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the introduction of GMOs?

should state that have no sympathies with claims of GM crop producers. believe that this experiment is potentially disastrous for us and for the environment. There seem to be a number of likely consequences to the current rapid introduction of this untested, new technology. These include damage to our environment, to our own and future generations’ health, and to the long-term food security of the |

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a beekeeper am also concerned by the few indications have found about the effects of GM crops on bees.

Preliminary research has shown that there are dangers to beneficial insects. In a field trial of Monsanto's Bt-cotton in Thailand, 30% of bees around the test field died. Studies in the USA show that bees feeding on GM oilseed rape suffer damage to their foraging abilities. Do you know of any other research findings that might indicate less cause for concern? Is there any research monitoring the health of local bee populations, either independent or funded by the major bio-technical

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world, and enormous profit without responsibility to the agrochemical and bio-technical companies developing and marketing GM plants.

Marketing for GM foods claims that they will one day feed the world. This is

pernicious deception. The world can grow enough food already but we cannot yet manage to distribute it fairly. eople in the western world depend upon impoverished farmers in developing countries to grow cash crops for the commodity markets. Food shortages are a result of social, environmental, economic and political problems, not simply lack of food.

Genetically engineered crops will condemn poor farmers to lifelong dependence on multinational companies who have no intention of feeding the world unless they are handsomely reimbursed for the service. Terminator technology ensures that poor farmers are caught in an endless and slavish cycle, unable to use seed from one year’s crop for the next.

corporations?

The protection zones around GM crops

UK are laughable.Are there any better protection zones round GM crops in other countries? Is anyone monitoring the amount of GM pollen that must already be finding its way into honey supplies? Has any research been done on the consequence for human health? in the

read of much dissatisfaction (and destruction of GM crops) in India, so feel sure that beekeepers around the world will be sharing my anxiety. Perhaps you could cover some of these issues in |

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Clive de Bruyn presents the issues:

ome people see genetic (GE) benefiting agriculture and medicine. Others view it as a threat to life and nature:

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unethical, unnecessary, potentially harmful and only of benefit to multinational companies. Everyone has a view on GMOs. Where do beekeepers stand?

In February 1999, opposite the Houses of Parliament in London the organisation ActionAid unveiled an ice sculpture showing a fish mutated with vegetables.

This was to highlight a of Parliament's call for a Member British on GMOs. Prince Charles, five-year ban a vociferous and outspoken GMO critic has claimed that scientists are invading territory that he believes is “The province of God alone.” Sir Paul McCartney vows to use his late wife’s meals to spearhead the fight. He is spending 3m to make Linda’s foods ‘totally’ free from GMOs. Every pack of food proclaims “Say No to GMO”.

On the other side are the GE GE is at the companies.

They claim that forefront of future developments in

insecticides.““GMOs will help to

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As we go to press, UK Prime

Minister Tony Blair has warned that GM food may be bad for us: "There’s no doubt that there is potential for harm, both in terms of human safety and in the diversity of our environment, from GM food and crops”, said Mr Blair.

The statement that GM crops could lead to lower pesticide use has been shown to be a deception by the agrochemical associations: they predict massive increases in sales as a result of this new technology.

by Clive de Bruyn, Essex, United Kingdom

agriculture and food. They promise plants that will resist insect pests reducing the need for farmers to spray

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According to the media Frank Eggleton, an English beekeeper, became terrified of GMOs because of a GM oilseed rape

Is GM food safe?

GMOs could produce toxins, the true effects of which no one understands.

trial near his hives. “My bees are in danger!” he cried, “The presence of GMOs will adulterate my honey. Wild flowers will be contaminated.” Ata

Pollen could present a problem for bees. Scientists have some information on the effects of GM oilseed rape on bees. The GM oilseed rape can produce enzyme inhibitors that interfere with the insects’ digestion. This means that predatory insects eating the leaves develop a lethal case of indigestion. Researchers could not find the enzyme inhibitors in the oilseed rape pollen. They surmised that it might be there, at levels too low to detect, but be concentrated in the honey. Caged bees were fed on sugar containing protein at levels found in the leaves. This had no effect. Only when fed 10 times the concentration of the protein in the leaves did bees die

village meeting Frank stated, “GM rape is a step too far. will dump my honey rather than eat it.” The media was quick to use Frank’s allegations to inflame public fears about GMOs without |

substantiating any of his assumptions. believe that Frank’s fear is genuine but feel we should try and look at the

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problem rationally.

