PRACTICAL BEEKEEPING
Bees for Development Journal 95
10th ASIAN APICULTURAL ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE
to avoid contamination, marketing and exploitation by middle men. We mostly target local markets and would like to join the international market. We obtain a lot of information from the Bf D website and have made good use of it, especially in developing beekeeping and management. We have learned from the experiences other beekeepers send in, and it has helped our small beekeeping enterprise to move on.
Busan, South Korea, 4-7 November 2010
Hosted by: Asian Apicultural Association Korea Beekeeping Association Apicultural Society of Korea Congress theme Green life with bee world
Congress sessions • Apiculture extension • Bee biology • Bee products and apitherapy • Beekeeping economy • Beekeeping technology • Bees and the environment • Melliferous flora and pollination • Pests and diseases
Top-bar hive on a stand
More information: www.aaa2010.or.kr
LEARN AHEAD
IRELAND Irish Beekeepers Summer Course 26-31 July 2010, Gormanston Further details ryansfancy@gmail.com MEXICO Organic beekeeping June – October 2010, Tapachula Further details www.ecosur.mx/Diplomados.html KENYA Baraka College Courses Further details www.sustainableag.org
Bf D Beekeepers' Safaris Turkey 24 July - 5 August 2010 Rodrigues and Mauritius 28 November – 9 December 2010 Trinidad & Tobago 7-17 February 2011 Further details on our website
Local style hives are cylindrical in shape and smeared with cow dung on the inside and outside for waterproofing and to keep bees cool
If you have a story to tell about the development of your beekeeping enterprise project and how Bf D has helped, contact us by email, through our website or use the address on page 2. 9
