michéle Zufferey, PAUAL Europa, Moulin du Croset, 1148 Mauraz, Switzerland

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LOG HIVES OF SORAG KEEPING BEES in log hives is common in this village of the Pindar Valley, in Uttar Pradesh, India.

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The village is approximately 50 km from the nearest road. Most villagers are farmers, growing barley, beans, buckwheat, potatoes and wheat. There are several varieties of fruit trees and jungle blooms, all of which provide bees with forage.

The bees are the Indian hive bee (Apis cerana) and are kept in log hives. These hives are made from hollowed-out logs of Quercus spp (ban oak) and Rhododendron spp The two ends are blocked with wooden disks and packed with clay. The average hive length is one metre, and the walls are about 8 cm thick.

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The thickness of the hives is suitable for the prevailing cold climate (the temperature can drop to -10°C).

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Beekeepers do not have to rely on equipment supplies from anyone else.

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Knowledge and beekeeping skills are easily passed on through the generations.

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The shape and concept of the hive is very similar to a nesting place used by bees in the wild.

KEYSTONE, the group for Eco-development Initiatives based in Nilgiris, India

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log hive from Sorag

cording to the local beekeepers these hives ...)w big colonies to form, which are well protected through the winter when snow accumulates up to a metre deep.

Hives are usually set into walls (see photograph) or kept in the open in a shady place with heavy slates placed on top.

Honey is harvested in July and October. Honey is not usually sold but can fetch a price of Rs60 (US$2) per kilogram. Wax is discarded.

Some people eat the comb containing young brood.

The log hives are made from local materials by the beekeepers and are extremely cost-effective.

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The advantages put forward by the local beekeepers for this log hive are as follows:

Sorag hives are usually set into walls

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North-West Bee Farmers Association NOWEBA sees training as the most effective strategy for promoting sustainable beekeeping and improving both quality and quantity of honey, and has consequently embarked on a series of training tours.

Four workshops for selected groups were organised in the Co-operative College, Bamenda, and in Mfonta 30 one-day workshops were also organised around the Province.

To date NOWEBA has trained a total of 1528 bee farmers in basic skills.

Source: Honey News, No 4, December 1995.

“Let's lift the lid and take a look!” Workshop participants at one of the South-West Bee Farmers Associations’ recent workshops.

NEPAL A profile of Himalayan Bee Concern Himalayan Bee Concern promotes beekeeping activities in Nepal. Its objectives are: @

To help rural people sustain their economy.

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To organise training programmes.

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To provide the opportunity to buy beekeeping equipment using a cost-recovery system.

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To organise the sale and marketing of honey and wax.

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To help conserve the environment by planting bee flora.

programmes are sponsored by CARE-Nepal, Cottage and Small Industry Development Agricultural Bank, FAO, GTZ, ICIMOD and USC Canada. After training is completed participants are provided with bee hives and other necessary

equipment.

Rural beekeepers receive only a low price for their honey. It is usually bartered along with “ghee” (butter). HBC helps in marketing their honey, giving the beekeepers a better price.

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Transferring a colony of Apis cerana

To increase awareness of the advantages of keeping bees.

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the Philippine way

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stingless bees and thus increase production of bee products and secondary products, for example candles, cosmetics, medicine and

To date HBC has provided training for 96 groups (over 3000 participants). The training

Keeping

TANZANIA Arumeru Beekeepers’ Society The objectives of the Society are:

The Bee Program of the University of the Philippines at Los Banos is actively introducing technology for indigenous bees, Apis cerana, to farmers. One advantage of using indigenous bees is their low-cost which is affordable by the small-scale farmers. It is also sustainable. The genetics team at the University is working on the morphometrics and DNA of Apis cerana populations in the whole country to identify whether there are sub-species of Apis cerana. This data will be useful in selecting races for use in beekeeping.

During regular training courses the transfer of wild colonies to hives is taught to participants.

The course organisers encourage farmers to try out methods to discover which will work best for them.

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To create awareness amongst people that beekeeping is an industry that can create employment and useful products.

@ To link with other associations involved in

the conservation and restructuring of nature to provide a better environment for bees

The Society's motto is “Bees are Wealth,

Bees are

Development, Bees are Co-operation”.

Mr M E Makawa, ABESO Co-ordinator, PO Box 248, Usa River, Tanzania.

TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO Beekeepers from Trinidad and Tobago embraced an opportunity to upgrade their beekeeping

knowledge and skills, when Michael Duggan, a beekeeping technical adviser attached to the British Executive Service Overseas (BESO) visited the islands. The visit was arranged primarily by the Tobago Apicultural Society (TAS).

Michael Duggan spent 16 days in Tobago where he conducted a workshop on honey quality and judging, beeswax processing, bee diseases, and the harvesting of pollen and royal jelly. There were also individual practical sessions with beekeepers and lectures for students at the Signal Hill Senior Comprehensive School, where TAS conducts a beekeeping project.

The workshop was repeated at three venues and over 150 beekeepers and agricultural extension officers attended the workshops on both islands.

Since April 1994 TAS has been pursuing a beekeeping development programme with the assistance of funding from the Government of the Netherlands. Mr Duggan’s stay in Tobago was intended to assist the Society in the implementation of this programme.

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Gladstone Solomon - President of TAS and Correspondent in Trinidad and Tobago

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UGANDA Beekeeping Research Project The Uganda Beekeepers’ Association has embarked upon a research programme to compare different types of hives concerning production, duration and susceptibility to pests and predators. At present we have top-bar hives with sloping sides, with straight sides, Langstroth hives with top-bars instead of frames, and traditional woven and log hives.

2 project commenced in early September 1995 and is situated in Luwero District, about 50 miles from Kampala.

Geraldine Nsubuga,

B&D’s

Correspondent in Uganda

ZAMBIA

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The Co-ordinator of honey collectors in Mwinilunga, Amos Maliti, said their activities will spread to other parts of the Province because of the good collection expected this year. The amount of rainfall experienced in the year has a bearing on the quantity and quality of honeys, so the good rainfall this year indicates a good quality harvest.

Honey collectors are not limited by markets because demand is high with customers in Zambia and foreign buyers. Mr Maliti pointed out that his organisation would welcome more buyers to the Province as this would motivate his members to spread to areas not covered on a regular basis.

Source: Times of Zambia, May 1996, sent Reinhard Fichtl currently working in Zambia 2

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In August 1994 a beekeeping workshop was held in the village bringing together about 30

participants: most were women. The objective of the workshop was to improve local beekeeping skills and encourage others to start beekeeping - not only for income generation, but as means of environmental conservation - people only value things when they benefit directly.

The workshop inspired Mr Tapera to care more for the bees. At the time of the workshop he had eight traditional hives and no one else in the village kept bees at all.

Today Gwava village is taking the lead in beekeeping. Each household has at least one top-bar hive bought through a grant from the UN Trickle Up Programme Mr Tapera was not content with the one hive from the grant. He has made ten top-bar hives using dry logs collected in the forest and has improved the smoker he uses. He no longer cuts bark to make

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Regarding beekeeping in Tobago, Mr Duggan concluded that the basic quality of queens seemed to be excellent - docile, and prolific layers with no reports of excessive swarming.

Also there are no signs of disease or parasites other than the greater wax moth and Braula There are some excellent beekeepers - the honey had a wonderful taste and physical properties. luded amongst Mr Duggan’s ommendations were: overseas training for a suitable person for first-time warnings of diseases, quicker turnover of old combs, elimination of wax wastage, continued participation in the National Honey Show in London, UK, and continued subscription to the

Puff Puff Puff. it works! Mr Tapera trying his smoker made of oil tins and goat skin His sons Verengai and Richard look on

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The women’s sewing group in the village make veils for the beekeepers and Mr Tapera is a committee member of Bondolfi Beekeepers’Association. This is a community based association which unites beekeepers around the region. Its objective is to disseminate appropriate technology to the beekeepers, market their honey and strengthen the environmental base which is the pillow of

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Never too late to learn At 66 years of age Mr Tapera moves around as energetically as a worker bee.

He is the Headman of Gwava village, 15 km from Masvingo town in south Zimbabwe. Mr Tapera began beekeeping when he was 14 years old, learning from his father. The process involved making hives from tree bark and honey harvesting Once the bark was removed the tree died. Harvesting involved the use of a torch of burning grass, which killed a lot of bees and sometimes caused bush fires. The process was carried out at night and the beekeeper had to be half-clothed to avoid bees sticking to clothes.

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beekeeping.

You see it is never too late to learn!