By the middle of the 1990s 3,500 trials of GMOs had been conducted in 34 countries, covering 56 crops. In 1998 there were at least 30m hectares of GM crops world-wide. Plant GMOs now have improved agronomic traits such as herbicide tolerance and resistance to pest and disease. How far should GE go? If scientists want society to set limits then the public needs better information. will try to address some of the issues using questions raised by Prince Charles. |

Do we need GM food?

Probably not. But if GE is not accepted in one country then that country may lose out to others that embrace the new technology. Without GM crops there might be a better bee environment with less intensive cultivation and increased forage.

prematurely.

Research was also carried out on plants incorporating Bacillus thuringiensis.

This soil bacterium has been used for decades to control Lepidoptera.

Beekeepers know it as the active ingredient in Certan® (sold to kill wax moths). Bacillus thuringiensis genes introduced into a plant cause it to produce toxins that disembowel insect pests. Tests carried out to check the toxicity of GM Bacillus thuringiensis maize pollen on honeybee larva showed no adverse effects in the laboratory.

GM sugar beet exists and sugar cane could be a candidate for GE. What effeet would GM sugar have on

honeybees and what if it turned up in honey? At the moment there is no evidence that GMOs are not safe but the same was said of DDT and cigarettes. More independent long-term research is required.

What about the environmental consequences?

Molecular geneticists working at a cellular level in the GMO industry consider that GMOs are low-risk.

Independent ecologists specialising in biology at the organism-ecosystembiosphere levels consider GMOs high-risk. All agree that science cannot predict what escaped GMOs will do, however, if GMOs are released into the environment the odds of controlling them are zero. There are several GMO research programmes in the United Kingdom. Bees benefit indirectly from this as some of the work is helping to fund research institutes working on bees. All investigations involving field tests inevitably cause GMO escapes.

Genes in GMOs can spread to related wild flowers. Such gene flow (outcrossing) is not unusual.

The problem is that the genes inserted into GM crops may originate from viruses, fungi and bacteria giving the GM hybrids traits that could not be present naturally. Nectar secretion could be affected. Super weeds, could emerge requiring more toxic herbicides: precisely the opposite of what GMOs originally promised. If the hybrids contain insecticide genes they would ki

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It took 60 years to appreciate that

Where does honey stand?

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The EC Commission has

decided that honey containing pollen from GM crops does not come within the scope of the present legislation on Novel Foods. It appears therefore that such honey does not have to mention the presence of GM pollen. The EC Commission in Brussels has set a

feeding insects resulting in insect eating birds

starving.

Upsetting the ecosystem may well have knockon consequences for bees. The effects of GMOs | could remain undetected for decades. Current research is only investigating short-term eonsequences so our grandchildren ould be in for a real “Silent Spring.”

food by GM ingredients of 1%. This is many times greater than any pollen levels usually present in honey.

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poor countries?

Scientists are concerned that their

Prince Charles ridiculed as emotional blackmail the United Kingdom Government's claim that GMOs would

it sensible to test GMOs without regulations? experiments are safe. They are subject to similar social, moral and ethical influences as everyone else. European

Community Directives exist to protect humans and the environment.

Currently consent to plant GM crops in the United Kingdom is for field trials only. Against this regulatory background present these notes of discord: |

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According to the Gene Watch Newsletter, there have been almost as many unauthorised as sanctioned releases of GMOs in the USA. Monsanto have been guilty of flouting safety rules at an experimental GMO site in Lincolnshire (United Kingdom) in 1999 and were fined 17,000.

Currently there are no regulations with respect to solitary or social bees.

The United Kingdom Government

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currently considering the first application to grow GM maize for open sale.

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consumers

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exercise choice?

The United Kingdom Government has decided that GMO foods should be labelled and new regulations took effect in 1999. Foods containing

detectable modified DNA or protein will require labelling. This means that 95% of the approximately 30,000 products potentially derived from GM crops will not require labelling. wait to see if the |

“prevent global hunger.’ A report from Africa claims that gene technology could destroy traditional agricultural systems. Action Aid claims that GMOs are more likely to exacerbate world hunger than cure it. Set against these statements is Monsanto’s !m advertising campaign promising that GMOs would feed “starving future generations.”

