In Issue 97

ISSUE No 97 December 2010

In this issue

Africa-Wales Honey and Beeswax Trade Project ......................................3

Look/Learn Ahead...............................5

Weighing top-bar hives ......................6

Recent research............................7, 11

Organic beekeeping – a response.......8

International Honey Commission ........9

EU honey update................................9

News around the World ....................10

Resources ........................................11

Bookshelf.........................................12

Notice Board ....................................15

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From left to right, David Wainwright, Rebecca Howard and Michael Tchana, with beeswax rendered from a wood fired tank, surrounded by bricks for insulation, being tested as part of Bees for Development's Africa Wales Honey and Beeswax Trade Project

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