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Beekeeping for dummies
Mediterranean melissopalynology
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edited by Roberta Galarius and Matteo Ricciardelli D’Albore in
2002 303 pages Paperback
collaboration with Giancarlo Ricciardelli D’Albore
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information about the honey
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melissopalynology (the study of the botanical and geographical origins of honey according to its pollen content). Very useful is the Pollen Atlas: here you can select a plant species (according to Latin name, English or
a lot of
information about
in Langstroth hives, in a
fresh and upbeat style, interspersed with
Tennant cartoons and eight pages of
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A Reference for the Rest of Us!
colour pictures. It could be just the book
from them. The CD includes
introductions to palynology (the science of pollens) and
delivers
beekeeping
plants in countries surrounding the Mediterranean Sea, their
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Beekeeping
to get new beekeepers motivated, if they enjoy the ‘for dummies’ style
and have access to the materials described. Page
is a ‘cheat sheet’,
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intended as a tear-out checklist for quick reference during the spring
start-up. Yet already on page
1
the beekeeper is encouraged to give
preventative doses of the antibiotic furnagillin (against possible
are botanical notes, colour illustrations plus flowering time, distribution
Nosema), pollen substitute, sugar syrup, Apistan to control Varroa, menthol to control tracheal mites, and the antibiotic terramycin to
and other information, palynological features (pictures of pollen grains
prevent foulbrood. This is hardly low-input beekeeping, and there is no
Italian common names). For each of over
200 species described there
and descriptions) and information about the honey produced from this
mention of alternatives. There are three top ten lists: ‘Ten fun things to
species. The search facility enables you to enter the characteristics of honey (for example the colour or taste) or features of the pollen it
do with bees’ (such as making products from beeswax, planting a
garden for bees and building your own hive); ‘Ten frequently asked
contains, and to search for the likely botanical origin. There is also a glossary of terms, and an extensive bibliography.
questions about bee behaviour’; and ‘My ten favourite honey recipes’. Appendix A: ‘Helpful Resources’ lists many international websites,
A very useful and information-packed CD
organisations, bee journal and magazines, but as is so often the case, the one you are reading now is not mentioned. Why is that?
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GOT YOUR COPY YET? Strengthening Livelihoods: Exploring the Role of Beekeeping in Development edited by Nicola Bradbear, Eleanor Fisher and Helen Jackson 2002 122 pages Paperback Available from Bees for Development Price
Code B480
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A new look at apiculture as an important part of rural life worldwide. Small-scale beekeeping contributes significantly to livelinood security, yet the practice of beekeeping is underplayed in official policy and planning. This book challenges the marginalisation of beekeeping in rural
development and asks whether a sustainable livelihoods approach can offer
a
way forward.
Chapters are written by beekeeping development practitioners, development experts, and social scientists. Case studies are presented from around the world, including Cameroon, Ethiopia,
The Caribbean, Central America, India, Tanzania and Zambia. A comprehensive glossary of apiculture and development terminology, and a full index make this a useful new text that can assist everyone involved with beekeeping development. Produced in a modern format with
abundant illustrations, this is a highly readable and informative new contribution to the field of apicultural development.
The book was published with financial support from the DFID Livestock Production Programme
A Bees for Development publication
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