The facts are that GMOs exist to produce food for rich countries. The management of GMOs undermine the principles of integrated pest control, which tries to be sympathetic to the environment. GM crops with their herbicide tolerance are subject to a strict regime of broad-spectrum herbicides that will eliminate arable weeds that bees forage on. Farmers who pay a royalty to grow the crop are tied to the company for fertiliser, pesticides and herbicide treatments necessary to support the plants. This moves poor farmers away from selfsufficiency towards dependency on multinational companies. Currently 80% of the crops grown in developing countries come from saved seed. Big business solution to this is ‘terminator’ technology. This involves using a special gene to sterilise any seeds the crops produces, forcing farmers to buy fresh seed each year. The importance of bees to pollinate seed crops could decline.

affected humans, but we are

expected to instantly accept GMOs because there are no corpses!

Following this provocative statement it must be appreciated that science can never offer people what they really want - total certainty. Proving something is absolutely safe is impossible. ask only: are the risks justifiable? |

The history of agricultural change is in the direction of growing crops “that no one eats but us” This has had disastrous consequences for other life forms that share the planet with humans. Recent surveys of the decline in bird, butterfly and bee populations are indicators of the changes that have already occurred. The thrust of GMOs must surely exacerbate such trends.

explanation please!

GMO: Genetically Modified Organism Genetic Engineering (GE) Transferring genes between species. nature viable life forms are only

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produced when animals mate within their own species: DNA from human cells never joins with DNA from cows, trees,

or bees. Only in the laboratory can

genes be transferred between species.

GM Food: Food crops that

have been developed with genetic engineering (transferring genes from other species,

for example genes from plants into animals).

Terminator Gene: Genetic engineering to ensure that any seeds a crop produces are sterile, thus forcing farmers to buy fresh seed each year.

Want to hear more?

Clive de Bruyn is one of the invited lecturers at the Seminar being organised

by Bees for

and the in Association Tropical Agriculture 2000.

See Look Ahead April page || for

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of apples in China

by Uma Partap and Tej Partap, ICIMOD, Nepal

4.The apple farmers use pesticides excessively. They spray 10-15 times

is pollinated by hand instead of by insects like honeybees.

each season, even during flowering time. Past experiences indicate that

Pollinating apples by hand Pollination of apple flowers by hand is very common in Maoxian County despite the fact that beekeeping is popular in the area. The following Maoxian County apples planted on a large-scale in the 1980s are now an In

important cash crop.

Dr Uma Partap explains, “Pollination problems started right at the beginning.

There is a very low proportion of polliniser trees and a scarcity of pollinating insects because of pesticides”.

introduction Maoxian County is in Aba Prefecture in Sichuan Province, South China. Apple cultivation started in 1935 with the planting of 30 trees of six different varieties. Large-scale cultivation started in the early 1980s, when apple became a main cash crop of the County. Apples from this region are known as ‘Moawen Apples’ and are famous for their quality.

They are sold in markets in Beijing,

Tianjing, Guangzhu and Hong Kong, and also are exported to Russia and south-east Asian countries.

In Maoxian County there are 2,830 hectares of apple trees producing around 30,000 tonnes of apple, worth 33.9 million Yuans (US$ 4.2 million) every year. However in recent years, apple production has dropped in both yield and quality. We therefore investigated whether the pollination of the apples was adequate.

Study methodology We prepared a questionnaire, surveyed the apple area, and interviewed farmers.

Because apple is the main cash crop, farmers aim for maximum yield and quality by using every possible orchard

pesticides used during flowering seasons killed many bee colonies and other natural insect pollinators, in addition to killing apple pests.

issues emerged: 1. Average

land holdings are very smail:

around 0.2 hectares. Therefore to make best use of the land, farmers have planted only the main variety of apple and a very low proportion (5-7%), of polliniser trees. The minimum requirement is 20%. The farmers simply do not want to increase the proportion of polliniser trees, as they are commercially less important. With such a low

proportion of pollinisers, honeybees can play only a small role in pollination.

2. Because apple is the main cash crop of the area, farmers want higher yields of better quality apples, at any price. They want to ensure that each flower is properly pollinated.

Therefore they believe only in pollination by hand and feel that this is a way to achieve certain pollination when the polliniser proportion is

very low.

3. Farmers also believe that pollination by hand is the surest method of pollination even under adverse climatic conditions. It is still possible to hand pollinate apples in low temperatures and bad weather, when bees and other insects are not flying. t

5. Though beekeeping and migratory beekeeping are common in the area,

beekeepers are now not interested t rent bee colonies for apple pollination. Therefore farmers continue to pollinate their crops by hand.

