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Apimondia 1997

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Honeyhunters of the Nilgiris

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News Around the World

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Top Tips for Trainers

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Look & Learn Ahead

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Honeybee foraging on Aster alpinus. One of nine striking colour prints produced by Plattner Bienenhof Apicoltura . See

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THE CONGRESS The Apimondia Congress is the largest international gathering of people working with bees. It takes place every two years. In September Apimondia took place in Belgium: a very special event and significant location, because Belgium was the host country for the first Congress, one hundred years ago in 1897.

The Apimondia Congress caters for all aspects of interest in bees and beekeeping: scientists; commercial beekeepers; small-scale beekeepers; dealers in all bee products; and equipment makers. At the trade exhibits of Apimondia, “ApiExpo” it is pssible to by every item of beekeeping equipment, and to meet with buyers and sellers from many countries. This is where serious bee-business takes place.

Of special interest to B&D readers is the Apimondia

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the world where people face problems in finding sufficient food or income.

Bees for Development joined forces with NECTAR (The Netherlands as well as the }

Danish Beekeeper's Fund and Apiculture sans Frontieres (Belgium), to make a special area “ within the Congress, named The Alternative Bee Space”. The Alternative Bee Space provided a meeting place for everyone involved with apiculture and rural development.

People brought examples of the hives they use and the products their bees make. During the week there were impromptu talks (and even songs), people showed their slides and videos, and arranged displays about their projects.

An important part of the Apimondia Congress are the formal sessions where people present their recent work and research. The large and

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BEEKEEPING Margaret Ogaba, President of the Kitgum Women’s

Beekeepers with the exhibits she brought to the Congress

interested audience at the

Beekeeping for Rural

Development Session heard from 22 development projects underway worldwide. There were also special workshop sessions: one of these focused on The organisation of producer groups - groups

working co-operatively to market honey and beeswax. The first speaker was Miguel Angel Munguia of Mexico who represented his group, PAUAL and its experience of exporting according to fair trade.

Another workshop discussed Harvesting from bees in tropical forests. This was introduced

by Jenne de Beer, who emphasised the importance of honey and beeswax being included during inventories of non-wood forest products.

Africa, Asia, Central and South America were strongly represented at these meetings, that took place in rapidly changing mixtures of English, French and Spanish.

For over 100 years bee scientists and beekeepers have been meeting to exchange news. It is excellent to note here that this Congress recorded the highest ever number of participants from (so-called) “developing countries”.

RESOLUTIONS Concerning the next Congress, to be held in Canada The theme of this Standing Commission at the next Congress will be beekeeping extension. We hope to encourage the participation of specialists in participatory methods of extension, to present case studies of past and current beekeeping projects.

We urge the Local Organising Committee to co-operate with NGOs active in beekeeping development.

Concerning participants at the next Congress Considering the great opportunity that Apimondia represents for beekeepers to meet and exchange ideas and information, the Local Organising Committee is urged to approach funding agencies, to support requests for funding from delegates from developing countries to participate in the Congress.

WHO RUNS APIMONDIA

CONGRESSES? Each International Congress is run by a Local Organising Committee. So the next Congress in Canada will be locally organised and managed by a Canadian-Selected Committee of apiculturalists; scientists and beekeepers. This means that every Congress has its own distinctive national flavour and emphasis.

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Concerning beekeeping practices That Apimondia should appreciate and acknowledge indigenous knowledge of beekeeping, including acceptance of honey hunters and their systems of collection. That Apimondia should encourage emphasis on research to make the harvesting from indigenous bee species commercially viable in poor, rural, tropical areas.

including harvesting honey from a hive built in the wall of a

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The ‘pros and cons’ of introduced Apis mellifera are discussed and there are visits to Nepal’s beekeeping institutions.

Useful information on the bee flora of Nepal and the history of bee diseases in the country add to the comprehensive nature of the film.

SO YOU WANT TO ATTEND THE NEXT If you have useful, new information to share then write a paper, or prepare a poster for presentation at the Congress. The 35th Congress will be held in Vancouver, Canada in 1999. For further information write to the address shown on Notice Board, page 11.

Decisions about future activities of Apimondia are taken by an International Executive Council: President of the Council is Professor Raymond Borneck. Members of the Executive Council are scientists and apiculturalists from many countries. All of these people are elected during the Apimondia General Assembly, held during each Congress.

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Concerning the importation of honeybees That honeybees must not be moved from one area to another without serious consideration of the ecological consequences, and that Apimondia takes steps towards the documentation of such events.

CONGRESS?

Apimondia also has a publishing house in Bucharest, Romania, Director of this Centre is Mr Cristian Constantinescu.

Nepal: its bees and beekeepers

Concerning the marketing of honey That Apimondia places emphasis on interventions towards the fair trading of honey and wax from developing countries, and takes steps to include the representation of organisations such as TransFair Canada and the Fair Labelling Organisation (FLO) in the next Congress.

Apimondia is the World Federation of Beekeepers’ Associations. Apimondia has offices in Rome, Italy, from where the organisation is administered by the Secretary General, Mr Riccardo Jannoni Sebastianini.

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Api-Promo GTZ, Germany Danmarks Biavlerforening, Denmark Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Italy Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Netherlands

B&D Correspondents Meet. From the left Gladstone Solomon (Tobago), Jorge Murillo-Yepes (Grenada) and Kwame Aidoo (Ghana)

NECTAR, Netherlands Plunkett Foundation, United Kingdom Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Co-operation, Netherlands

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Keystone is an NGO working with tribal communities in the

Nilgiris Hills of Tamil Nadu, India. Keystone works with the honey hunters who live in the lower elevations of tropical dry deciduous forests of the Western Ghats. There are a number of communities who depend on honey for their livelihood. Over the past two and a half years, Keystone has initiated a constant interaction and effort in the villages to address the issues facing the honey hunters.

HONEY HUNTERS OF THE NILGIRIS: THE ROAD TO SUSTAINABILITY

by Pratim Roy,

Mathew John and Snehlata Nath, Keystone, India

Honey hunters’ region The southern State of Tamil Nadu has hill tracts in the north and along its western boundary forming part of the Western Ghats. Nilgiris District lies in the north-western part of the

State and is home to

a diverse range of flora of semi-tropical and dry deciduous type, and a rich diversity of fauna. These hill tracts are also home to several tribal groups whose lives are intricately linked to the forests.

Apis dorsata, the largest of the honeybees, also know as the Giant Rock Bee, gets its name from

its habit of nesting beneath overhanging rocks.

It is a tropical species found throughout southeast Asia and the Indian sub-continent. The

considerable honey stores in its single comb nest, built in the open, are harvested by honey hunters.

Apis dorsata is economically important as it is a producer of honey and beeswax in substantial

quantities. Approximately four tonnes of honey is collected from these colonies in two or three valleys.

