In Issue 93

ISSUE No 93 December 2009

In this issue

Bees and red light............................3

Head protectors for beekeepers ..........4

Notice Board ......................................5

Bee hives for honey production ..........6

Letter – materials for top-bar hives.....9

Making a top-bar hive ......................10

The bee tree of Sahyadri...................13

Pak Teh and Bill Jones......................13

News around the World ....................15

Bookshelf.........................................16

Look Ahead/Learn Ahead ..................18

Cover competition............................20

BfD Journal

Published quarterly by Bees for Development and distributed to readers in over 130 countries

Editor Nicola Bradbear PhD Co-ordinator Helen Jackson BSc

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SUPPORT

Bees for Development Trust acknowledge: Anglo American Group Foundation, British Wax Refining Co Ltd, John Lewis Council, Manuka Life Ltd, Panta Rhea Foundation, Rowse Family Trust, Simply Manuka, Synchronicity Foundation, E H Thorne (Beehives) Ltd, VITA (Europe) Ltd, Wales for Africa Fund of the Welsh Assembly Government, The Waterloo Foundation. And the many beekeeping groups and individuals who support our work. Please encourage your friends and colleagues to help.

Our cover features Franc Sivic’s Gold Medalwinning picture. At the Apimondia Congress in Montpellier, France in September, Franc Sivic swept the board with this special picture combining bees and the landscape of his home country of Slovenia. For news of Bf D’s photography competition see page 20.

COVER PHOTO © FRANC SIVIC

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