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Eucalyptus camaldulensis by

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Igboanugo, Nigeria

Practical notes Eucalyptus camaldulensis is raised from seeds and rooted

cuttings. Seeds are tiny and are mixed with fine sand in equal volumes before sowing in pinches into polypots. A potting mixture of top soil manure 2 fine sand is used. When the seedlings emerge they are thinned to one per pot. Seedlings remain in the nursery for up to four months, before being transplanted into the field.

Transplanted seedlings are treated with anti-termite chemicals and borax. In Nigeria there are no knowr pests of Eucalyptus

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Warning: Eucalyptus camaldulensis suppresses the yields of common staple vegetables and food crops in the Nigerian savannahs, such as cowpea, groundnuts, maize, okra, pepper, fluted pumpkin, soyabean and spinach. Yields are reduced by the excessive consumption of soil water and nutrients by the

Eucalyptus camaldulensis

Family Myrtaceae

Other names Red river gum, Murray red gum

Description One of the fastest growing tree species for the production of fuelwood and poles.

Eucalyptus.

OTHER USES Fuel wood: the wood has a high calorific value and burns well.

Poles: for scaffolding, building, and power transmission lines.

Essential oil: extracted from the leaves. This is

Apicultural value

By five years’ old it can reach 18 m and a total volume of 83 m?. It can reach 50 m tall.

Eucalyptus camaldulensis is a

Bark: smooth and light grey in colour, thin

used in pharmaceutical preparations and soaps. Recently it has been reported that people in the Nigerian savannahs use infusions of the leaves to cure typhoid fever.

The bark is used in tanning.

major source of both nectar and pollen for honeybees.

and peeling in strips.

Distribution

Leaves: grey-blue, 30 cm long and drooping.

Flowers: white clusters. The petals are united

This was one of the first Eucalyptus to be used elsewhere in the world. Now it is one of the commonest exotic tree species in farms and gardens in the tropics and subtropics, especially in dry areas. It can withstand frost.

has been introduced to many countries around the world. In its native country, Australia, Eucalyptus camaldulensis flowers all year and is therefore very valuable for bees.

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The honey is white to light amber in colour, of a mild flavour and fairly quickly

granulating.

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into a hood which falls off as a whole after fertilisation.

Fruit: a very small capsule at the end of a thin stalk.

Ecology Its natural habitat is along water courses in eastern Australia. It requires underground water, but will grow in a wide range of soils and climates.

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BOOKS FORESTERS USE Conservation and management of tropical rainforests: an integrated approach to sustainability

by E F Bruenig (1996)

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Bees for Development has recently received a bumper crop of forestry-related books.

None specifically relates to

339 pages. Hardback

Uppsala, Sweden

112 countries. Gives addresses, main research areas, number of staff, name of director, etc.

Price USS17 and available from the publishers: FAO Distribution and Sales, Food and Agriculture

Marketing information systems for non-timber forest products

Organization of the United Nations, Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00100 Rome, Italy

Carla Koppell FAO (1995) 115 pages.

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Forest products and household incomes: a review and annotated bibliography

Paperback This field manual presents a systematic way for small-scale producers to gather information on markets for their nontimber forest products. The field manual could be very helpful for those assisting groups to market their other bee products.

Townson

(1995) 205 pages. Paperback A review of economic activities with -on-timber forest products. Consists of a mbination of reviews, abstracts and

bibliography.

Very interesting information about non-wood products in Bangladesh, China, India, Malaysia, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Vietnam.

Price USS64 with airmail post and available from the publishers: Science Publishers Inc, in association with FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, 10 Water Street #310 Lebanon, NH 03766, USA A Bees for Development publication

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Price USS5 and available from: SUAS/IRDC, PO Box 7005, S 75007 Free of charge to projects in developing countries

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contribution made by forests and trees to the food economy of rural people.

An excellent publication.

800 forestry research organisations in

Non-wood forest products in Asia edited by Patrick B Durst, Ward Ulrich and M Kashio

RESEARCH ORGANIZATIONS

Paperback

A very useful publication listing nearly

Forestry Institute, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3RB, United Kingdom

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This is an advanced text for forestry students and rainforest managers. It provides a full description of rainforests and their ecosystems, and how they might be sustainably managed.

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Bois et foréts des tropiques This tropical forestry review is an 80-page, quarterly journal, written in French, and with English and Spanish abstracts. It contains review articles, reports of major congresses and news of the tropical forestry world.

The journal is produced at a high quality with colour photographs and attractive layout. The subjects covered range from forest botany to the various uses of wood.

