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Bees for Development Journal
Book Shelf Beekeeping: a practical guide for southern Africa
Dominique Marchand and Jenny Marchand-Mayne 2003 186 pages £23.20 (€32.25) Code M015 An attractively designed and wellillustrated new text. The authors are evidently experienced beekeepers for they
give clear, practical information that a beginner beekeeper in South Africa would need to know. Well described are equipment for frame hive beekeeping, choosing an apiary site, catching a swarm or colony, how to manage bees (in frame hives) and feed them, queen rearing, bee plants of South Africa, honey and its harvest, extraction and marketing. Also information about honey and other bee products, and pollination. Near the end of the book are five pages on 'rural beekeeping' giving basic information on top-bar hives, followed by a useful chapter on pests, disease and other problems. The details given in 'other sources of information' are a little dated: all books listed are from the 1980s or before. Nevertheless a very useful new text.
Zambian beekeeping handbook Bernhard and Renate Clauss 1991 108 pages £20.50 (€28.70) Code C150 We are pleased to announce new stocks of this valuable book for those encouraging beekeeping in resource-poor areas anywhere. Brilliant on handling bees, it is full of practical 'hands on' information and written in a style that is easy to read. The book is extremely well illustrated and contains details of many different types of hive. It provides sound information of exactly the type needed where there are few resources and where existing vegetation and honeybees are precious.
Video Shelf Beekeeping in Cape Verde Eigil Holm 2003 22 minutes PAL/VHS This video is divided into three parts: bees and beekeeping in Cape Verde, equipment, and the harvesting and use of hive products. The author recommends the video as a good teaching resource: each part should be viewed separately after which there
should be a discussion before the section is viewed one more time. The film provides an interesting introduction to beekeeping in Cape Verde. A copy of this video can be downloaded free from: www.beesfordevelopment.org/ downloads/shtml See also Manual de apicultura para Cabo Verde reviewed in BfDJ 67
BOOKSHELF reaches interested readers in nearly every country of the world. We endeavour to review all useful new texts on beekeeping and related aspects of development. Publishers and authors are welcome to send books, videos or CDs for possible review. We will also consider them for inclusion in our website store and mail order service. We are particularly interested to expand our range of publications on tropical beekeeping. If you know of a publication which we do not stock, but you think we should, do let us know.
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African honeybees how to handle them in top-b bar hives Script by Bernhard Clauss 1995 22 minutes PAL/VHS £22.90 (€34.40) VID05 This film explains that, as in all beekeeping, what is needed most of all is patience and gentle behaviour - from the beekeeper! Another vital ingredient is plenty of cool smoke. There are excellent tips on how this should be used to the best advantage. We are shown that top-bar hives can be produced using local materials - providing care is taken to guard against local pests. There is also a very good guide on how to collect a swarm and introduce it to your top-bar hive. A good training film. More about top-b bars on page 3
