Bookshelf

Perspectives in Indian Apiculture

edited by R C Mishra

1998 412 pages Hardback. Available from Bees for Development price £20.00

Sixteen chapters from different contributors have been assimilated to compile worthy text on Indian apiculture. Topics covered include beekeeping development in India, Apis cerana and Apis mellifera beekeeping, pollination, bee flora and its distribution throughout India, honey and other hive products, mites and other enemies of honeybees in India, the ever present problems associated with pesticide poisoning of bees, and the equipment used in beekeeping in India. Each chapter provides many references for further reading.

The book will be useful reading for all those who are interested in Asian apiculture.

VIDEO SHELF

1997 VHS/Betamax. Running time 24 minutes 13 minutes

Available from Bees for Development price £20.00 including airmail postage and packing

“An excellent video which clearly and accurately portrays the daice language”, Professor Roger Morse, Cornell University “Inspiring presentation of the behaviour and ecology of the waggle dance", Professor Thomas Seeley, Cornell University

An excellent introduction to and explanation of foraging ecology and the dance language of the honeybee. The 20,000 species of social insects in the world have many behavioural tendencies in common, but dance language Is unique to honeybees. This film devised by Dr Francis Ratnieks at the University of Sheffield, United Kingdom teaches viewers to decode the waggle dance language and explains how the messages “danced” by forager bees provide other bees in the hive with details of where forage, how far away the source is, and how much nectar and pollen available.

By decoding the dance messages relayed by the bees it is possible for the observer to determine local forage ecology which can be difficult to otherwise obtain.

This film will have world-wide appeal. The final 13 minutes show honeybee performing the waggle dance and can be used by viewers to practice decoding the dance language: a major benefit of video!

Explanation please!

The dance language of honeybee was first explained by Professor Karl von Frisch. By their dancing movements bees communicate various kinds of information to each other.

People and the planet compilation

VHS. Running time 112 minutes

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A compilation of four films “Investing in people” the importance of community participatio in environmental projects; “Victory for Women” the outcome the Cairo Population Conference, “Learning of Life” on education for women and girls, and “Calling the shots” how women are finding news ways of communicating.

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