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HONEY AND DUST

Piers Moore Ede, 2005 295 pages Hard cover £15 (€22.50) Code M560

Suffering from a hit-and-run road accident, Piers Moore Ede was smitten by interest in the gentle craft of beekeeping. As part of his recovery process, he set off (after consulting with Eva Crane) on journeys to seek beekeeping being practised in time-honoured ways. He travels to the Middle East and Asia, visiting beekeepers in Lebanon and Syria, and honey hunters in Nepal and Sri Lanka. Moore Ede brings a fresh, engaging and sensitive account of these activities. He gets to know the people he is with, and manages to convey the importance of bees and honey within their lives. This enjoyable book conveys last minute awareness of the rich apicultural diversity that is all too fast disappearing.

FIRST SYMPOSIUM ON ISSUES CONCERNING DEVELOPING COUNTRIES INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN HONEY

2005 £10 (€15) Code VID33

The Proceedings of a Symposium organised by the Bee Research and Development Centre in Hanoi, and Vietnam Beekeepers' Association, in co-operation with Apimondia. The CD contains the text of 25 papers that usefully cover many aspects of honey trade, legislation, national honey markets, antibiotics, the residues of drugs that may occur in honey, and ways to prevent them. In addition to the 114 pages of proceedings and other documents, are a number of pictures from the event. All together, a very useful and well presented record - the 'next best thing' if you were unable to attend.

PRACTICAL POLLINATION BIOLOGY

Amots Dafni, Peter G Kevan and Brian C Husband, 2005 590 pages £43.70 (€65.50) Code D100

A great new text, essential for any researcher working in the field of pollination biology. The first three chapters describe the botanical information required for understanding of pollination. Chapters 4 and 5 describe zoological aspects, and how flowers advertise themselves. Chapters 6 and 7 address the interactions between plants and pollinators, pollinator behaviours and practical aspects of conservation and pollination research. Chapter 8 describes pollination by wind and water, while Chapter 9 describes microclimate and pollination. Finally there is a bibliography with 1400 citations and an index. While three Editors are responsible for this book, other experts in specialist fields have contributed some of the Chapters and Sections, making this an extremely valuable, current and practical text.

THE HONEYBEE PLANTS OF JAPAN

Japan Beekeeping Association, Tokyo, 2005 331 pages Hard cover Text in Japanese, £39.60 (€59.40) Code J100

A large, beautiful and heavy book with over 800 colour pictures of the Japanese melliferous flora. While the text is in Japanese, non-Japanese-reading botanists will be able to follow the text as the 514 plant species names are given in Latin, and the place names for each photograph and common plant names are given in English where they exist. Appendices give an index of Latin names, and photos of pollen grains. The book is presented with perfect Japanese style, and would make a wonderful gift for the plant-loving beekeeper.

HOW TO LIGHT A SMOKER

This is a film prepared by Ruary Rudd for his presentation How to light a smoker, given during the Beekeeping for Rural Development Workshops at the Apimondia Congress in Dublin. This DVD can be ordered from BfD for £13.50 (€20). Ruary Rudd is kindly donating €5 to BeesforDevelopment Trust for every DVD sold. Code VID34