Beekeeping & Development 59
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VIDEOS
CD ROM
Honey hunters of the blue mountains
Defence strategies of giant honeybees
Medicine from the bees
Keystone Foundation and Riverbank Studios
Gerald Kastberger
2000 Playing time 30 minutes VHS format
2000 Playing time 23 minutes PAL/VHS
Theodore Cherbuliez, Roch Domerego and many contributors
Available from Bees for Development Order code VID20 Price 28.90
NTSC format in English or German editions Available from Bees for Development Price 32.50 Order code VID19
VIDEOS *
Honey WunTERS OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS
This professionally made film premiered at the Apimondia Congress in Vancouver, is a detailed
documentary about the last honey hunters in the Nilgiris Mountains of South India and their
Defence strategies
Another excellent video
of Giant honeybees
from the Austrian
Researcher Dr Gerald Kastberger. This film shows research concerning the behaviour of the giant honeybee Apis dorsata. The filming Gerald Kastberger takes place in Assam, at the edge of the Himalayas. The giant he honeybee builds large, single combs, some almost 2 m wide. The colonies nest near to one another, sometimes with hundreds of colonies in one tree. These honeybees show behaviour that is very different from that of hive-nesting bees. Major enemies of the bees are predatory wasps: as they come close a ‘Mexican wave’ of bees moves across the comb. Maybe this stops the wasp from being able to focus on its prey? There is excellent filming of the abdominal movements of bees as they emit pheromone: giving the message ‘let's do it together’. Also of bees ‘balling’ an unfortunate wasp: killing it by cooking to 48°C (the honeybees are still OK at this Heueebecs acre
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RIVERBANK STUDIOS, NEW DELHI
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relationship with the
giant honeybee
Apis dorsata. lt contains fantastic shots of Apis dorsata and the honey hunters at work. This film will interest not only bee lovers but also scientists and development planners wanting to address the issues of
indigenous people in changing environments. Part of the proceeds from sales contributes to “The Honey Hunters’ Development Fund”
set up by The Keystone Foundation (a Bees for Development partner organisation).
Also by Keystone An 85-page spiral bound book Honey hunters and beekeepers of Tamil Nadu
Price 24.40
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Empowering the rural disabled Playing time 16 minutes Available from Lawrence Jacobsen, FAO Focal Point for Disability Matters, FAO, Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00100 Rome, Italy The majority of the world’s disabled people live in rural, agricultural areas. This video neatly demonstrates the
importance of remembering that disabled farmers must be included in
development projects. Examples of FAO work in
Vietnam (mushroom cultivation) and
Cambodia (a community integrated pest management project) show, by interviews with the farmers and the project organisers, how successful such projects can be.
Price 34.90
This video will fascinate beekeepers, teachers, students and indeed anyone concerned with aggression and defence behaviour.
Still available! Gerald Kastberger’s first video about Apis dorsata, narrated by Sir David Attenborough The magic trees of Assam 51 minutes Price 45 Order code VID17
brings a vast amount of information about
apitherapy. It has been produced under the auspices of the Apimondia
Standing Commission for Apitherapy and draws upon the skills of many experts.
The CD includes information about bees, an introduction to apitherapy and its history, and examples of apitherapy in Cuba.
The major part of the CD is arranged in three major sections: the first presenting the bee products used in apitherapy and their various therapeutic properties, the second addresses the major diseases and the measures proposed by apitherapy, the third section is more technical, giving information on active
components of bee products and pharmaceutical and medical protocols. The CD contains 350 text chapters, two short videos (an introduction by Dr Cherbuliez, and of a bee stinging), 19 Power Point presentations, over 400 excellent quality pictures, a glossary, bibliography, and much more besides.
An abundance of information material presented in an attractive and novel format.
POSTCARDS Apis cerana japonica Order code PR3
Professor Okada’s masterpieces Order code PR4
Available from Bees for Development Price 6 per set Two new sets from the Asian Apicultural Association series of photographs of Japanese honeybees. Each set contains eight superb colour picture postcards. A Bees for Development publication
Order code VID18
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2001 CD Rom for PC and Mac with text in English, French and Spanish Available from Bees for Development