Making the ascent to the rockface

The honey flow season is dependent on the rainfall, flora and topography of the region. The season can be broadly divided into two periods: April-June and September-November.

The story of traditional honey hunting Kurumbas hunt for honey from mid April to mid July, when the family (both husband and wife) go to look for colonies. Once located, they put a mark - an indication to other honey hunters that the colony is reserved. Nobody takes honey from marked colonies, which are identified through ‘mantras’ or chants.

A date

is set for harvesting the honey. Twelve days before, the honey hunter begins a routine of fasting, and praying and bathing regularly. He contacts his brother-in-law and another trusted person and prepares to hunt the comb. His wife or any other woman should not be seen before he goes honey hunting. On the day of harvesting the hunter does not eat anything. He does not talk, but will chant mantras and invoke God to keep him safe. While he climbs the ladder he sings ‘bee songs’ in praise of the bees.

The brother-in-law holds the rope for the ladder at the top of the cliff. The rope ladder is made during the day from vine creepers, and the honey is harvested in the evening. The equipment used is the rope ladder, a knife, leaves for smoking the bees, and bamboo baskets and sticks to collect the comb. The brood section is cut first. The honey is squeezed from the comb by hand and is sometimes filtered through cloth. The honey collected first is tasted by the priest of the village. The rest is shared between all the villagers and some will be sold.

Keep holding that rope! The brother-in-law has a vital role to play in guarding the honey hunter's ladder. The hunter's trust is based on the knowledge that if any harm befalls the hunter, his sister will become a widow and the rope-holder will be responsible for her. This factor is very common and important in many tribal practices.

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cultivation, and grew chillies, millet and pumpkins. Their settlements are still deep inside forested areas, though now increasingly accessible.

These tribes still depend on minor forest products (honey and wax collection being a significant component), as well as waged labour for their livelihoods.

Information gathered during the Honey Hunters and Beekeepers Survey

Smoking the colony

Honey hunting practices Honey hunting is practised by the Kathnaickens (also called Jenu), Kurumbas and Irulas tribes. In the past these communities collected bark, gallnuts and myrobalams, as well as honey and wax from the forest and bartered it for grain.

They also practised “slash and burn”

(Keystone, 1994) revealed that there are a few groups still practising honey hunting in the Nilgiris. Keystone felt the need for documentation, action and support of these traditional activities and lifestyle.

This article is taken from a paper presented by the authors at the Apimondia Congress in Antwerp, September 1997 ‘

Making the descent - Brother in law! Hold that rope!

PHOTOGRAPHS KEYSTONE

TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES Tribe Description Kurumbas

Rope ladders are made from the fibre of the bark of Karasamaram (Hardwickta binata or ‘manali kodi’). Bamboo sticks may be used as steps for the ladder. Other tools are coir rope, aruval (a curved knife), tins, bamboo baskets and split bamboo sticks with a sharpened end. A smoker is the major piece of protective equipment used. Some honey hunters apply honey or plant extract (‘suti kodi’) to treat for stings from Apis dorsata.

Irulas

The rope ladders are made out of the fibres of Panamaram (Oroxylum indicum) and Karasamaram. The rest of the tools are the same as for Kurumbas. A smoker is used to encourage the bees to leave the comb.

Kathnaickens

Make a platform or attach a bamboo basket at the end of the rope from which they hang. The basket is also made of forest vines and is large enough to accommodate the honey hunter with his tools. Karasamaram is the most common fibre used to make ropes and baskets.

BELIEFS, SUPERSTITIONS AND TRADITIONS Tribe Description Kurumbas

A simple pooja (prayer) is made before the honey hunting season. The “brotherin-law factor” is recognised. “Marking” of colonies with tobacco prevents other hunters from harvesting. These people believe that some cliffs are ‘God's cliffs’ from where no honey is harvested. Kurumbas pray at the graves of their ancestors prior to hunting.

Irulas

Colonies are “marked” with tobacco to prevent other hunters harvesting the combs. Irulas believe that spirits exist on some rocks from which no honey can be taken. A simple prayer is made at the honey rock before the harvesting season.

Kathnaickens

Kathnaickens have a honey hunting prayer involving special items like coconut and incense. Combs are never cut with an iron knife, otherwise, Kathnaickens believe, the bees will not make their combs in that place again. In some cases the village priest decides who will go hunting, when and where.

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Honey hunting has been a traditional part of life for the people living in the hills of Tamil Nadu in southern India.

Keystone undertook to discover the various honey hunting groups and to document what is done with the harvested honey and beeswax. As Keystone describe in this book, the survey opened a range of development issues related to changes in traditions, in the economy, and in the accessibility of the hill areas.

Honey hunting and beekeeping in Tamil Nadu have been drastically affected by ecological changes, and changes in the market for bee products. The survey discusses appropriate ways to help.

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CAMEROON Schools

in the Buea area of South-West Province are gaining interest in beekeeping as sustainable activity.

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Bishop Rogan College has an apiary with 20 top-bar hives and acquired a further five from the South-West Bee Farmers’ Association (SWEBA). The College’s annual honey harvest is a worthwhile 500 ke.

ARGENTINA Students attending the latest CEDIA, Centro de Investigaciones Apicolas, course held in August. The participants learnt about “Quality control of honey, wax and propolis”. The photograph was sent to B&D by Dr E M Bianchi, Director of CEDIA.

PHILIPPINES Management of Apis cerana in Guinobatan, Albay, Philippines The Bicol Region, situated in the south-east of Luzon Island has abundant vegetation that can support honeybee populations.

Among the bee plants are coconut (Cocos nucifera), coffee, (Coffea sp), kalamansi (Citrus reticulata), macahiya (Mimosa sp), papaya (Carica papaya) and rambutan (Nephelium lapaceum). There are many other wild plants growing underneath the coconut palms. The only threat to beekeeping in the region is the possibility of typhoons.

Beekeeping here usually involves the whole family. There are about 260 colonies of Apis cerana in hives. Stocks are obtained from swarms. Transferring feral colonies into hives is seldom practised.

Simple and innovative beekeeping technologies are used. Hives are constructed from used plywood and lumber with dimensions of 33 x 23 x 23 cm, The sides are either removable or hinged at the bottom. No frames are used. Instead the bees are allowed to build combs in the inner A log hive made from the hollow stem of Arenga part of the top saccharifera cover. When &

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The Government High School has four active top-bar hives and obtained a loan from SWEBA for a further 10 hives, two smokers and a bee suit. SWEBA organised a workshop for students and teachers from the school on bee farming.

Participants benefited from past editions of B&D and information charts.

Afendia Fobeila Julius, President of SWEBA

inspecting the colonies, only the two side panels are moved, to observe the outermost combs.

No further inspection of the brood combs is carried out.