Pollination by hand Pollinating apples by hand is a community effort. Apple flowering begins at lower altitudes and progresses upwards. Thus all apple farmers in the higher areas of the County are free of work and are hired to pollinate apples in lower areas. Since orchards are very small, larger families are able to

pollinate their whole crop by themselves.

In hand pollination the anthers are picked from a flower of the polliniser variety when the flower is at the balloon stage (partially open flowers) and is dried to release pollen grains.

Farmers usually dry the anthers by spreading them out in the sun for a day or two. Some use cardboard boxes provided with an electric bulb, and others even use electric blankets to dry the anthers. The pollen grains are stored in a cool, dry place and remain viable for three to four days. These are

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Farmers dry anthers by spreading them out in the sun

mixed with a little white flour or skimmed milk powder and are applied to the flowers of the main variety (within two days after a flower opens) ‘ith the help of a hand made brush, the mter side of a cigarette, or a pencil rubber. The farmers pollinate three out of the five flowers in an each apple inflorescence. Hand pollination is carried out three times in each season to ensure pollination of late flowers.

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completed by 1990, after which farmers were given training in 1991. At that time only some farmers accepted the technique. But as the impact of pollination by hand became apparent other farmers in the County were also convinced. In 1994, 1,300 hectares of apples were pollinated by hand, and by 1997 the whole 2,000 hectares of apples were pollinated this way.

Acknowledgements

Economics of pollinating flowers

We are grateful to Dr He Yonghua and Xie Jiasuei for accompanying us to the field

Pollinating flowers by hand is very laborious and time consuming. About 20-25 people are needed to pollinate apples in one orchard in one day. The fee for one person is about 20 Yuans per day, and this means that farmers pay about 600 Yuans (US$ 70) for pollination of their apples. Farmers could hire less labour, as apples bloom “ r about a week, but they want to rush case of adverse weather conditions.

sites and assisting with interviewing farmers.

Also to our Chinese colleague in ICIMOD,

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Dr Tang Ya who helped co-ordinate our study.

Our special thanks go to the mountain farmers

of Maoxian County for sparing time from their already busy schedule to provide us with valuable

information.

Economics of bee pollination A maximum of two colonies of honeybees are needed to pollinate an apple orchard. The rental fee for one honeybee colony is US$7, which means that farmers would pay only US$14 to pollinate their orchards using honeybees. This calculation shows that bee pollination would be five times cheaper, but the farmers are still using hand pollination for the reasons described above. dj

Role of Government A farmer, Li Jicai of Jingzhao Village, was the first to start pollination by hand. The County Government then took over and with its extension services spread the technology of hand pollination. Field experiments to standardise the technique were

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Bee colonies are dying on our main island of New Providence and also Andros. Samples of brood comb and bees sent to the US Department of Agriculture Bee Research Laboratory confirmed our fear that Varroa mites

of an emergency assistance project to restore for honeybee populations honey production and plant pollination. The project was based on the appearance of the phenomenon of“crawling bees” in apiaries throughout Iraq a few years ago (see B&D39). Because of UN Sanctions imposed on Iraq, beekeeping has suffered as there is no medication. Beekeepers are isolated from the world community and news of how to control Varroa and bee

are present. “We had always considered our bees safe from the

diseases.

FAO

The first stage of the emergency project was planned by Dr Nicola Bradbear and involved assistance in the control of bee disease and the provision of much

diseases and pests found on the mainland of North America”.

Mal Evans writing in Bee Culture, November 1999

technical information. Embossing machines and wax were provided and these have allowed the much needed production of fresh foundation.

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We face great difficulties because our “ “ bees are

africanizadas (Africanized), and we need to adapt to their defensive

temper. My work in Sorocaba City is to capture swarms in places that put people’s lives at risk. At first we had problems with the bees: there were many accidents caused by them.

3 tried to help the situation improve, but myself faced prejudice: in being a woman yet accomplishing capture of bees.

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municipal legislation that protects bees and guards against extinction of

melliferous flora. Another factor that generates concern is the great number of industries that are transferring from SAo Paulo to Sorocaba. Our vegetation is disappearing and soon there will be poorer conditions for the bees. keep my hives in Pilar, a city 40 km to the south, where there is plenty of vegetation, both savannah and transitional forest. We must also stand firm against the great number of false honeys that are brought into our City. |

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Margaret Ogaba, B&D’s Correspondentin Uganda, shows off a marvellous honey display prepared by Kitgum Women’s Beekeepers’ Well done ladies! _

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Bosnia, near Klju, an unpolluted region of mountain, forest and pastureland, very rich in wild flowers. Our honey achieved high

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Sanica is in north-west

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which honey production was wiped out and we lost most of our hives. The Association was re-established in 1997 and currently Sanica Beekeepers’ Association has 40 members, with numbers increasing rapidly, harvesting about 8,000 kg of in Bosnia during

The second stage of the project is now taking place with the assistance of Dr Otto Boecking. The objective is to teach beekeepers more about bee diseases and to establish a diagnostic laboratory in Baghdad. Also by helping with seminars and workshops about bee biology, queen rearing and honey production. It is hoped to find new methods for Iraqi beekeepers to control Varroa: by biological treatment or with available chemicals.

