In Issue 76

ISSUE No 76 September 2005

CONTENTS

Inside information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Apimondia 2005 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

African Honey Workshop . . . . . . . . . . 3

Practical Beekeeping . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

How a Bishop became a Beekeeper . . 6

Beekeeping in the rainforest of Nicaragua . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Beekeeping in Greenland . . . . . . . . . . 8

News around the World . . . . . . . . . . 10

American foulbrood . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Look and Learn Ahead . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Notice Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Bookshelf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

This picture by Marcus Harvey shows a beekeeper playing bagpipes to accompany Philip McCabe's attempt to break the world record for a Bee Beard, in Ireland June 2005. This event took place to mark the Apimondia Congress being held in Ireland, and raised funds for Bóthar and BfD Trust. Marcus Harvey won the 'Seeds of Change & Observer' photography competition with another picture in this series.

© Marcus Harvey

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