Another type of hive is made from cut hollow stems of anahaw

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(Livistonia rotundifolia) and kaong or iroc (Arenga saccharifera) with a length of 33 cm. As in the box type hive, the front and the rear

end are covered with removable wood. When the colonies are defensive they are smoked with dried coconut husk.

Harvesting is done by cutting the combs and selling them directly to buyers as cut-comb honey. Some buyers prefer honeycomb with pollen and brood. The average harvest is 1.5 kg per colony.

Wax moth (Galleria sp) is controlled by sweeping the bottom board one to two times a week. Minor pests are wasps (Vespa sp), and moths (Acherontia sp). Apparently these Apis cerana colonies have no problems with disease.

To maintain

a cooler environment for the bees, beekeepers place the hives in shaded places. They also cover the hives with anahaw leaves to further reduce the temperature.

Merly Forbes, Alejandro Fajardo Jr, Cleo Cervancia and Dulce Mostoles PHOTOGRAPHS

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Elise Figuereo lives in the arid south-west region of the Dominican Republic. Producing honey is a new venture for him. With his neighbours he set up a small honey production business when he found that farming alone did not make enough money to feed his family.

Oxfam provided hives and protective clothing, and now Eliseo and his partners are producing good quality honey that everyone says is delicious.

Source: Oxfam Report Summer 1997

TANZANIA Bumper honey harvest As a result of our bumper harvest beekeepers have had to wait for payment for their honey. In December 1996 we fulfilled an order for six containers to be shipped to the United Kingdom. We had large quantities of honey left in the stores. In March this was being sold to the same buyers as industrial honey.

Locally, the market is not very big and many buyers are no longer buying honey to sell within Tanzania. Therefore we are forced to export nearly all our honey. Our honey has to be stored for a long time which can mean the HMF value rises due to the high temperatures. This lowers the quality of the honey and forces us to sell it as industrial honey at a lower price.

We would welcome orders from firms interested in good, organic honey. Ideally we would like orders by May each year: this would give us time to purchase packaging material to pack and ship the honey immediately it arrives at our

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factory. It is in our interest to see that the honey is not spoilt, and also that the producers get a good price. We always ensure that the highest quality Tabora Natural Organic Honey is sold to our customers!

The cave paintings at La Cueva de la Arafia, including

Our buyers have insisted that we gather honey without using smoke. We are keen to see that the use of smoke is discouraged so that we capture as many buyers as possible. We want to attract people to eat our honey and appreciate its superb, delicious taste.

honey hunting scenes, are under threat and will be lost for ever unless immediate restorative work is undertaken. The

Justin Madaha, Manager, Tabora Beekeepers’ Co-operative Society Ltd, and B&D's Correspondent

Beekeepers’ Association of

in Tanzania

Burgos is collecting signatures from beekeepers around the world to encourage the preservation of these unique

DANGEROUS FORAGE “Reports presented at a meeting of scientists from around the world attending the Third Meeting of the Open-ended Working Group on Biosafety of the UN-Convention on Biological Diversity in Canada include the latest evidence of the detrimental environmental and agricultural impact of Novartis (formerly Ciba) insect resistant maize prematurely approved by the European Commission for marketing and cultivation (23 January 1997). The report calls for an urgent “moratorium for transgenic insect resistant plants” and details the evidence supporting legal action by over 30 scientific, environmental and agricultural groups. The Meeting coincided with the Global Days of Action Against Genetic Engineering.

This should alert beekeepers

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paintings.

Please ask your friends and colleagues to sign a piece of paper headed “Please preserve the paintings at La Cueva de la Arana”

and send the paper as soon as possible to: Asociacién de Apicultores Burgaleses, Calera no 35-3° Izqda, 09002 Burgos, Spain

to the increase in such

insect resistant plants being introduced with the obvious detrimental effects these will have on bees.

Already

we have reports of colonies of bees damaged

by forage on oil seed rape with insecticide genes.

Scientists from the Scottish Crop Research Institute have shown that much more pollen escapes from large fields of genetically engineered oilseed rape than predicted from earlier experiments on smaller plots. They found that escaping pollen fertilised plants up to 2.5 km away (Timmons 1994).

Joergensen and Anderson (1994) showed how easily oilseed rape crossbred with wild relatives and therefore how easily transfer of the herbicide resistant gene could occur.

Within the first season a substantial part of wild weed population could acquire the gene for herbicide tolerance (Joergensen & Andersen 1994, Mikkelsen et al 1996).

Source: Albert Knight, BIBBA Newsletter

GHANA African Peace Network (APNET Ltd) is an NGO in Ghana concerned with peace and development. APNET has a number of sustainable beekeeping farms in villages throughout the 110 districts. The picture shows the Executive Director, Mr Alex Adu Appiah (right) shaking hands with an APNET Liaison Officer during an inspection tour of a farm in the Brong Ahato Region. Looking on are other branch members.

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STARTING POINTS Who asked for the training?

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First Priority - besinners (leaders of self-heln

Trainers must be confident enough to work using only locally-made equipment

groups, students, teachers, youth club members) and beekeepers (among them respected leaders, representatives of beekeeping groups).

Second Priority - Beekeeping trainers and

extension staff who have identified the need for more demonstrations, practice and experiments.

How qualified is the trainer?

care?

The requirement of participants influences the planning procedure. Participants should be grouped. Ideally they should have the same level of education, experience, motivation, and

beekeeping experience.

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The development of interest in bees through participation and communication throughout the course.

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The development of knowledge through understanding.

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Information relevant to the actual needs of the target group and to beekeeping practice

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TRAINING METHODS Teaching behaviour of trainers should include:

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enough occupied hives available for demonstrations and practicals (a minimum of six hives).

sufficient and appropriate beekeeping equipment, teaching aids, and rooms or shelter for lectures.

adequate accommodation and catering facilities.

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alternation of theoretical and practical lessons: whatever participants achieve in practice needs to be confirmed in theory.

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practical involvement of participants with special abilities: trainers should utilise “experts” within a group to work to help others who are less advanced - this will contribute towards development of self-confidence.

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various methods for recapitulation: revising by answering questions set by the trainer is dull!

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connecting theory with practice as much as possible is the best way of strengthening knowledge.

Is the trainer aware of the need for

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Targets: the needs of participants and the use Season: the best time for basic courses is the beginning of the cropping season.

Period of training: the trainer should decide

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No more than eight participants per trainer ensures intensive participation in practical bee handling.

of local resources must be considered.

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The method by which the trainer teaches will influence the extent of participation and success of the training.

EVALUATION

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Evaluation must determine whether the objectives are achieved.

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The trainer should make notes and consider whether there was a good learning atmosphere - “how did things go?”

Send full details of the likely number of participants and the meeting at least three months ahead of the date.

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Results of follow-ups should influence and improve future courses.

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Extension visits can result in refresher or advanced courses.