We hope that our bees will be once again fine and productive. We are ready to share our experiences with anyone having similar problems.

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Bosnia Our Association existed before the war

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Zimbabwe

Pitcairn Islands exported for the first Honey time from Pitcairn Islands (Central South Pacific) after a governmentfunded project to rescue the Islands’ beekeeping industry.

The islanders and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in London hope that the trade, initially between Pitcairn and New Zealand, could prove a “money spinner” for the Island that is almost totally reliant on selling stamps for export earnings. Indeed, the saving of Pitcairn’s honey industry has been celebrated by the issue of stamps. is being

The Pitcairn Island bees mysteriously died out in the 1970s. In 1978 and 1992 Apis mellifera ligustica were introduced and have thrived. The success prompted the UK Government's Department for International Development (DFID) to fund training for the Island’s beekeepers and prepare a study on the disease status of the bees and honey. Pitcairn’s bees have been found to be free of disease and are very docile. It is hoped to export queen bees to parts of the world affected by diseases such as

International Beekeeping Symposium The Zimbabwe Beekeepers’ Council and Intermediate Technology Development Group (ITDG) sponsored jointly a two-day Symposium in Harare in November 1999 on the promotion of beekeeping in Zimbabwe. The Symposium focussed on: * Developing common approach towards the threat posed by bee disease; a

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Morocco

Save the Sahara Bee This race of bees fives in oases in the south of Morocco and Algeria. It was discovered by Baldensberger and studied by Brother Adam. Originally from Cyprus this bee race was brought to the area by the Israelis during the Exodus. It is now in danger of disappearing because of drought and the insecticides used to kill

grasshoppers.

Save the biggest apiary in the world!

This apiary of 2,000 honeybee colonies is situated in a green oasis in the heart of Damssira Territory. It is protected by Saint Marabout Sidi Anmed Ounacer and overseen by religious

brotherhoods. This apiary deserves special attention to save it, mainly by building a seven km road so that tourists can visit and appreciate the apiary, and a museum showing the cultural riches of South Morocco.

To give moral or financial support, write to

Moulay Radi Loumrhari, c/o Bees for

Development

Mexico Ecosur is an ecological research centre with strong commitments to sustainable development in the “Frontera Sur” region. The bee project is undertaking: Basic research on the tolerance of Africanized bees to Varroa; * Applied research, aimed at adapting alternative Varroa control methods developed in southern Europe to tropical climates; * Applied research investigating the European bee that offers the best manageable hybrid with Africanized

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Training beekeepers to use methods to make them as completely

independent as possible.

Remy Vandame

More information about Africanization and Varroa in Mexico/Africanizacion y Varroa en Mexico:

English http://www. ifas.ufl.edu/~mts/apishtm/apis9 7/ap

may97.htm#2 Espanol hitp://www.apicultura.com/articles/vandame Francais http://www.apiculture.com/articles/vandame Italiano http://www.eurolink.it/aol/remy| htm

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Identifying priorities and strategies for research and support services; Understanding the current Bee Act and its impact on the bee industry; Bringing together all stakeholders in Zimbabwe's bee industry; Investigating ways and means through which Non Governmental Organisations and others can support the efforts of beekeepers

countrywide; Discussing strategies for training rural beekeepers; Recommending strategies for sustaining the bee industry and its contribution to food production in Zimbabwe.

Representatives of the bee industries in Botswana, Mozambique, South Africa and Zambia also presented papers, which gave delegates an opportunity to learn from the experiences of others.

About 100 delegates attended the Symposium. Papers were presented by 20 speakers covering rural beekeeping, pollination, honey by-products, training and extension services, marketing, bee diseases and access to finance. The Symposium was extremely successful.

