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Crop pollination by bees

Keith Delaplane and Daniel Mayer

2000 - 352 pages Hardback Available from Bees for Development price £65 Order code D130

This book is a practical and research-based guide covering aspects of pollination and how bees and flowers interact. There are warnings about the vulnerability of crop pollinators and how dangerous the world can be to them, in terms of pesticide use and bee diseases.

Much of the book relates to pollination from a world perspective. The 51 chapters also discuss honeybee biology, bumblebees, alkali bees, alfalfa leaf cutting bees, mason bees and other soil nesting bees; plus individual chapters on important crops including apple, beans, cotton, tomatoes and soybean.

Three appendices cover: bees and beekeeping books and supplies in the UK, Europe, South Africa, Canada and USA; a sample pollination agreement contract; and a table of pesticides.

Pollination management of mountain crops through beekeeping

Uma Partap

This publication is now available in Nepali. For our review see B&D 53 page 10. Price £15 Order code P165

Beekeeping trainer resource book

Aniruddha N Shukla

2000 - 162 pages In Nepali Available from ICIMOD, PO Box 3226, Kathmandu, Nepal. US$10 (ICIMOD Member countries), US$15 (developing countries), US$20 (developed countries)

An illustrated reference guide for beekeepers, students, trainers and development workers.

Chapter 1 The importance of bees and the history of development of beekeeping in Nepal.

Chapter 2 Classification of honeybees, division of work and different development stages.

Chapter 3 Basics needs of honeybees.

Chapter 4 Different types of hives used in Nepal.

Chapter 5 Beekeeping equipment.

Chapter 6 Apiary management including absconding, colony dividing, feeding, colony inspection and establishing apiaries.

Chapter 7 Bee products — honey, wax, pollen, venom, royal jelly, and propolis.

Chapter 8 Enemies of bees and protecting bees from pesticides.

Chapter 9 Honeybee diseases and their control.

‘Chapter 10 Bee colony migration for maximum honey production.

Chapter 11 Importance of pollination, the bee flora of Nepal, preparation of a bee forage calendar.

Chapter 12 Model examination questions.

Beekeeping in Bas Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo with particular reference to some important bee plants

Paul Latham

2000 - 84 pages A4 spiral bound with colour photographs on almost every page. Available from Bees for Development price £36 Order code L115

This manual is the result of a beekeeping project to encourage beekeeping, conservation and the planting of useful bee plants in Bas Congo Province. Many plants mentioned can be found throughout the humid, tropical regions of Africa. In the early 1980s, the Salvation Army provided beekeeping training and by 1990, almost 400 beekeepers were producing a honey surplus to sell of7 kg each. Today 1000 beekeepers with 2000 hives annually harvest 14 tonnes of honey.

The majority of the beekeepers have only one or two hives but the supplementary income from the honey they sell is valuable. The project was part funded by DFID-UK and Christian Aid (UK).

Also by Paul Latham

Beekeeping and some honeybee plants in Umalila, Southern Tanzania English and Swahili versions, each £33 Order codes L105 and L110

Co-operative success - what makes group enterprise succeed

Malcolm Harper and A K Roy

2000 - 141 pages. Paperback Available from Bees for Development price £15 Order code H145

The definition of a co-operative is an organisation with the majority ownership in the hands of its customers, suppliers or employees. This book identifies factors that are associated with successful co-operatives. It will assist those promoting group enterprise in selecting situations where the co-operative has a high chance of success; and in advising, assisting or managing existing groups.

Initially the study focussed on groups in Orissa State, India, however the case studies include co-operatives from Bangladesh, Nepal and other areas of India. The original study on which the findings of the book are based was funded by the UK Department for International Development (DFID) and the Ford Foundation (India).

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