In Issue 96

ISSUE No 96 September 2010

In this issue

Practical Beekeeping – Bee friendly beekeeping Part 2 ..............................3

Organic beekeeping – a discussion ....6

Practical beekeeping – Combs across top-bars or frames...................8

Understanding the HACCP..................9

News around the World ....................11

Look/Learn Ahead.............................12

Notice Board ....................................12

Bookshelf.........................................14

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This stunning, award winning photograph by Franc Sívic from Slovenia shows Apis mellifera carnica foraging on Centaurea cyanus

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