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ASIAN APICULTURAL ASSOCIATION The Asian Apicultural Association (AAA) assists communication and the exchange of information between bee scientists and beekeepers in Asia. The administrative headquarters of AAA are in Japan, and communication between countries is also assisted by AAA Representatives (Chapters) throughout Asia.

The AAA Membership fee is $20 per year. If you live in one of the countries listed below you can join AAA by contacting your local representative. People in other countries send $20 directly to the AAA Office, c/o Honeybee Science Research Center, Tamagawa University, Machida-Shi, Tokyo 194, Japan. Fax: 81 427 39 8854

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AUSTRALIA: BANGLADESH:

Mr Linton Briggs, The Federal Council of Australian Apiarists’ Association, RMB 1030, Glen Rowan, Victoria 3675 Dr Alamgir Mati, Bangladesh Apicultural Association, 30/1 Shantinagar, Dhaka 1217

Bangladesh Institute of Apiculture, 23/12 Khilji Road, Shyamoli, Mohammadpur, Dhaka 1207

BRUNEI DARRUSSALAM:

Dr Kassim Hajidaud, Department of Biology, Universiti Brunei Darrussalam, Gadong 3186

CHINA:

Professor G H Yang, Institute of Apicultural Research, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science, Xiangshan, Beijing Dr Wei-Yi Wang, Hangzhou Pollen Co Ltd,

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Baoling Road,

Shan, Hangzhou

INDIA:

Central Bee Research Institute, Khadi & Village Industries Commission, 1153 Ganeshkhind Road, Pune 411 016 Dr Vinod K Mattu, Department of Bio-Sciences, Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla 171 005 Dr C C Reddy, Department of Zoology, Bangalore University,

INDONESIA:

Dr M Chandra Widjaja, National Beekeeping Center, Perum Perhutani, Jl Gatot Subroto-Senayan, PO Box 19/KT WB, Jakarta 10270 Dr Kun-Suk Woo, Institute of Korea Beekeeping Science, College of Agriculture and Life Science, Seoul National University, Suwon 440 744 Mr Hae-Woon Chung, Korea Beekeeping Association, 301 Sambo Bldg, Chonglo 6-Ga, Chonglo-Ku, Seoul, 110 126 Mr Woo-Suk Ahn, Cheju Branch, Korean Beekeeping Association,

Jnaha Bharati, Bangalore 560 056

KOREA:

MALAYSIA: NEPAL: NEW ZEALAND:

SULTANATE OF OMAN: PAKISTAN:

Sambo, 2-dong 1024, Cheju, 690 032 Dr M Hj Muid, Plant Protection Deparment, Agricultural University of Malaysia, 43400 Serdang, Selangor Mr K Shrestha, Co-ordinator, Beekeeping Project, ICIMOD, PO Box 3226, Kathmandu K

Mr Cliff van Eaton, National Apiculture Business Unit, MAF Quality Management, Ministry of Agriculture & Fisheries, Private Bag, Tauranga Mr Keith E Ferguson, PO Box 2037, SEEB III

Dr Nasreen Muzaffar, Pakistan Agricultural Research Council, NARC, PO NIH, Islamabad

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SRI LANKA: TAIWAN (China):

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TURKEY:

Ram Kham Haeng University, Ram Kham Kaeng, Bangkok 10240 Dr Osman Kaftanoglu, Department of Animal Science, Cukurova University, Adana 01330

VIETNAM:

Mr Din Quyet Tam, Director, VINAPI, Phuong mai, Dongda, Hanoi

Conference in

Vietnam.

Dr Cleofas R Cervancia, Deptartment of Entomology, College of Agriculture, UP Los Banos, College, Laguna Mr Jassim M Al Mughrabi, PO Box 42332, Riyadh 11541, Ministry of Agriculture & Water, Training Department, Riyadh Dr R W K Punchihewa, Honeybee Research Facility, Horticulture Station, Ministry of Agriculture, Kananwila, Horana Dr Chun-yen Lin, Taiwan Apicultural & Sericultural Experiment Station, 26] Kuan-nan, Kung-Kuan, Miaoli Mr Somnuk Boongird, Agricultural Technology, Faculty of Science,

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Production

ETHIOPIA

According to the produ tion estimate a total of about 23,000 tonnes of crude honey and about 3000 tonnes of b ‘eswax are collected annually. There is a stro ng, local demand for honey, due to a high m irket value obtained for

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“Tej” (honey mead).