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by P

Padmanabhan, India

Family Euphorbiaceae

Description A large tree, attaining

a height

of 60-100 feet

with a girth of 8-12 feet.

trunk. No other single species of plant has influenced life systems around the globe as much as has the rubber tree. In India, the prosperity of many small villages in Kerala can be largely attributed to rubber plantations producing latex and supporting the apiculture

Stem: smooth and straight; generally

industry.

unbranched up to a considerable height, with a multi-branched canopy.

Rubber wood that has been treated for protection from attack from fungi and insects can be used for construction of bee hives, as shown in experiments carried out at Kerala Forest Research Institute.

Bark: greyish.

Leaves: trifoliate with petiole, leaflets glabrous.

Flowers: monoecious, smail, creamy yellow or green, sweet-scent in large pubescent panicles.

Fruits: ellipoidal, capsular, tricarpettary. Each capsule contains one seed.

Distribution to Brazil. It was introduced to south-east Asia in 1876 and is widespread throughout China, Indonesia, Java, Malaysia, Sri Lanka and Sumatra. It is also grown in Africa. In India, Kerala is the most important rubber-producing state, with plantations varying in area from less than one acre to over three hectares.

Hevea brasiliensis is native

Hevea brasiliensis P Padmanabhan

Apicultural value of the most important nectar sources in the tropics. The young light green leaves secrete nectar from three extra floral nectaries situated at the joint of the petioles. This is collected in abundance by honeybees.

Hevea brasiliensis is one

Uses Hevea brasiliensis is valued for the latex (rubber) obtained by “tapping” the latex vessels situated in the bark with a sharp incision on the main

Rubber tapping

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B&D goes bilingual, 43,10 B&D Useful Publication Award,

AAA, 42,12; 43,5;11 44,7,10; 45,11 Fourth Conference, 42,12; 43,5;11 44,7.10; 45.11 Abidjan, 42.10.11 absconding, see management Abdullah,M M; 42,5 Accra, 42.8 Acherontia sp, 45,6 Adam. Br, 44,4 Addi,A, 43.10; 44.5 ADEID, 44,4 Advantages of bee houses, 42,7 advisory service, 42,12 Africa, 42.8,10,15; 43,10; 45,3, 10,12 central, 42,14; 44.4 east, 43.7.3; 44.15 southern, 43,13 sustainable beekeeping for, 43.5: 44,6

bark, 45,3.6 barter structure, see marketing Basmat.M, 42,10,11 batik, 43.12

44,2

africanized honeybees, see bee African Peace Network, 43,11; 45,7 agroforestry newsletter, 43,11 Abn.W-S, 44.7

Aidoo,K S, 42,6,8; 45,3 air freshener, 42,3 Albania, 43,2.14,15 Beekeepers’ Association. 43.15 almond, 42.5 Almost out of bees in Africa, 42,1011 Al-Mughrabi], 44,7 Alur,.R |S, 42.6 America, 42,15; 44.3 central, 42,4; 43.4; 45.312 south, 43,4; 45,3 American Bee Journal,

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Anosh,M, 42,10,1] Antennae up, 43,15 ant, 42.11 army, 43,4

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43,10 apiculture, see beekeeping Apiculture in Tropical Climates, Fifth International Conference on, 44.11 Apiculture sans Frontieres, 42,6; 45,3 Apiculture sans Frontieres, 42,6; apidology. 42,12 ApiExpo, 45,3 Apimondia, 42,11,12.16; 43,2.11; 44,10; 45,2,3,11

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Congress, see International Beekeeping Congress Bronze Medal, 45,3 General Secretariat, 45.3 Gold Medal, 45,3 Publishing House, 45,3 Standing Commission for Beekeeping for Rural Development, 45,3 Api-Promo GTZ, 43.7,10; 43,2; 44.2, 11;

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45,13

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introduction of. 42,10; 45.3 Apis mellifera adansonii, 44,11 Apis mellifera mellifera, 45,13

Apis Family Unit, 43.7 Apiservices, 44,13 Apistan, 42,15; 43.16 apitherapy, 44,10.14; 45,13: appeal, 42.8: 44.2 Appiah.A A, 45,7 apple, 42,5 Arab Beekeepers’ Union, 45.11,13 First International Congress, 45,13 Second Intemational Congress, 45,1] Arabian coffee, see Coffea arabica arabic, 45,13 A read about, fold-out and pop-up bee, 43,12 Arenga sacchanfera, 45.6 Argentina, 45.6 Asociacén de Apicultores Burgaleses, 45,7 Ascosphaera apis. 43,14 Asia, 42,6;15; 43,5; 44,3; 45,3.4,5,10,12,13 south east, 45.13 Asian Apicultural Association, see AAA Atek Development Association, 42,8 Atlas of Earthcare: a major new illustrated guide looking after our planet.

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Bradbear,N, 42,2; 43,2.15; 44,2; 45,2 Brazil, 42.5; 45,10 Breeding queens,

44,15

Briggs,L, 44,7 British, Beekeepers’ Spring Convention, 45.11 Executive Service Overseas, see BESO Isles Bee Breeders’ Association, see BIBBA

Bryne-Daniel,}, 44,2 brood, chitled, 44,14 Brown,R, 42,14 Brunei, 44,7 Buchmann,S, 45,12 building materials, 42,3 bum tree, 43.6 Burkino Faso, 42.8; 44,11 Burundi, 44,5 bushland, 44,5 butterflies, 45,12 buying, see marketing

California, 42.4 Cameroon, 43.6; 44,4,5; 45.6 Canada, 42,12; 43, 11; 44, 10; 45,3,7,11 Canadian Association of Professional Apiculturalists, 44,14

Candle Currency, 44,2.13

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Apis, 42,11

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43,12; 44,12; 45.12 bacchacs, see ants Balogh.S, 42,4 Bangladesh, 42,15; 44,7 Institute of Apiculture, 44,7 Banjul Bee Declaration 1991, 42,11

west, 42.2,11; 44.4,15 african honeybees. see bee African honeybees - how to handle them in top-bar hives,

training, see training understanding, 44,9

43,13

beekeepers, African, 42.8,9; 43,5,8.9; 44.4.6; 45,10 beginner, 43,5,13; 44,14; 45,8,9 experienced, 44,14; 45,8,9 methodical, 43,12 migratory, 42.4.8 small-scale producers, 44,3 US, 42.2.4 Zambian, 43,8 beekeeping, 43,8; 44.8,9 advisors, 43,7; 45,8,9 African, 42,13,15; 43.5.8; 44.611 Arab countries in, 45,13 Asian, 43,5 association, 43,8 commercial, 43,9 development, 42.11: 44,6; 45,11 development projects, 43.5 economics, 42.4,5 effective. 44.8; 45,9 environmentally-friendly,44,6 equipment, 43,9,13.14; 44.6.8.11 extension, 45,9 fixed-comb. 42.13 frame hive, 43,12;13,14 income from, 44,9 low-cost, 42,13 Management, see management migratory, 42.5 modem, 43,9 mushroom farming and, 42,8 productivity, 43.5 project, 42,12; 43.5; 44.6 season, 43,13 smail-scale, 43,12 theft, 43,8; 44.11 top-bar hive, 43,8 traditional, 43,8,14; 45,3 trainers, 43.7; 45.8

candle making, 42.14; 45,13 dyes, 45,13 candles, 42,9, 43.9; 44,8; 45,13 Capener,F, 42.9; 43,16; 44,10 Cardiff University, 42,12 43,1}; 44,10, Carica papaya, 44,11;

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cassava, 42,8; 44,10 Central Bee Research Institute, India, 44,7 Centre for international Development, 42,31 Centre Integré d’Apiculture Tropical, 44,1!

