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ISSUE NO 89, DECEMBER 2008

DEAR FRIENDS Apiculture is developing. Three important regional networks have recently held meetings: The Asian Apicultural Association (AAA) held their 9th Conference in China; the Association of Caribbean Beekeepers Associations held their Sth Cogress in Guyana; and he newcomer on this scee, Apilrade Africa held their

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of apiculture, and events such as these are necessary to bring bees to their attention. Indeed, Presidents, Prime Ministers and Ministers of Agriculture were i

happy to participate in all of these events, as reported in the following pages.

Apiculture is developing elsewhere too, and bees and beekeeping often show their greatest worth for people living in countries that are under stress, such as .

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Southern Sudan, Iraq and Zimbabwe. This edition contains news of beekeepers working in all of these hotspots. Meanwhile bees face new problems in Papua Ne Guinea, and even the EU has been forced into action.

Bees for Development is working hard to support beekeepers, and fortunately donors are supporting us, as you can see from the new work we are planning,

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PRACTICAL BEEKEEPING

QUALITY HONEY FROM AFFORDABLE LOCAL-STYLE HIVES Jacob Mogga, Ministry of Agriculture & Forestry, Juba, Southern Sudan KEYWORDS: Africa, bee products, beekeeping, development, honey Dee. honey hunting, income generation. savannah, Sudan, training

Southern Sudan has areas of forest and open woodland savannah that are rich with nectar and pollen producing plants. These natural forests with no contamination from chemical pesticides or other industrial

potlution, offer Southern Sudan the potential to be one of the best honey production areas of East and Central Africa. With rainfall for nine

months (at the extreme south-west towards Congo} to six months (at its northern borders), there is enough natural forage to support bee colonies all year round and enable two to three honey harvests per year.

Under these good conditions, honey hunters and beekeepers exploit bees to harvest honey for consumption and income generation.

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decades of civil war have prevented beekeeping development: ey delivered to market is generally of low quality and sold in various containers. Improvement of bee product quality has now started in Western and Central Equatoria States to enable producers to sell quality

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black combs or unripe honey. Any ripe haney honeycombs are put in other containers as Grade I!I honey, suitable to process for home consumption or for sale to !ocal beer brewers. The first two grades are the ones to sell or process for further commercial container as Grade

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Minimum use of smoke

Removal of bees and other debris

Burning grass or twigs are used to smoke during honey harvest. Due to the destructive and ruthless ways that honeycombs are removed, especially from wild nests by honey hunters, most calm bee strains are being killed in favour of defensive ones that have better chances to

During the honeycomb grading, any pieces of charcoal from burnt grasses or twigs used to produce smoke, pieces of leaves or grasses and dead bees, combs containing pollen stores and brood, should all be removed from Grade and Il honeycombs to avoid contamination of |

survive and multiply. Thus despite the bees’ defensiveness, producers are being trained to adopt gentle treatment of their bees, using little smoke or burning grass.

the honey.

Use of suitable containers and proper handling Grades

and | honeycombs should be stored in clean, dry, air-tight containers to avoid absorption of moisture and unpleasant odours, or invasion by ants. Uncoated metallic drums or wet containers should not

Proper honeycomb grading When using local-style hives, producers cannot, once removed, return unripe honeycombs into the hives, so honeycombs must be graded immediately after harvest. This means that ripe, sealed honey in white,

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be used for storing these honeycombs because they easily rust or increase in moisture content. Strong smelling soaps must not be used

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honey and beeswax, and this will help towards alleviating their dire poverty. We are training producers on the following:

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Never boil combs Honey should be extracted only by draining through perforated containers or galvanized wire mesh. It must at all times be properly covered with a clean sheet or cloth to avoid bee foragers coming to

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PROJECT NEWS

HONEY A PRODUCT OF VALUE IN SOUTHERN SUDAN

combs, and they explained how they tried not to disturb the queen when harvesting. When beekeepers report yields of honey harvested, they tend to combine the volumes they harvest from beekeeping and honey hunting. Table 2 shows the range over three years of average honey yields and the contribution of honey sales to overall income earned.

