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ARGENTINA

APIMONDIA 42nd International Apicultural Congress

Takes place in 2011, Buenos AiresDates and details will appear here

BHUTAN

2nd International Beekeeping Congress

19-21 August 2008, Thimpu

Further details iocbhutan@gmail.com

BRAZIL

Congresso Brasileiro: XVII Apicultura & Ill Meliponicultura

4-9 June 2008, Belo Horizonte

Further detailswww.apacame.org.br/eventos.htm

BULGARIA

1st Apimondia Honeydew Symposium

1-3 August 2008, Burgas

Further details bogi@gmx.ch

CHILE

9th Congreso iberolatinoamericano de Apicultura

9-43 July 2008, Concepcién

Further delails www.apicongresso.com

CHINA

9th AAA Conference

1-4 November 2008, Hangzhou, Zhe jiang

Further details page 4

FRANCE

APIMONDIA 41st International Apicultural Congress

15-20 September 2009, Montpellier

Further details www.apimondia2009.com

GERMANY

2ND OIE Symposium - Diagnosis and control of bee diseases

26-28 August 2008, Freiburg

Further details. www.deehealth. info

GUYANA

5th Caribbean Beekeeping Congress

9-14 November 2008, Georgetown

INDIA

Bees, Biodiversity and Livelihoods Conference

27-29 March 2009, Conoor, The Nilgiris

Further details www.beesfordevelopment.org

ITALY

Apimedica & Apiquality International Forum

9-12 June 2008, Rome

Further details www.apimedica.org

MEXICO

APIMONDIA: 2nd World Symposium of queen bee breeders

15-19 October 2008, Nuevo Vallata

Further details www.apimondia.org

PAKISTAN

2nd International Conference on Medicinal Uses of Honey

10-12 November 2008, Lahore

Further details www.honeyconference.com

ROMANIA

Apimondia Symposium: good management & good beekeeping practice

11-14 September 2008, Bucharest

Further details www.apimondia.org

SOUTH AFRICA

XXXII International Congress of Entomology

6-12 July 2008, Durban

Further details www.ice2008.org.za

TANZANIA

Beekeeping Fair

30-31 May 2008, Moshi, Kilimanjaro

Further details envirocare_2002@yahoo.com

3rd National Honey Show

Last week, September 2008, Dodoma

Further details www.tanzaniahoney.org

UK

80th MSWC Convention

5-7 September 2008, Abergavenny

Further details www.beeconference.org.uk

EurBee3

8-11 September 2008, Belfast

Further details www.eurbee.org

National Honey Show

30 October - 1 November 2008, Weybridge

NEW VENUE

Further details www.honeyshow.co.uk

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FINLAND

International workshop: queen rearing

3-12 August 2008, Mikkeli

Further delailskamran.fakhimzadeh@helsinki.fi

IRELAND

Irish Beekeepers’ Summer School

21-26 July 2008, Gormanston

Further details www. irishbeekeeping.ie

KENYA

2008 Baraka College

7-13 September: Introduction to beekeeping

22-28 June: Bee breeding and multiplication

3-9 August: Bee products processing

17-23 August and 28 September — 4 October:

Making beekeeping equipment

Further details www.apiconsult.com