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NOTICE BOARD CALL FOR CONTACT
LOOK AHEAD AUSTRALIA
Traditional beekeepers in Central Guinea are looking for
International Union for the Study of Social Insects
training assistance in the use of top-bar hives. We would like to contact beekeeping organisations in, or dealing with West Africa to exchange ideas about a beekeeping programme for development.
29 December 1998 - 4 January 1999, Adelaide
Please contact: Mattheeuws Christel, Schorenshof 5/145, 3012 Wilsele, Belgium Fax (+32) 16 20 73 89
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PRESTIGIOUS AWARD Professor Jerzy Woyke has been awarded the title of “Doctor Honoris Causa” by the University of Agriculture in Szczecin, Poland, for his work as an outstanding specialist in the field of apiculture. Congratulations from Bees for Development.
INFORMATION AVAILABLE for organisers of workshops and courses. Send us full details of your meeting, and the anticipated number of participants, at least three months ahead of the date. Bees for Development can support your event with information materials.
Further information from: Dr M P Schwarz,
Flinders University, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide, Australia
CANADA
Further details from: Apimondia 99,
c/o Venue West Conference Services, #645 - 375 Water Street, Vancouver, BC V6B 5C6, Canada Fax (+1) 604 681 2503 E-mail congress@venuewest.com
{NDIA Fifth International Congress International Society for Ethnopharmacology: Plant Derived Drugs in the 21st Century 8-12 February 1999, Thiruvananthapuram
V George, Tropical
Botanic Garden & Research Institute, Pacha Palode PO, Thiruvananthapuram, 695 562 Kerala, India Fax (+91) 471 431 178
ISRAEL XIV International Plant Protection
Further details from: British Beekeepers’ Association, National Agricultural Centre, Stoneleigh, Warwickshire, CV8 2LZ, United Kingdom E-mail bobka@bbka.demon.co.uk
LEARN AHEAD NETHERLANDS Participation in Local Development 19-23 April 1999, Wageningen Further details from: Agromisa, PO Box 41, 6700 AA Wageningen, The Netherlands Fax (+31) 317 419 178 E-mail agromisa@worldaccess.nl
THAILAND Marketing of Tree and Forest Products 22 March - 2 April 1999, Bangkok
Congress
Further information from: Dr Somsak Sukwong,
25-30 July 1999, Jerusalem Further details from: Congress Secretariat,
XIV International Plant Protection Congress, PO Box 50006, Tel Aviv 61500, Israel Fax (+972) 3514 0077
SOUTH AFRICA Apimondia International Apicultural Congress
Director, RECOFTC, Kasetsart University, PO Box 1111, Bangkok 10903, Thailand Fax (+66) 2561 4880 E-mail ftesss@nontri.ku.ac.th
UNITED KINGDOM So, You Want to Help Beekeepers Overseas? 16-17 January 1999, Monmouth
[3-18 September 2001
Further details from: Bees for Development,
Further details from: APIMONDIA, General Secretariat, Corso Vittorio Emanuele II 101,
1-00186 Rome, Italy Fax (+39) 6685 2286
E-mail apimondia@mclink.it
Send us details of your conference or workshop well in advance and we will print ee
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Association, c/o Honeybee Science Research Center, Tamagawa University, Machida Shi, Tokyo 194-8610, Japan Fax (+81) 427 39 8854 E-mail hitomi@agr.tamagawa.ac.jp
24 April 1999, Stoneleigh
12-18 Septernber 1999, Vancouver
DERM
19-25 March 2000, Chiang Mai Further details from: Asian Apicultural
UNITED KINGDOM British Beekeepers’ Spring Convention
Apimondia International Apicultural Congress
Further details from: Dr
THAILAND Fifth Asian Apicultural Association Conference
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address on page two.
UNITED KINGDOM/TANZANIA Beekeeping in Rural Development August 1999, Cardiff University and Njiro Wildlife Research Centre Further details from: Bees for Development, address on page two.
COMPETITION CONGRATULATIONS B&D47
issued a challenge for logo designs to “Promote the Apis cerana beekeeping group’. From the many entries received at Bees for Development the outcome is that Dr Otto Boecking’s challenge won. Well Done!
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