Table 2. Average honey yields and contribution to total income Community

Janet Lowore and Nicola Bradbear, Bees for Development KEYWORDS: Africa, bee products, beekeeping, development, honey hunting, honey trade

Range over three years of annual average

After years of conflict Southern Sudan is enjoying a fragile peace, and reconstruction and development are underway. Decades of civil war have caused agriculture to collapse and there is no industry. Food,

building materials and fuel are imported from Kenya and Uganda.

Hundreds of trucks a day roll through the border posts of Nimule, Koboko and Lokichoggio loaded with goods including potatoes, beer, sugar, building materials, fuel, spare parts, fruit and grass mats.

On their way back the truck drivers are keen to buy anything local to offset the costs of the return journey, but there is little to buy. However, one local product stands out as being available in Southern Sudan and

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honey.

Bees for Development has been working with Dr Jacob Mogga to survey four counties in Southern Sudan. Our aim is to understand the importance of honey selling for the rural communities and to analyse the potential for developing a successful honey industry in the region.

The survey revealed the importance of honey within the communities.

Owning many hives is considered prestigious, and reflects the fact that honey is highly valued for its social, cultural and economic benefits.

Honey is used for marriage ceremonies, as gifts, for medicine and as payment for labour and in exchange for goods. The nutritional benefits of honey are appreciated and beekeepers reported that their families consume 10-25% of all honey harvested. Since the advent of the cash

economy, honey is increasingly valued as a cash commodity and sold to traders and lorry drivers who know there is a large demand for honey beyond the immediate area.

During the survey Dr Mogga visited four communities in four counties.

In three of them, honey was considered the most important source of

cash, as shown in Table 1.

Table 1. Source of income prioritised by beekeepers in four bomas in Southern Sudan Community

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In many societies beekeeping is seen as a sideline activity and it is not always the case that beekeepers rank honey as their main income source. This result is therefore significant.

Honey hunting is still common, but beekeeping is more important. In all the areas visited, beekeepers described leaving brood and unripe honey

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These results show that honey is valued as a source of income and that beekeeping is an important farm activity.

One purpose of the study was to understand the potential for beekeeping as the basis for a successful industry. Therefore Dr Mogc and the Bees for Development team considered the honey industry aisu from a commercial perspective. Local people appreciated that honey was a commodity with significant potential, citing the clear demand for

Sudanese honey outside the local area. Lorry drivers from Kenya and Uganda are always quick to buy, and traders recognise the demand for honey also in Northern Sudan. Transport costs are very high in the area because the war has devastated the road network, but honey is considered more cost effective to transport than many other agricultural crops such as maize and sorghum, because of its high value per volume. It is non-perishable and needs little further processing, thus increasing its marketability.

There are great challenges: no organised marketing channels exist and this means that during the honey harvest season traders will bargain hard to pay low prices. This is a cause of frustration for beekeepers. The

lack of adequate storage containers is a constraint for trade. A beekeeper who has filled all available jerry cans cannot harvest more until the honey is sold. Traders have the same limitations. Building a higher value industry will require selling into markets with different quality expectations, and current harvesting and handling methods ai not consistent with these markets. plans to work further with Dr Mogga to address some of these problems. Our focus will be to help beekeepers overcome constraints associated with storage and bulking, as well as training beekeepers on BfD

improved harvesting and handling processes. As development planners create a vision for a streamlined, commercial honey industry, it is important not to lose sight of the current benefits of beekeeping. The rural communities have valued honey for its economic benefits long before supermarkets were invented. Bees have played a big role in

preventing these war torn communities from even greater depths of Suffering, by providing food and a tradable commodity. The beekeepers from Bogori explained that a tribal fight in 2006 resulted in the loss of their cattle. Against this loss, the resilience of beekeeping emerged remains and continues to give benefits, much appreciated by the communities of Southern Sudan.

