Bees for Development Journal 142 March 2022
Resource Centre Bees for Development’s new free to access Resource Centre is online! All our bee and beekeeping publications are available. Designed for beekeepers, bee enthusiasts, development practitioners and academics, you simply need to register to enjoy all of the benefits. The Resource Centre’s key aim is to empower beekeepers and trainers in building a sustainable living. With thousands of articles, 350+ downloadable PDFs, MP3s, instructional videos and training manuals. Of great importance, the Resource Centre is now home to every edition of Bees for Development Journal. The Resource Centre is fully optimised to work online or via a mobile device on low-bandwidth connections. Where resources can be downloaded, we have compressed the files as much as possible without losing any of the quality.
Benefits of becoming a registered user
For example, priority access to our newest resources and to our digital noticeboard, where we communicate upcoming (international) courses and events, new beekeeping sector job opportunities and much more.
Unlike other organisations we have not put up a paywall: we want good, reliable information about bees to be freely available to everyone. Non-registered users will still have free access to all our resources.
Registered users will automatically be signed up to the Resource Centre mailing list. Letting us know your topic(s) of interest and location(s) in your profile will help us to ensure you are sent the most relevant information. Joining our mailing list will also ensure that you will be one of the first to receive Bees for Development Journal in advance of it becoming publicly available. Please sign up: resources.beesfordevelopment.org/sign-up/
Upon sign-up, registered users gain access to their own personalised dashboard. From there, users can update their profile and contact preferences, see recent additions to the library, view their download history and view our Resource Centre members-only links.
Who is the Resource Centre for? NGOs and programme developers Beekeeping is a viable addition to many livelihood programmes. The materials in our Resource Centre provide a wealth of information which can guide programme developers to design effective, sustainable beekeeping projects. Through using our Resource Centre we hope programme developers are able to promote contextually appropriate beekeeping methods and will avoid placing undue emphasis on beehive donations – as such projects often lead to unmet expectations. Beekeeper trainers and project managers Many of our users are members of beekeeping groups, cooperatives or businesses that train other beekeepers. We have tools and resources including guides, posters and training manuals that can help support your beneficiaries.
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