Copies of the papers presented can be obtained from Clara Chingosho, ITDG Zimbabwe, PO Box |744, Harare, Zimbabwe. E-mail itech@samara.co.zw Information kindly supplied by Emma Judge, ITDG, UK

Kenya

Baraka Agricultural College offers week long courses in beekeeping with a focus on appropriate and sustainable beekeeping, and all aspects of production and marketing using top-bar hives. The courses are designed to be as practical as possible. Courses cost 3,500ksh (US$50) and are conducted in both English and Swahili, or translated into local languages depending on the group.

For details of this year’s course dates see Look Ahead page ||.

Tom Carroll (Beekeeping: a beginner’s handbook written by Tom Carroll is reviewed in Bookshelf, page |5).

A group of students doing practical work at Baraka College Apiary.

All equipment is made at the College.

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Apis mellifera on ‘Ndigenous plant and in Japan animal species y Hideo Watanabe, Tokyo, Japan he first printed reference to bees in Japan is in AD 643, when the

for pollination of strawberries and melon in greenhouses has increased and the honeybee has become indispensable for our food supply.

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indigenous Japanese honeybees Apis cerana japonica were used for beekeeping. In 1876 a European race of

Japan has devoted 20.1% of its area to state forests. Many Japanese beekeepers prefer to raise their bees in these areas to remain in harmony with the nature that provides them with their livelihood, and also to carry out their unofficial

the honeybee Apis mellifera was first imported to Japan, along with European beekeeping technology, and now almost all beekeepers in Japan have Apis mellifera.

While the effect of this introduced Apis mellifera on various indigenous species has been observed, it has never become a subject of discussion, probably for the following reasons: |.

custodianship as observers and preservers of these lands. There have been no readily observable untoward effects from the high activity of Apis mellifera in such areas.

Apis mellifera’s negative effect on indigenous life is negligible in comparison with the loss of trees, environmental pollution and use of agricultural chemicals in Japan.

Under the Beekeeping Promotion Law established in 1955, many government organisations, public bodies, universities and institutes began to co-operate with beekeepers. However, due to economic and ecological problems, bees and beekeepers are on the decline. From 10,918 beekeepers and 320,171 colonies in 1980 to 7,235 beekeepers and 214,112 colonies in 1995. It has become a national theme in Japan to improve the condition of beekeeping, which helps to improve the natural environment, food supply and human health.

2. Apis mellifera has not adapted itself to life in the wild.

3. There are many predators of

honeybees, including birds, bears, dragonflies, Galleria mellonella, preying mantis, spiders, toads, Varroa jacobsoni, Vespa mandarinia and Vespa xanthoptera. In addition Apis mellifera suffers from many diseases.

4. Despite these various problems, it is not difficult to raise bees and

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If you want to know more about Apis cerana japonica there will be plenty of opportunity for discussion at the 5th

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Beekeeping for the Alleviation of Rural Poverty At the Apimondia Congress

in Canada African nations were called to work, to use beekeeping to alleviate poverty among rural communities.

Beekeeping development methods must become sustainable and harmonise with the culture and aspirations of the people. Towards this end Apimondia's Standing Commission for Beekeeping for Rural Development appointed two Co-ordinators. Their task is to help ensure a strong representation of beekeeping from all African nations at the next Apimondia Congress taking place in Durban in September 2001. It is a great opportunity to show to the world what we have and what the future progress must be. in 1999,

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Although Government forestry personnel have existed for many years they practised more office work than field extension. This was mainly due to a lack of transport, and of training methods for easy understanding and adoption of extension services.

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Traditionally women are expected not to climb trees, but with top-bar hives there is no necessity for this.

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Beekeeping was among the forestry related issues that arose. In March 1997 the first extensive beekeeping training was conducted in bark hive construction and use. Other types of hives introduced during the training were grass and calabash, although bark hives predominated.

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In this quarter we also run courses in beekeeping using top-bar hives made from bricks. Local people are traditionally good at moulding and firing bricks and building with them. This has brought success in hive construction.

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beekeepers. The Government Extension Officer is there only to monitor the performance of Community Facilitators during training (to identify pedagogical, technical,

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These shortfalls are noted and advice is given to the Community Facilitators before continuation in the next pilot area.

Through this approach these Facilitators are training surrounding communities.

The response has been very good and there are now 21 pilot areas, and people in over 30 villages trained in beekeeping.

Honey harvest has risen from four tonnes in 1997 to nine tonnes in 1998.

Production is still below consumption because most of the honey is used for field labour, food, Imbile, and honey beer, Imbote. Though the market is there, production is still minimal and it will take another five years to satisfy the local market in Luapula Province.

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