In Issue 63

Dear friends

Constant change

Did you notice the name change? This magazine, formerly Beekeeping & Development, is now named Bees for Development Journal. Why have we changed the title? To make it very clear that this is the journal published by the organisation Bees for Development. The Charity supporting Bees for Development, formerly The Troy Trust, will now be known as the Bees for Development Trust. And our e-mail and website addresses have changed too. Certainly, the only constant in life is change.

Enclosed with this edition of Bees for Development Journal, we are pleased to bring you a Briefing Paper: Why the Himalayas need the indigenous honeybee Apis cerana, published by ICIMOD, the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development in Kathmandu, Nepal. You can see more about the recovery of the indigenous honeybee Apis cerana in mountain areas of India and Pakistan on page 11.

Nicola Bradbear

Bees for Development

1 Agincourt Street, Monmouth NP25 3DZ, UK Tel: +44 (0)1600 714848 info@beesfordevelopment.org www.beesfordevelopment.org

Appreciation

Bees for Development receives sponsorship from many beekeeping groups and individuals who help to support us financially with fund-raising events, donation of fees from talks, swarm collection, and other activities.

- Michael and Sue Thornley and their family held a Garden Open Day at their home near Helensburgh in the UK with honey teas and plants for sale. All proceeds for charity, with 40% donated to Bees for Development.

- Mrs Preece from Chippenham in the south-west of the UK has nominated Bees for Development as recipient of donations at her church’s next charity day. Mrs Preece is also planning honey stalls at forthcoming Saturday markets with proceeds going to Bees for Development.

- Harrogate and Ripon Beekeepers’ Association in the north of the UK donate collections raised at their coffee mornings and sales of second hand equipment to support the work of Bees for Development.

- Also from the south-west of the UK, Avon Beekeepers’ Association donate the proceeds from their annual barbecue to assist Bees for Development.

- Pamela Spence (USA) donates 3% of the profits from sales of her book Mad about mead to Bees for Development.

We very much appreciate this support and sincerely thank everyone who is helping us: we cannot mention you all here!

We are also grateful to the following companies who have recently provided sponsorship: AstraZeneca, BAT, Bee Health Ltd, E H Thorne (Beehives) Ltd, Imperial Tobacco L td, Northern Bee Books and Vita (Europe) Ltd.