1.07 million km’

Population 55 million

Agriculture Agriculture is the mainstay of the Ethiopian economy. It is estimated that agriculture accounts for 41% of GDP and 90% of foreign exchange earnings.

Beekeeping Beekeeping has been a tradition since long heafore other farming systems. It is assumed to ve started about 3000 years ago. Apiculture in Ethiopia is mainly by local, traditional methods and honey hunting is practised in extreme parts of the south western and southern regions.

Honeybees Recent morphometric study has verified

Honeybee diseases, pests and predators Nosema and Amoeba

are diseases so far

identified: the degree of infestation is low.

The country is free from brood diseases and Varroa. Pests include ants, bee louse, honey badger and wax moth.

Training and extension The Ministry of Agriculture is responsible for the training and extension of beekeeping.

Short and long term training courses are conducted for beekeeping extension officers and beekeepers at Holeta. The Veterinary Faculty of Addis Ababa University and Alamaya Agricultural University also hold

Beekeeping projects Further information is available in the following references:

Ethiopia is rich with natural plant habitats and a good environment for bees.

courses on apiculture.

B&D7, page 10, BRDI2, page 8; B&D14, page 13; B&D22, page 8; B&D24, page 10, B&D29, page 8; B&D30, page 8 Publications

Research

FICHTL,R Chikka Hive:

Hives

Apicultural research is new in Ethiopia. The Ministry of Agriculture is not mandated to conduct research work but the Holeta Bee Research and Training Centre is the sole institution undertaking applied and adaptive apicultural research that would support development. The research work mainly focuses on improving the quality of hive products, identification and development of productive honeybee races, study and evaluation of honey plants, improvement of traditional bee culture and beekeeping equipment, and investigation of honeybee diseases.

Habitat

Traditional hives, top-bar hives and movable frame hives are in use. The total number of fixed comb hives is estimated to be over 5 million of which the large proportion is ncentrated in the south west and the ntral Highlands. Hives such as Kenya top-bar, African long hive and mud top-bar are recent introductions. The frame hive was introduced into the country in the late 1970s and the Zander hive is the first to be widely distributed. Langstroth and Dadant are currently used in certain apiaries. To date there are over 19,000 frame hives with bees.

These are owned by commercial beekeepers, hobbyists, backyard beekeepers, joint ventures and government institutions.

Honeybee flora The country is endowed with various kinds of forest trees, shrubs, herbs, cultivated crops, and weeds that provide nectar and pollen for foraging bees. Some of the most important honey sources are Acacia spp, Bidens spp, Brassica napus, Cordia africana, Coreopsis boraniana, Guizotia abyssinica, Guizotia scabra, Helianthus

annus, Schefflera abyssinica, Trifolium spp, and Vernonia spp.

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a beekeeping

handbook. German

Development Service, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (1994) 45 pages.

FICHTL,R; ADDLA Honeybee flora Ethiopia. Margraf Verlag, Weikersheim, Germany (1994)

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Beekeeping equipment Frame hives and top-bar hives are produced in the rural Technology Promotion Centre of the Ministry of Agriculture. Accessories like smokers, bee veils and bee gloves are produced at Holeta Centre. A centrifugal honey extractor is currently under production.

Wax moulds and frame wires are imported from abroad.

Our thanks to Gezahegne Tadesse who contributed the information for this article

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Apis mellifera abyssinica, Apis mellifera jementica, Apis mellifera monticola and Apis mellifera scutellata.

Bamboo strip, bark, grass and log hives are used in traditional beekeeping in Ethiopia

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Bees for Development price 30.00 Beekeepers can gain extra financial value from their craft by “adding value” to the products.

The production of foods containing honey as an ingredient, or cosmetics containing honey, are examples of ways in which honey can be sold for higher financial return. This excellent new book provides plenty of ideas and methods for doing so.

Many of the recipes can be prepared using traditional skills at home, or on a medium to large industrial production scale.

Honey, pollen, propolis, royal jelly, venom and wax are dealt with in separate chapters with information on harvesting, storing, and using each product. There is also a chapter on cosmetics, and many useful addresses.

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The new complete guide to beekeeping

by Roger A Morse The Countryman Press, Vermont,

USA (1994)

207 pages. Paperback. Available from Bees for Development price 13.50

Professor Morse has the happy knack of being able to explain complicated things such that they appear simple.