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UGANDA PRESIDENT LAUNCHES AFRICAN HONEY TRADE NETWORK UEPB

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KEYWORDS: Africa, ApiTrade Africa, bee products, beekeeping, co-operative, fair trade, honey bee ApiTrade Africa was launched officially by His Excellency, President Kaguta Yoweri Museveni in Kampala on 24 October 2008. This was during the 1st ApiExpo Africa, taking place in Hotel Africana. At this event, 30 companies and producer co-operatives exhibited,

250 delegates participated, and over 400 visitors from Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, UK and Zambia came to make business contacts or buy products..

ApiExpo Africa 2008 was organised by ApiTrade Africa with two objectives: 1. To showcase

Africa’s apiculture industry by creating awareness of

market and investment opportunities, and to demonstrate the relationships between beekeeping and other industries. ~

“0 provide a platform to launch Apilrade Africa.

The need for a regional ApiExpo Market access discussions within the ApiTrade Africa network brought out the need for increased profiling of African bee products and service providers. Our focus is shifting slowly from attempting to compete

within the export markets in Europe and other developed markets, that are often restrictive, to satisfying the domestic and regional markets.

These markets remain undersupplied despite increased demand from processors, and growing consumer awareness. During Apimondia 2007,

became clear that a similar event in Africa, focusing on regional trade, would be not only beneficial in creating knowledge and disseminating information amongst stakeholders. it

Expected benefits ApiExpo Africa brought together African stakeholders to share knowledge on market access, service provision and best practices.

Service providers showcased their services, the private sector displayed its products, R&D organisations and Government institutions discussed,

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and producer organisations gained knowledge of market requirements.

Market information was shared, and linkages were created between

producers, the private sector and service providers.

Wide publicity for the event contributed to raising the profile of bee products in the region. This is made evident by the increased contacts people are making with ApiTrade Africa. Immediately after the ApiExpo, the number of enquiries rose sharply. For example, an organisation in Germany called the Secretariat to make contact with producer organisations that could supply fair trade certified honeys. A buyer in Burundi emailed the Secretariat to get in touch with an export-ready company to supply honey to a US buyer. A trader in Canada contacted the Secretariat concerning the distribution of equipment to Africa.

Key recommendations Following ApiExpo Africa 2008, recommendations point towards strengthening the ApiTrade Africa Secretariat to promote marketing of bee products, investment related initiatives and knowledge sharing in the African honey industry. Partner organisations behind these initiatives include Bees for Development; National Agricultural Advisory Services, Uganda; SNV-Netherlands Development Organisation; and Uganda Export Promotion Board.

Further reading

Proceedings of the 1st and 2nd Bees for Development African Honey Trade Workshops.

See www.beesfordevelopment.org/info

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President Mus@vent sii inca Satoh Daya OE Mae u Aptitade Africa. Also in the picture are Uganda's Minister of State for Trade. the Honourable Wambuzi Gaggawala (second left), and Mr Bosco Okello, Secretary of ApiTrade Africa (first right) ~

ApiTrade Africa is a non-profit making, member-based company with a Secretariat in Kampala. The formation of ApiTrade Africa first began in 2005 when, following Bees for Development's African Honey Trade Workshop, the Apimondia Standing Commission Beekeeping for Rural Development passed two Resolutions in favour of creating a

platform for promoting African bee products on the world market.

