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AUSTRALIA

8th Asian Apicultural Association (AAA) Conference

20-24 March 2006, Perth

APIMONDIA 40th International Apicultural Congress

9-13 September 2007, Melbourne

Further details apimondia2007.com.au

BRAZIL

XVI Congresso Brasileiro de Apicultura

XVI Brazilian Beekeeping Congress

May 2006, CBA, Sergipe

Further details www.se.sebrae.com.br

COLOMBIA

li Congresso Internacional de Propolis

II International Congress on Propolis

31 August - 2 September 2005,

Santafe de Bogota

Further details telephone (+57) 8266 9162

INDIA

International Beekeeping Congress

13-18 November, 2005, Bangalore

Further details www.centound.org/IBC- 2005/Indexpage.html

IRELAND

Philip McCabe's Bee Beard

25 June 2005, Dublin

Bees for Development Honey Trade Workshop

19-20 August 2005, Dublin Further details page 2

APIMONDIA Standing Commission for Bee Pathology Symposium: Diagnosis of bee diseases

19-20 August 2005, Dublin

APIMONDIA 39th International Apicultural Congress

21-26 August 2005, Dublin

RUSSIA

Third European Congress on Social Insects

22-27 August 2005, St Petersburg

Further details www.bio.pu.ru/win/entomol/Kipyatkov/iussi /2005/firstann.htm

TRINIDAD & TOBAGO

4th Caribbean Beekeeping Congress

14-18 November 2005, Port of Spain, Trinidad

UK

National Honey Show

20-22 October 2005, RAF Hendon, near London

Further details www.honeyshow.co.uk

URUGUAY

1° Congreso de Apicultura del Mercosur

1st Beekeeping Congress of Mercosur

24-26 June 2005, Punta del Este

Further detailswww.sociedadapicola.org.uy

USA

50th Anniversary of the Eastern Apicultural Society

1-5 August 2005,

Kent State University, Ohio

Further details www.easternapiculture.org

XV International Congress of the IUSSI

30 July - 5 August 2006, Washington

Further details www.iussi.org/IUSSI2006. html

VENEZUELA

1° Congresso Internacional de Apicultura

1st International Beekeeping Congress

26-29 July 2005, San Cristébal

Further detailshttp://investigacion.unet.edu.ve/apicultura 2005/

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ARGENTINA

Curso Latinoamericano de Control de Calidad de Miel, Cera y Propdleos Quality Control of Honey, Wax and Propolis

9-13 May 2005, Santiago del Estero

Further details cedia@unse.edu.ar

IRELAND

Irish Beekeepers' Summer Course

25-30 July 2005, Gormanston

Further details eosbee@indigo.ie

KENYA

Making equipment

28 August - 3 September 2005, Molo

Further details www.sustainableag.org

UK

Advanced Bee Husbandry Course

18-23 July 2005, York

Further details ken@basterfield.com