Cervancia.C R, 44,7; 45,6 chalk brood, see Ascophaera apis chemical defence, 42,3 chico morada, 44,2 Chilliane.M, 43.7 chillies, 45.4 China, 42,8; 44,7; 45,10 Chinyanja, 43.13 Chung,H-W, 44,7 Citrus sp, 42,4; 45.6 Clauss,B, 44.2; 45.8 climate, 42,10,11 clothing, 44,6,11 gloves, 43.5 protective. 43.8.10; 44,11 veils, 44.11 coconut, see Coces nucifera Cocos nucifera, 44,11; 45.6 Coffea arabica, 44,11; 45.6 coffee, see Coffea arabica, colony hybrid, 44,5 management, see management renting, 42,5 Colombia, 44.4 Comoro Islands, 44,5 competition, 45,16 Congo, 42,11,13

Conference Corner, 45,13 Copperbelt Province, 43,8

com, violet, 44,2 Correa! E, 44,4 Céte d'ivoire, 42,8,10,11; 44,4 cotton, 42.4; 44.11 courses, 42.6,12 African, 42.12 beekeeping in rural development, 42,12; 43,11; 44,10, 45,9.11 tropical, 42,12; 43.11; 44,10, 45.9.11 bee diseases diagnosis. 42.12 bee pathology, 45,11 bee products, 44,11; 45,61] development studies, 42.12 in French, 42.6 Tanzania, 42,12 43,11; 44,10, 45.9.1] training, 42.12; 44,3; 45,8 UK, 42,12 43,11; 44,10. 45,9,11 cranberry, 42.5 Crane.E, 43,15; 44.14: 45.12,16 cricket, 42,1] crop, 42,5; 43,12, 14; 44,8 protection, 43,12 Crouch,L R, 42,2,14 CTA, 42,2; 43.15; 44.2; 45.2,3 curry tree, see Hypericum revolutum

DANIDA, 42,2; 43,15 Danmarks Biavlerforening, 45,3 Dedej,S, 43,15 deforestation, 42,11 Department for international Development. see DFID development, 44,14 issues, 44,14 studies, 42,12 DFID, 43,5; 44,6 Dominican Republic, 45,7 Drivdal,N J, 45,13 Duffin,L. 42,14

Eaton, C van, 44,7 ecological reproduction, 42,6 economic environment, 43,8 Economic implications of Africanized bees,

42.4

Ecuador, 44,4 E H Thome (Beehives) Ltd. 43.13 Elwell,H, 43,12 embalming, 42,3 encaustic art, 42,2,14 environment, 42,15 friendly, 43,4 Epyetu,| M, 42,9

equipment, 43,12 imported, 43.14 Enica arborea, 44.5 Eritrea, 44,5 Especies vegetales promtsorias de los Paises det Convenion Andrés Bello, 44,4

Ethiopia, 43, 10,16; 44,5 Europe. 43.10,12,14; 44,3,4 Black Bee Symposium, 42,12; 43,11; 45.15 Explanation Please!, 42,14; 44,15; 45,12 export. 42.5 extension, 44,6 Ex Africa, 42,14 extractor, see honey

4

fair trade, 42,15; 45,3

Fajardo |r,A, 45,6

FAO, 42,8,13: 43,14; 45,3

Regional Office for Africa, 42.8 farming, 44,11 feeding, see management, ,

44,7

Fert.G. 44,15

FichtR, 43,10; 44,5 Figuereo.E, 45,7 First East African workshop on beekeeping development,

44,6

First International Conference an Conserving the European Dark Bee, Apis mellifera mellijera,

45,13 Fisher,M, 42,9 flavanoids, 42.3 Fletcher.}. 44,3 flora, see bee flora floral studies, 43,13 flowering, mass, 42,6 pattern, 42,6 fluvalinate, 43.14 Fly by nights, 42,6 Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, see FAO forage, 45,13 behaviour, 42.6 Forbes.M, 45,6 forest, see also woodland, 43,11 Afromontane, 44,5 conservation, 44,6; 45,13 Hagenia-Schefflera,44,5

land, 42,9 management, 44,6 non-wood products, see NWFP products, 43,11 rain, 42,15; 44,5 sustainable, 43,11 tropical.42,15 Forum Syd, 44.6 foulbrood, American, 43,14; 44,4 European, 44,4

frame, 44,4 frankincense, see Boswellia sacra french, 42,2;13; 43,10: 45,3 Friends of Bee Enterprise. 44,7 fruits, 42.5; 43,14 fund raising, 42.14

G

Gaia, 43,16 Galleria sp, 45,6 Ghandi.M, 44.6

GATT.42,{5 Germany, 42,12; 43,7,10; 44,5; 45,8 Ghana, 42,6.8; 43.11.16; 45,7 giant bee, see Apis dorsata Gibson.N. 42.15; 43.15; 44,13 Gladines,K, 45,3 GNP, 42,4 Grenada, 43.6,7: 44,3; 45,3 Ministry of Agriculture, 43,6 Griffin.H, 43,12 Gross National Product, see GNP,

GTZ, 43,7,10; 43,2; 44,2,11, 45,23 guava, 44,1] Guide to

bees and honey,

43.12

gums, 42,3: 45.13

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Ferguson.

