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How to manage the blue orchard bee as an orchard pollinator
Bumblebees
KEYSTONE INFORMATION
Christopher O'Toole
Honey hunters and beekeepers
Jordi Bosch and William Kemp 2001 88 pages
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Paperback
2002 42 pages
of Tamil Nadu
Paperback Available from
Snehlata Nath, Pratim Roy, Mathew John and Robert Leo
Bees for Development price 5.50 Code 0160
Available from Bees for Development price 15.90 Code B475
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For a long time the only
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Europe. Some species have adapted to the high altitudes of the Himalayas and to the Arctic areas
dependent on this single species. In the USA the reduction in the number of honeybee colonies due
in tropical Central America and in South America
pollinator for orchard crops. The blue orchard bee is a close relative of Osmia cornifrons the
hornfaced bee that has been used commercially in Japan as an apple and cherry pollinator since
the 1960s, and Osmia cornuta developed as an orchard pollinator in Europe.
Section
1 of this new manual provides an overview of fruit crop pollination. Section 2 explains the general biology of the blue orchard
bee and sections 3 and 4 describe rearing and management. Sections 5 and 6 explain bee densities and the ways to extend nesting periods and progeny production to enhance pollination.
of North America and Eurasia. A few species live
along the Andes. There are some bumblebee species in North Africa, but bumblebees are absent from Africa south of the Sahara. This book
explains the natural history of these social bees
including chapters on colony activity, pests, bumblebees as managed pollinators of crops, and how to encourage bumblebees to live in your garden. The book ends with 11 lovely colour plates of different species of foraging bumblebees of different species.
Bees dance 2001 46 pages
BEES
A4+ size hardback Available from Bees for /
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mortality during development and pests, predators and pathogens of the blue orchard bee.
Entomologist and ethologist Rémy Chauvin joined forces with cartoonist and art director
Well illustrated with black and white and colour
Patrice Serres to produce this unusual book,
illustrations, this manual is a useful addition to the literature available on non-honeybee pollinators.
which offers an alternative view of
John and Dawn Yates BEEKEEPING STUDY NOTES
2002 261 pages Paperback Available from Bees for
DOCUMENT
Keystone Foundation
of Tamil Nadu in
southern India. Keystone undertook to discover the various honey hunting groups and to
document what they do with the harvested honey and beeswax. The survey revealed a range of development issues related to changes in traditions, in the economy and in the
accessibility of the hill areas. Honey hunting and beekeeping in Tamil Nadu have been affected drastically by ecological changes. The book discusses appropriate ways to help. This newly published book was previously available as a survey report document (reviewed in BfD 45).
communication strategies within the hive. Originally published in the French magazine
Figaro this hyper-realistic fiction shows bees living in the world of insects alongside humans here on
Honey hunters of the Blue Mountains CD Rom Keystone Foundation
2001 138 pages Available from Bees for Development Code VID20A price 22.80 This newly available CD Rom offers an alternative opportunity to view the documentary about the honey hunters of the Nilgiri Mountains of South India and their relationship with the
giant honeybee Apis dorsata. A review of the video format appeared in BfD 59.
Instrumental insemination
Earth as they have done for thousands of years. With colour cartoons the story tells of Daftara
of honeybee queens
from Ethiopia and his young assistant Mikle who install a tiny remote controlled robot on the comb
Inseminacién instrumental de abejas reinas
within a hive. This device can communicate with
Development price 21.50 Code Y100
Susan Cobey
the bees that have evolved a highly sophisticated language, a small segment of which is seen by
A 25 minute, step by step training video. FAO,
This new book in the series of study notes for the British Beekeepers
beekeepers in the waggle dance.
Association examinations provides an excellent guide to the BBKA Certificate in Beekeeping Husbandry. The authors have many years’ experience as Master Beekeepers and provide
comprehensive information on all aspects of practice and current disease terminology.
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Honey hunting is a traditional part of life for people living in the hills
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SURVEY
Rémy Chauvin and Patrice Serres
The next two sections explain the factors preventing population growth including the (limited) knowledge on pesticide damage,
Beekeeping study notes
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2001 138 pages Paperback Available from Bees for
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occurring throughout North America, Asia and
was the honeybee Apis mellifera, which meant that commercial pollination of insect-pollinated crops was
commercialisation of the indigenous North American blue orchard bee Osmia lignaria, as a
OF TAMIL NADU
Bumbiebees live mostly in
pollinator commercially available in large numbers
to low honey prices and the introduction of parasitic mites and exotic pests, has led to the
HONEYHUNTERS & BEEKEEPERS.
Although the book is designed to be primarily fun it does carry facts about behaviour including foraging, queen production, reproduction and swarming, in addition to the details about
communication within the hive. There is a brief glossary.
A Bees for Development publication
the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN has a limited number of copies of this video, available in English or Spanish and in PAL or
NTSC format.
If
you are an apicultural researcher
in a developing country, then you may request
a copy.
Contact: HoZoo.Lea@fao.org