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CARIBBEAN BEEKEEPING CONGRESS

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The Sth Caribbean Beekeeping Congress was hosted in Guyana during 10-14 November by Guyana’s Ministry of Agriculture, the Guyana

Alricanised honey bees,

Beekeeper’s Association (GBA) and the Association of Caribbean Beekeeping Organisations (ACBO). Participants were treated to a Grand Opening at the Guyana Convention Centre by Guyana’s Honourable Prime Minister Samuel Hinds. The Honourable Minister for Agriculture, Robert Persaud, eloquently articulated the importance of beekeeping within Guyana’s current campaign to Grow More Food.

forage at each of the sites was excellent, and many delegates concluded that

The Congress attracted beekeepers, researchers, scientists, entrepreneurs, students and local media. During the field visits, three

present in Guyana for the last 30 years. The bee

Guyana has significant potential for organic beekeeping. A Congress

Resolution is to develop a standard for organic honey in the Caribbean, to guide the industry and facilitate trade outside the region.

Professor David de Jong addresses the Congress on the management of Africanised honey bees

The Government of Guyana; The Chairman of the Congress Organising Committee, Mr Michael Welch; Mr Linden Stewart, apiculturist (and the person who convinced Guyana to host the Congress); the planning committee including the GBA and ACBO, along with the various presenters and beekeepers all deserve congratulations for a highly successful and informative Congress.

The 6th Caribbean Beekeeping Congress will take place in Grenada,

8-13 November 2010

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SLOW FOOD TERRA MADRE Slow Food is an international non-profit organisation that was founded in 1989 to counteract fast food and fast life, and the disappearance of local food traditions. Slow Food seeks to address the situation whereby people are losing connection with production of the food they eat, where it comes from, and how their food choices affect the rest of the world.

Terra Madre (Mother Earth) is Slow Food’s project to build an international network of food producers, representatives of local communities, cooks, academics and young people, towards

establishing a system of good, clean and fair trade food production that is respectful of the earth. It has projects around the world that defend local food traditions, protect biodiversity and promote small-scale, quality products. This is necessary because in the last century 300,000 varieties of vegetables became extinct: America lost 93% of its food

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product diversity, while 75% was lost in Europe.

What happens at the event?

Ictober, the third meeting of producers from 1,600 food communities, took place in Turin, Italy, for five days of discussion, exchange and collaboration: altogether about 7,500 people. There were workshops, lectures from experts such as Carlo Petrini and Vandana

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Shiva, demonstrations, music, dance, meetings, tastings, and marketing. The aim is to develop an exchange of experience and skills such that the values of Terra Madre stimulate a significant public response.

Beekeepers from many regions participated in the event. Beekeeping is following the other agricultural sectors: as it becomes globalised and we lose bee diversity. Two workshops concerning honey and bees were packed with people keen to learn more about the crisis facing the bee sector.

Terra Madre’s aim to support small-scale, sustainable and local food production accords with Bees for Development's work to support and

encourage beekeepers using indigenous bees and sustainable methods.

We thank Slow Food - Terra Madre for enabling our participation in the 2008 event and will bring more information about the beekeeper groups in future editions of 1d

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9th ASIAN APICULTURAL ASSOCIATION

CONFERENCE, 1-4 NOVEMBER 2008 HANGZHOU, CHINA KEYWORDS: AAA, Asia, bee products

AAA’s ninth Conference took place

in Hangzhou, a city of 6.5 million people situated within the Yangtze River Delta and 180 km from Shanghai. Hangzhou is the capital of Zhejiang Province, well known for its beautiful scenery, and Conference participants took the opportunity to visit the famous West Lake, surrounded on three sides by mountains.

This ninth Conference, the largest to date with more than 1,000 participants, included Keynote lectures on Asian honey bees from Professor Siriwat Wongsiri and Professor Nikolaus Koeniger, and many papers on bee biology, products and apitherapy, technology, pathology and pollination. The Conference hosted also the Second World Propolis Science Forum, and a special session, Beekeeping management for

food safety in hive products, hosted by the Japan Royal Jelly Fair Trade Council. This important session was concerned with implementation of Good Agricultural Practice,

ensuring that bee products do not contain residues of

drugs used to control honey bee pests and diseases.