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foundation, 43,14

Haiti, 43.6 Hajidaud.K, 44,7

Hawcock.D.43,12 Hawkins,}, 45,7 Heifer Project. 44.6 Helianthus annuus, 43.14 herbicide-resistant gene, 45,7 Hevea brasiliensis, 45,10 heron, white, 42,11 Himalayas, Hindu Kush, 45,13 Hinchley,.A, 45,7 hive, 42,7; 44,69 bamboo, 43.4 bark. 43,8,9 basket, 43,14 box, 44,4 calabash, 44,11 cement, 44,11 clay, 44,11 clay pot. 44,11 cylindrical, 44,11 Dadant, 44.1]

damage to. 44,4 destruction, 44,4 evacuated, 42.10 frame, 43,9,12,13: 44,11 France-Congo, 44.1] gourd, 44,11 hanging, 43.4 iron sheet, 44,1] horizontal-type. 43,4 Langstroth, 43.7,14; 44,11 log, 44,11 mud, 43,4 palm leaf, 43.4 palm trunk, 44,11 products, 42,13 protected, 42,7 rubberwood, 45,10 support, 43,3,4 tools, 42,3; 44,11 top-bar, 42,13; 43,7,8.9: 44,11 traditional, 43.14 ventilation, 43,14 wooden, 43,14; 44,11 wooden box, 43.14 Hone.M, 43,12 honey, 42.7,12.13: 43,7,8,9; 44.4.8, 14;

45,2.3,4.6,7,12,13,16 African, 43,10 analysis, 44.10 badgers. 42,7 beer, 43,9 Bulgarian, 43,14 buyer, 42,9; 43,10 centrifuge, 44,1! class, 42.9 combs, 43.10.14 container, 43,8; 44,11] crop, 42,12 export, 42,9.12; 43,10; 45,12 extractor, 43,13; 44,3 electrical, 43.13 four-frame, 44,3 home-made, 44,3 imported, 44,3 farm, 42,9 flavour, 43,10 forest, 45,13 gathering, see hunting,

harvesting, 43,10,13,14; 44,11; 45,4,12 hunting, 42.13.15: 43,8; 44,11; 45.4.5 industrial, 45,7 importation, 43,9 market, 43,8; 45,12 marketing, see marketing organic, 43.9 packaging, 43.14 price, 43.8 processing, 42,16; 43,8 production, 42,4; 43,14; 44,4.5,11 products 43,7,8 properties, 43.10 show. 42,9 smoked, 43,10 table, 43,9 tropical, 45,12,13 yield, 43,9

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BEEKEEPING & DEVELOPMENT 45 cage. 42,10; 44,15 excluder, 42.3 introduction, 44,14 mating, 44,15 marking, 43,13; 44,15 rearing, 44,14,15

Honeybee diseases and pests, 44.14 Honeybee flora of Ethiopia, 43,10; 44,5

Honeybee Science Research Centre, 44,7 Honey hunters and beekeepers of Tamil Nadu.

455

Honey hunters of the Nilgiris: the road to sustainability, 45,4 Honey News, 43.6

Hooper.T, 43,12 Houten van.H, 45,9 Hypericum revolutum,

44,5

ICIMOD, 44,15, 45,13 ICRAF, 43,11 Important resolutions concurring importation of

42,11 India, 42,6,8,12,16; 43.11,16; 44,7, 10; 45,4.10,11 Indonesia, 42,12: 44,7; 45,10,11 information wheelcharts, 43.13 Informations de derntére heure, 42,2 insect. 44,4 intruding, 44.4 repellent, 44,4 resistant plants, 45,7 insecticide genes, 45,7 Inside Information, 42,2; 43,15; 44,2, 45.2 Institute de la Rechereche Vétérinaire de Tunisie, 42,12 instrumental insemination, 44,15 International Beekeeping Congress, XXXIV, 42,12,16: 43,2,11: 44.4; 45,23 XXXV, 42,12; 43,11; 44.10; 45.11 XXXVI, 42.12: 43,11; 44,10; 45,11 International Centre for integrated Mountain Development. see [CIMOD International Federation of Beekeepers’ Association, see Apimondia internet, 44,16 Trulas, 45.4 Israel, 42.10; 45,11 Ministry of Agriculture, 42,1] Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 42.11 honeybees,

Italy, 43.23.14 IUCN, 45,13 Ivory Coast, see Céte d'Ivoire

J

Jackson.H, 42,2; 43,15; 44,2; 45,2 lannoni Sebastianini.R, 45,3 lapan, 44,7 Java, 45,10 Jenu, 45.4 liaming.Gan, 42.8 Johannesburg, 42,11 john.M, 45.4 lones.W W, 43,16 lordan, 45,11 Journal of Bee, 42.8

Namibia's honey harvest, 42,13

National Conference of Tropical Bees and the Environment, 42,8 National Honey Show, UK, 42,9; 43,11,16;

44,10 Nath,S, 45.4

45,3

:

Kwarteng,, 42,14

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Afrique Equatoriale: le miel, richesse

42,13

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Afrique Equatonale: parlons d'abeilies, de fleurs et d'apiculture, 42,13

Latham,P, 43,6 Latin, 43,13 Lear.E N, 43.7; 45,12

Learn Ahead, 42,12; 43,11; 44,10; 45,1!

Lebanon, 45,13 Lensky,Y, 44.14 Le Quesnge,C, 42.15 Letters to B&D, 43.10; 44,4; 45,10 Libong.A. 45,3,16 Likcani,A, 43,15 Lin,C-Y, 44.7 Livistonia rotundifolia,

45,6

local knowledge, 42,11 traders, 44,9 LohrW, 44,11

Look Ahead, 42,12:

43.11:

ndebele, 43,13 Neale-Edwards.R, 44,13 Nebbi District, Uganda, 43,7

NECTAR, 45,2,14 nectar, 42,4,13; 43,6; 44,4 flow, 43,14 sucking, 43.6 Nepal, 42,12; 43,5.7,11; 44,7,10,15; 45,3,11,13 Nepal: its bees and beekeepers, 45,3 Nephelium lapaceum,

44,10;

45,11

Loor,B, 44,4 lost-wax casting, 44,8 lupin, see Lupinus mutablilis Lupinus mutablilis, 44,4 Lusaka, 42,14

MacRobert.G F, 42.7 Madagascar, 44,5 Madaha.|, 43,10; 45,7 maize, 43.14; 44,11; 45.7 Makumbi,O, 44,3 Malawi. 43.4; 44,5 Malaysia, 44,7; 45,10 Manabi Province, Ecuador, 44,4 Managed crop pollination: the missing dimension of mountain agricultural productivity, 44,15

management, 43,5; 44,6,14 absconding, 44,6 colony performance, 44,14 feeding, 43,13 migration, 44,6 overwinter, 42,4

packages, 42.10,11; 44,15 queen,

45,6

News Around The World, 42.8; 43.6, 44,2; 45,6 News from Nijiro, 43,5; 44,6 New Zealand, 44,7 NGO. 42,14: 44,4: 45.4.7 Niger, 44,11 Nigeria, 42,8; 44,11; 45,11 Nilgiris District, 45,4 Njiro Wildlife Research Centre, 42,12;

43,5.10,11; 44,6,10; 45,911 Non-governmental organisation. see NGO non-profit making, 42,6 non-timber forest products, see NTFP North West Beefarmers Association, see NOWEBA North West Province, see NWP Norton.M, 42,14 Noray, 45,13 Notice Board, 42,12; 43,11; 44.10; 45,11 Novartis. 43.15; 45,7 NOWEBA.43,6 Nso People, 43.6 NTFP 45.13 nucleus, 43,13 nutmeg, 43.6 NWP, 43.8

