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BEN pina § This edition brings you a report of BFD's African Honey Trade Workshop that has just taken place in the potential for apiculture to Uganda. Motivation to run this event arises from our perception that to Africa, is not yet being alleviation hence and poverty bring significant economic development and knowledge to harvest means have the in Africa of Thousands achieved. poor beekeeper-farmers
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honey from bees, yet lack access to reliable markets.
That the Workshop took place depended upon two crucial factors: sponsors with vision who were to provide the willing to provide funds for it to happen, and local partner organisations willing essential logistic support to ensure it happened well. More details on pages 3, 4 and 9.
While they have problems in marketing their honey, beekeepers in most of sub-Saharan Africa are in the highly enviable situation of having honey bee populations that are free from introduced diseases and predators. This is not the case in most of the world, where beekeepers keeping Apis mellifera and predators. And here (the western honey bee) have to contend with a range of ‘new’ diseases comes another one Nosema ceranae read about it on page 6. Beekeepers in Bermuda (page 7) know all about exotic problems - their bees are pestered by introduced toads and ants but these
hassles seem minor compared to their main issue nowadays lack of land and forage for bees. in Afghanistan (page 12) lack the support they Meanwhile, for quite different reasons, beekeepers the is type of activity that can help the rural economy. just need, while it is clear that beekeeping Many good activities are underway around the beekeeping world: we hope you enjoy discovering more news of them in this edition!
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African Honey Trade Workshop
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Zoom in on Bermuda
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Beekeeping in Cabinda
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