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These two small books are part of a series titled “Best of Bee Culture’. They are formed by selecting articles from the last few years of the American beekeeping magazine, The result is useful, readable nuggets of information on each subject.

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Thus his new edition of The complete guide to beekeeping succinctly describes all aspects of beekeeping that a beginner needs to know.

The book is written primarily for North American beekeepers, using solely North American technology. It contains an abundance of excellent, practical beekeeping advice.

Tropical commodities and their markets: a guide and directory

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Kogan Page Ltd, London, United Kingdom (1995) 276 pages. Hardback. Available from

Bees for Development price 45.00 A unique guide to many different tropical products providing comprehensive information on their production, use and market forecast.

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Planning and implementing sustainable projects in developing countries - theory, practice and economics by

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AgBé Publishing, PO Box 1, 1010 Brussels, Belgium (1996) 196 pages Paperback. Available from Bees for Development price 26.50 Do you know the difference between a Programme and a Project? What factors make a project sustainable, and just what is a feasibility study? This book gives plenty of useful business information for managing a project. It is full of worthwhile advice, from project planning and appraisal, through implementation, tendering for goods and services, reasons for project success and failure, and alternative approaches to

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Three cells of honeycomb by

Francis G Smith

F G Smith, Nedlands, Australia (1994) 284 pages.

Paperback. Available from Bees for Development price 20.50

The title of this book derives from Francis Smith's life and beekeeping work in three different continents; Europe (United Kingdom); Africa (Tanzania); and Australasia (Western Australia).

The story begins as World War II ends, with Smith leaving the British army and becoming a forestry student in Aberdeen. Upon graduation he was immediately appointed by the Colonial Office as Beeswax Officer in Tanganyika (as Tanzania was known at that time), a post in which he remained for

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Johnston travelled world-wide and gained an international insight into beekeeping. After practising in many countries, he is now, once again, looking after bees in the English

SHELF 13 years. At the independence of Tanzania he moved to work in Western Australia as Senior Apiculturalist, and 12 years later became Director of National Parks there.

Among many achievements, Smith identified and named two races of honeybees, and Apis mellifera litorea. book reveals an interesting contrast between life then and now. Smith and his family faced plenty of challenges along the way, and a picture emerges of a good life, with plenty of resources available. Readers mellifera monticola

life-history book following beekeeping around the world.

Actes du troisieme seminaire regional sur la recherche et le developpement de l’apiculture en Afrique de l’Quest L’Association Nationale des Apicultures du Benin (1996) 151 pages. Paperback. In French. Available from

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The proceedings of the Third West African Bee Research Seminar held in Parakou, Benin, December 1995.

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Subjects covered include beekeeping and the environment, the value of hive products, and the future prospects for beekeeping in West Africa.

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The Asiatic hive bee: apiculture, biology and role in sustainable development in tropical and subtropical Asia Peter Kevan

Enviroquest Ltd, Ontario, Canada (1995) 316 pages.

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This book has evolved from the proceedings of onference held in Malaysia in 1988. The ycotation period has been a long one, but the labour was worthwhile. This is a useful text.

Papers by 37 authors cover a wide range of aspects of Asian beekeeping. The history of beekeeping in Asia, basic biology of Asian bees, honey, wax and other bee products, and crop pollination. Also covered are the diseases and pests of bees which occur in the region, and there is, importantly, a chapter on beekeeping and development in Asia. The book is attractively illustrated, and good value.

A nomad amongst the bees by

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The Documentary Honeybees in Oman prepared by

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An excellent documentary on beekeeping in Oman. The camera team initially escorts honey hunters to harvest from “cave-dwelling” bees.

Importantly this film carries footage of Apis florea beekeeping in Oman. Specialist beekeepers move the single combs built by Apis florea to artificial “caves”.

The documentary shows how the comb is carefully cut to remove the honey-containing section. The beekeeper returns the brood comb clamped between two halves of a split stick to the original site for the colony to continue.

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Following on is beekeeping with Apis mellifera. Instructions show how to make and extract honey from a tubl (date palm log hive), and how to capture and transfer a swarm to this type of hive.

The documentary also explains the activities within a bee colony, and management techniques of frame hive

beekeeping including centrifugal honey extraction.

The book Honeybees in Oman available from Bees for

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Northern Bee Books, Hebden Bridge, United Kingdom

(1995) 88 pages. Paperback. Available from Bees for Development price 7.00 Julian Johnston has spent his life amongst bees starting at the age of six. Working for the

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