ODA, see DFID Ogaba.M,R, 45.3 Ohe von der.W, 43,10 oil, seed, 42,5 volatile, 42,3 ointment, 42,3 Olmontonyi Forestry Institute, 44.6 Oman, 44,7 One hundred years of Apimondia, 43,2

Onore,G, 44,4 OPIDA, 44,15 orange, see Citrus spp Organisation of American States, 43,7 Development Administration, see 1D Overseas

overwinter, see management Oxfam, 42,15: 45,6

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Perspectives for honey production in the tropics,

pesticides, 42,5; 43,3,10,14 industry, 42.5 legislation, 42,5 poisoning, 43,6; 44,14 use, 42,5 pests, control of, 43,12 Pétey,V, 44,2; 45,2 Philippines, 44.7; 45,6 pigeon pea, 42,8 Pinder,P, 42.14 pineapple, 44,12 Pirie.C, 44,13 Planbee online,

44,16

plant, 42,3 chemicals, 42,3 Plant Protection Improvement Programme,

43,13 Plattner Bienenhof Apicoltura, 45,2,9 Plunkett Foundation, 43,14.15: 45,3 poison, see venom, pollen, 42,3,4,6,13; 43,10; 44,9; 45,13 analysis, 43,10 atlast, 43,10 grain, 43,10; 45,3 photographs of, 43,13 microscopic analysis, 43.10 pollination, 42,4,5,10; 44,8,15; 45,13 agent, 45,13 agricultural, 42,5 economy, 45,13 pollinators, 42,5,6; 45,13 searcity of, 42.5 native, 42,5 -plant interaction, 45.13 pollution, 43,10 portuguese, 43,8 potato, sweet, 42,8 Poth Hille Ltd, 45.16 poverty 43,9

Practical Beekeeping, 42,7; 43,3,5; 44,4 predators, see bee primary products, 42,15 project, see also beekeeping project writing, 42.14 plants,

43,10

Promote beekeeping in rural development,

44,8:

45.9 propolis, 42,3,13: 44,3,14; 45,6 composition, 42,3 harvesting, 42,3 in medicine, 42,3 price, 42,3 uses, 42,3 Propolis,

42,3

Protecting hives against termites,

43,3

protectives, see clothing Plerocarpus santalinus,

42,6

pulses, 43,14 Punchihewa,R W K, 44,7 pumpkin, 42,5; 45,4 Purohit Compressor Engineering Co, 42,16 pygmy people 42,13 queen, 42,10,1] cage, see management excluder, see management reating, see management, Queen rearing,

44,14

Rafad Foundation, 43,11 rainforest. see forest rambutan, see Nephelium lapaceum Rand Show, 43,7

Rao,S P, 42.6 rat, 42,7 rattan, 45,13 Ravindran,P N, 43,16 Reddy.C C, 44,7 Red Saunders, 42,6 reforestation, 43,11 Reforming world trade: the social and environmental priorities, 42,15

repellent, 42,3 Request for a borehole,

45,10

U

Solomon.G, 44,3; 45,3 Sommeijer,M |, 45,12 sorghum, 42,8: 44,11 Soroti District. Uganda, 42,9 South Africa, 42,10; 43,7,9; 44,5,10; 45,11,12 South Western Bee Farmers’ Association, see SWEBA soya, bean, 42,8 cultivation, 42,9 Spain, 45,7 spanish, 45,3 spices, 45.13 squash, 42,5 Sri Lanka, 44,7; 45,10 Sri Lankamalai Reserve Forest, 42,6 Stages of development of the worker bee,

45,9

Stapleton,P, 45,8 Steele & Brodie, 44,12 stamps, 45,3 sting repellent, 42,3 Stop press, 45,11 SUAS, 43,13 Subha-ReddiC, 42.6 Sudan, 44,5 sugar feeding, see management Sumatra, 45,10

Tropical bees and the environment, 42,15;

43,13

Tropical Bees and the Environment Conference, 42,6 Tropical Biology Association, 44.7 Tropical Forest Products Ltd, 45,16 Tunisia, 42,12 Turkey, 42,12; 44,7

U

44, Svensson.B, 43,10 swarming, see management Swaziland, 44,5 SWEBA, 45,6 Swedish Unversity of Agricultural Sciences, see SUAS Sweet Maria Apiary. 43.7 sweet potato, 42,8 Switzerland, 43,11 sytup feeding, see management Tabora, Beekeepers’ Co-operative Society, 42,12; 43.10; 44,6; 45,7 Beekeeping Training Institute, 44.6 Taiwan, 44,7 Tam,D Q, 44,7 Tamil Nadu. 44,15; 45,4,5 Tanzania, 42,12; 43.5,10,11; 44,5,6,10; 45,7,11 Environmental Action Association, 44,6 Ministry of Natural Resources & Tourism, 44,6 Tree Planting Association, 44.6 Taye.S, 43,16 Taylor,M, 43,2 technology, appropriate, 44.6 Technology Centre for Agricultural and Rural Co-operation, see CTA temperature, see management Ten excellent reasons for beekeeping,

459,11 USA, 42,4,12: 43.11; 45.13 tesearch, 42.4 USDA, 42.5 USAID, 42.11. 44.4 Vancouver, 45,3 Varroa, see Varroa jacobsoni Varroa jacobsoni, 43,12,14; 44,4 control of, 42,13; 43,6,12,14; 44,14 disease, 43,13 devastation, 43,6 Varroasis of the honey bee, 42,13 vegetable, 42.5. 43,14 Velastegui.R. 44,4 Venezuela, 43,11; 44,10 Vespa sp,

45,6

video, 42,13; 43.13; 44,14; 45,3 Videoshelf, 42,13: 43,13; 44.14 Vietnam, 44,7 visual aids, 42,13: 43,13; 44,14; 45,3,8 vilamuns, 42,3 VOCA, 43.14 volcanic activity, 42,8; 44,2 Volta Region, Ghana, 42,8 Vries.R de, 45,12 VSO, 42,13

sunflower, see Helianthus annuus supersedure, 42,5 sustainable development. 42,5 resource management, 43,7 Sustainable beekeeping for Africa, 43.6;

44,8

termite, 43,3,4; 44,4 control, 43,3; 44.4 repellent, 44,4 resistant wood, 43,3; 44,4 Texas, 42,4 Thailand, 44,7 The art of batik: flowers and landscapes, 43,12 The economic value of non-timber forest products in south-east Asia, 45,13 The forgotten pollinators, 45,12 The honeybee's fingerprint: simple methods of

distinguishing honeybee races,

44,5

Tree St John’s Wort, see Hypericum revolutum Trinidad, see Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago, 44,2,3; 44,3

Tan Tuk’el Kab, Ugalla Game Reserve, Tanzania, Uganda, 42.8,]2; 44,3,5 UK, 42,4,9,12; 43,5,11; 44,10; 45,11 UN Convention on Biological Diversity, 45,7 United Kingdom, see UK United Women’s Apiary, 44.3 University of Cardiff, 42,12; 43,11; 44,10;

Sipat.A, 42,15

44,14

The world guide 1997/98 44,14 The world-wide fund raiser's handbook,

42,14

wall charts, 45,8 Wang.W-Y, 44,7 Waring,C, 45,3 wax, see also beeswax 42,3 wax foundation, see foundation wax moth, see Galleria sp wax sheets, see foundation website, 44,16 Wendorf,H, 43,8 West Africa. see Africa West Africa Bee Research Seminar, First,

42,1] West African Rice Development Association.

