What's on

JAPAN

The XXXth International Apicultural Congress, October 10-16, 1985, Nagoya.

The Secretariat, The XXXth International Apicultural Congress, c/o Japan Travel Bureau Inc. Tokyo, Japan.

USA

Development Beekeeping Seminar V, July 22—August 2, 1985.

Agricultural Technical Institute, Wooster, Ohio.

A NEW COURSE ON HONEY PROCESSING

The first International Course on the Technology of the Production and Processing of Honey took place in September in the Faculty of Agriculture, National University of La Plata, Argentina. Delegates attending the course were from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Peru and Spain.

An American Organization for Developing Beekeeping (OIDA) may be created, and this will bring together practising beekeepers from different Latin-American and Spanish countries. The new organization will be based provisionally at Facultad Agronomla de la Plata, Catadra de Zootecni (Animales-Menores de Granja), Argentina.

Diploma in Apiculture

An international course taught within the Bee Research Unit at the Department of Zoology at University College, Cardiff. A one-year course starting each October intended for those who already have science degrees or appropriate posts in government research or the agricultural industry.

Bee Research Unit, Dept of Zoology, University College, Cardiff.