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LAST CHANCE Bees & beekeeping: science, practice and world resources by Dr
Eva Crane is now out of print.
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Published in 1990 this book is the most comprehensive single volume source of information on the scientific principles of
Marinus ] Sommeijer, Joop Beetsma, Willem-Jan Boot, Evert-Jan Robberts and Remy de Vries NECTAR, Utrecht, Netherlands (1997) 214 pages. Paperback. Available from Bees for
Development price 15.00
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perspectives for honey production,
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new source of information about tropical honey, how it is harvested, and
Stephen L Buchmann and Gary Paul Nabhan by
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TWO NEW BOOKS
We have a joke in the UK that in life you often have to wait a long time for a bus, and then two buses come along. It is obviously the same with books on mead! There has not been a new book on mead for a long time, and now two have come along together.
Mead: making, exhibiting and judging by Harry
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Riches
Bee Books New and Old, Charlestown, United Kingdom
Paperback. Available from
(1997) 80 pages.
Bees for Development price 11.00
Harry Riches is a British expert in mead. For years he won medals for his fine mead and wines. Now he is a judge of mead, he can pass on the ideas and methods that brought him success.
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delicious recipes and good advice.
by
Eddy N Lear
Island Press, Washington DC, USA (1996) 292 pages. Hardback. Available from
Bees for Development price 24.00 The relationships between plants and the animals that they de pend upon to achieve reproduction (bees, birds, butterflies, and countless others), is fascinating. But when
habitats are threatened, these connections are threatened too. The authors explain how
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change in population of one animal needed for ah NON pollination can have a ripple effect, leading to a “cascade of linked extinctions”. expan
Stephen Buchmann and Gary Nabhan are scientists who have been fortunate to travel the globe in pursuit of their research. They use their observations and learning to provide a marvellous account of ecological and cultural consequences of plant-pollinator interaction. This new book is at the centre of a campaign in the USA to raise awareness about pollinators and plants and their interdependence.
very readable and practical book, full of
South African mead notes
The book is the outcome of a meeting organised by NECTAR in 1994. Efforts were made to bring experienced people from Africa, Asia and Central America to the meeting, and their valuable knowledge is usefully made available to us all in this excellent publication.
The forgotten pollinators
how it is marketed, _— locally and i internationally. The requirements of honey harvested for local sale are different from honey for export, and local prices are often well above the world price. High water content can be a problem for tropical honeys if the honey is to be exported. These and other factors are well explored.
MAKE SOME MEAD FOR THE MILLENNIUM
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Apimondia Publishing House, Bucharest, Romania (1997) 187 pages. Paperback. Available from Bees for Development
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The economic value of non-timber forest products in Southeast Asia Jenne H de Beer and Melaine McDermott by
price 8.00
Eddy Lear is South African expert in mead. Like Harry Riches, Eddy has also been making and exhibiting mead for many years, and finally has published this book sharing all his secrets.
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too is a readable and practical book
containing plenty of recipes and tips for success.
EXPLANATION PLEASE! Mead is an alcoholic drink produced by the fermentation of honey and water by yeast.
Netherlands Committee for UCN, Amsterdam, Netherlands (1996 2nd edition) 200 pages. Paperback. Available from Bees for Development
price 20.00
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