42,14; 45,9 Why bother beekeeping?

43,8

whitefly, 43.13 Widjaia.M C. 44,7 Williams,C, 42,8; 44,2 Windward Islands, 42,15 wintergreen oil, 43.6 women, and development, 42,12 with respect to beekeeping, 44,3.6; 45,11 Woo,K-S, 44,7 woodland, depletion, 43.8.19 miombo, 43,8,10 workshop, 43.7; 44.5: 45.1 Workshop to revive Apis cerana indica,

44,14

work wanted, 44.7 World Conservation Monitoring Centre, 44,7 Trade Organization, 42,15 Xylocopa latipes,

Y

42,6

yam, 44,11 Yang,G H, 44,7 Yazbek.R, 45.13 Yemen, 44,5 Yesid,H. 44,4 yield, see honey

Youdeowei,A, 42,14; 45,9 Yusoff.K M, 42,15 Zaire, 44,5 Zambia, 42,14; 43.8; 44,5; 45,8 Zambian Beekeeping Handbook,

45.8

Zimbabwe, 42,7,12; 45,10 Zooming in on Albania, 43.14.15 Zooming in on Benin, 44,11

Thomas, 44,12 Thomo,K, 43,15

Riches,H RC, 45,12 Rinderer.T E, 42,15 Robberts,E |, 45,12 robbing, see management

42,15 Tobago. see Trinidad and Tobago Apicultural Society, 44,2 Togo, 42.8; 44,11 top-bar, see hive Three cells of honeycomb,

RometA, 44,4 Roy,P, 45,4 royal jelly, 44,14

Top tips for trainers: principles of beekeeping

rubber, see Hevea spp production, 45,10

tratning,

tapping, 45,10

45,10

Rural Associations Support Programme.

43,15 Rwanda, 44,5 sacbrood, Thai, 44,15; 45,11 Sandoz SPC Ltd, 42,2,16; 43,16 SarikiY. 44,11 Saudi Arabia, 44,7 Scientific writing for agricultural research scientists,

5,9 Scott-Dupree,C, 44,14

simsim, 42,8

The Third World institute, 44,14

research, 42,12 resin, 42,3; 45,13

Rubber tree: Hevia brasiliensis,

Tree St john's Wort,

1

Sixty years with bees, 43,12 slides, 42,13 slug, 43,13 smoker, 43,10,13: 44,7,11 appropriate, 43,10 snail, 43,13 soap, 42,3; 44,8

Peru, 44,2

Project outline: a pollen atlas of East African honey

Natural pests and disease control, 43,12

nest, single-comb, 42,3 Netherlands, Expertise Centre for Tropical Apicultural Resources, see NECTAR Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 45.3 New Forests Project, 45,1] New Mexico, 42,4

Laere van,O, 45,3 LAMP, 44,6 Langstroth hive, see hive en

45,12

medicines, 42,3; 45,13 melissopalynology, 45,13 melliferous flora, 45,13 migratory beekeeping, see beekeeping millet, 42.8; 44.11; 45.4 Mimosa sp, 45,6 minerals, 42,3 tmiombo, see woodland mite, 43.12.14; 44.4 Miti ni Maendeleo, 43,11 Mizrahi.A. 44.34 Mngazija,R, 43,5 Montgomery,L, 43,12 mongoose, 42,7 Montserrat, 42,8; 44,2 Beekeepers’ Association, 42,8; 44,2 Morley,A. 44.4 morphometric studies, 44,14; 45,13 Mostoles.D, 45,6 mountain area, 44,15 Mozambique, 44,5 Muid,M Hi, 44,7 Mukanyange,], 45,9 Munguia.M.A, 45,3 Murillo-Yepes,], 43,7; 44.3; 45,3 Muzaffar,N, 44,7

Nabham.G, 45,12 Namibia, 42,13 Namibian Directorate of Forestry, 42,13

Korea. 44,7 Krell.R, 43,3; 44.4 Kuala Lumpur, 42,40 Kurumbas, 45,4

de notre nature,

Mead: making, exhibting and judging,

N

Kaftanoglu,O, 44.7 Kathmandu, 43,5 Kathnaickens, 45,4 Kenya, 43,7,11; 44,5 Kerala, 45,10 Forest Research Institute, 45,10 Keystone, 45.4,5 Kiew,R. 42,15 KIRDEP, 44,6 Kitgum Women’s Beekeepers, Uganda, 42,9;

Lapiculture

robbing, 42,11 swarming. 44,1] temperature, 42,1] Mandizvidza.H, 45,10 Mangifera indica, 44,11 Mardan,M, 42,15 marketing: 43,5,8,9,14; 44,3,6; 45,4 barter structure, 43,8; 45,4 honey, 43.8; 45,12,16 Mati,A, 44,7 Mattu.V K, 44,7 Mazzacchi,L, 45,9 McDermatt,M |, 45,13 mead, 45,12 books, 45,12 judge. 45,12 recipes, 45,12

Pacific, 42,5 Padmanabhan,P, 45,10 Pakistan, 42.12; 44,7 patm oil, 44,11 Palni Hills Conservation Council, 44,15 Papaya, see Carica papaya Partap,T. 44,15 Partap,U, 44,15; 45,13 PAUAL. 45.3 peanut, 44,11 Peh,] Y, 43.16

Scottish Crop Research Institute. 45,,7 Secrets of the beehive, 43,13 Seeds offered, 45,1 Seeds wanted, 43.11: 45.11 Seminar on Bees and Forest in the Tropics, 42,11 setswana, 43,13 Sherratt.D, 42,13 shona, 43,13 Shrestha,K K, 43,5; 44,7,10 Simple gloves, 43,5 Sims, D, 43,12

45,8

toxin, 42,3 trade, banana, 42.15 fair, 42,15

sustainable, 42,15 traditional. 43,8 beekeepers, see beekeepers beekeeping, see beekeeping training, 42,12: 43.11; 44,10, 45,8.9,11 guides, 42,14; 45.8 materials, 42,14; 45,8 tree, see also forest and woodland 44.6 deadly, 43.6 nuts, 42,5

Trees Bees Use, 44,5; 45.10

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