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MARKETS FOR HONEY AND WAX

BULGARIA:

Stoyan Ivanov Kazandzhiev from Varna in Bulgaria writes: In my country, we are producing Acacia honey, Linden honey and multifloral honey from herbs. We are searching for partner companies or honey trading groups in other countries. I am looking forward to your answer and thank your for your attention.

UGANDA:

We would like to contact companies that want to import honey and beeswax from Uganda. Thank you - Dr J H P Nyeko, Homewards Uganda Ltd.

Contact Stoyan and Dr Nyeko c/o Bees for Development

BEEKEEPING ADVENTURES

Award winning Beekeeper's Safaris encouraging exchange of ideas and on-going contacts, friendships and support between beekeepers frim different countries. (Safari is the Swahili word for journey).

Safari to Tobago and Trinidad: 20-30 August 2001

Safari to Tanzania: 30 November - 15 December 2001

Details from Bees for Development

BEE BOOKS NEW AND OLD

10 Quay Road, Charlestown, PL25 3NX UK, for your new and second-hand books. Telephone +44 (0)172 676 844 or www.honeyshop.co.uk

NEWS FROM INDIA

Madhuprapancha is a quarterly beekeeping journal (in Kannada language), published by S K Beekeepers' Cooperative Society. Contact the Secretary, S K Beekeeper's Cooperative Society E-mail: Madhuprapancha@usa.net

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B&D offers the best chance to reach readers in over 100 counties. Excellent value for money. Request our rate card. Address on page 1.

BEES FOR DEVELOPMENT INFORMATION SERVICE

Finding sponsorship for B&D subscriptions is one way Bees for Development supports beekeepers in developing countries. We especially want to help those who have no other sources of assistance.

Dear Friends

It has been nice networking with you in the past year. My acknowledgments and thanks go to Mrs Thomas in the UK for paying for my subscription to B&D in 2000. lam a conservationist and recognise that local people who do not see any direct commercial benefit from our forests, are burning them to ashes. We introduced beekeeping and honey marketing as a means to ensure sustainable conservation of the forests. It is encouraging to see it working: forests that had been reduced to stunted shrubs are now catching up. Beekeepers put their hives in the forest and nobody burns or cuts down the trees. I have started a local trading company dealing in the marketing of pure honey and wax. Our honey is very nice. I am looking for both technical and financial assistance. Anyone who is interested to help can please contact me c/o Bees for Development.

Sekiku Joseph, Karagwe, Tanzania

If you represent a beekeeping project or group in a developing country that has no access to external funding, then you are most welcome to request items. If our funding permits we will send you a ‘Workshop Box’ containing some of the following:

Copies of editions of B&D: An excellent resource for new beekeepers. Give us an estimate of the number of participants you anticipate.

Information charts: We have some information charts available for free distribution including our famous ‘Promote Beekeeping in Rural Development’ poster.

First West African Bee Research Seminar: We will donate copies of the Proceedings from this Seminar to meetings concerning beekeeping in Africa. Copies also available for sale at £20.

Beekeeping Handbook: Another useful publication with information on how to work with African bees. Copies also available for sale at £8.

Plus we have a selection of other publications that will be sent if appropriate to the event being held.

If you are working for an organisation with some resources available, and would like to order a Workshop Box the delivery cost is £50 per 25 participants. Details for ordering and ways to pay are shown on the left.

NB: You must inform us at least three months ahead of the date of your meeting!