The surrounding Zhejiang Province is a major area for

beekeeping, with more than 1.1 million colonies, and an apiculture industry valued at 1 billion RMB (US$146 m;

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m; UK98 m). This makes apiculture one of the leading industries in the

Province, exporting bee products to Australia, Europe, Japan, south east

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VARROA PROBLEMS KEYWORDS: Africa, Apis mellifera, Apis mellifera litorea, Apis melfifera scutellata, Hawaii, honey bee, mite, Papua New Guinea, pollination, research, training, Varroa destructor, Varroa jacobsoni, Zimbabwe

We would like to set up a research project looking at Varroa numbers in pure Apis mellifera scutellata colonies and Apis mellifera scutellata/

Varroa destructor in Papua New Guinea?

Apis mellifera litorea hybrid colonies. suspect the hybrids are more Varroa-tolerant than the pure Apis mellifera scutellata - probably partly due to cell size and length of life cycle. We have both these types of bees here, but as yet have not found pure Apis mellifera fitorea in |

Dr Denis Anderson, the world expert on Varroa mites from CSIRO Australia, visited us in late May 2008. He went through some of our Apis mellifera colonies and saw that mites were present and breeding.

We have had Varroa jacobsoni for 8-10 years. Thinking that it was Varroa destructor, he took some samples for identification. After DNA analysis we were told that it is not Varroa destructor. However what is really worrying us is that these mites are breeding in both the worker and drone cells. Varroa jacobsoni do not breed in Apis mellifera colonies.

We are unsure at this stage whether it is a new species of Varroa, or Varroa jacobsoni that has adapted well and changed its breeding habit.

This has given us an opportunity to approach our National Government and our donor friends: Australia have responded favourably. We have put into place a Provincial Task Force team who will monitor the Situation and report to the National Task Force. keeping in Papua New Guinea has been fortunate not to have some exotic honey bee diseases common in other countries, such as American foulbrood. Chemicals have never been used in our hives and ..

100 bees recorded. Only two Varroa control methods are employed removal of all drone brood and floor board removal. This research was funded by the New Zealand High Commission in Zimbabwe until they left about two years ago. No other funding is available. However, research will continue for as long as possible.

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Varroa spreads to Hilo Island, Hawaii Manoa beekeeper Michael Kliks first identified Varroa in April 2007.

During the last 17 months the mites spread between islands: from Ewa to Mililani to Waimanalo. The Department of Agriculture has discovered Varroa mites in a bee swarm trapped near Hilo harbour. “Now Varroa is on the Big island, it is a disaster for agriculture”, says Michael Kliks.

“When the infestation was discovered on Oahu we implemented an inter-island quarantine to prevent transfer of live bees, dead bees and used bee equipment between islands”, says Lyle Wong, Department of Agriculture. We have been trying our darndest not to let the bees move”.

Kliks calls it a state emergency: “There is going to be huge economic impact. Coqui frog is bad, nettle caterpillar is bad, but nothing compares to what Varroa will do to our food supply, including avocados, guava, pumpkins, and zucchini. If we lose pollination by a

With the current mite threat, we fear that this status will be affected. we are to resort to the use of chemicals we would do so as a last

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option. would !ike, on behalf of more than 1,000 beekeepers to ask our friends through BfDJ around the beekeeping world who are experienced with Varroa destructor. |

How do you contro! the mites without using chemicals?

What IPM practices do you use?

Is there anybody who would like to share experiences with

us?

Can someone assist us with training?

bees, agriculture will suffer, we will have low grade crops and farmers will give up”.

Over the last year, bee colonies on Oahu have dropped from 1,500 to 300 and Kliks fears the same will happen on the Big Island. "It is very easy to criticise the Department, that we did not do enough, but am not sure what more we could have done”, says Wong. Agriculture |

Tella Loie, Provincial Beekeeping Officer

quarantine teams plan to destroy all feral bee colonies within an 8 km radius of Hilo bay. The State says the Varroa mite is a serious problem but does not warrant an emergency declaration by the Governor.

Varroa research in Zimbabwe

Source: Brianne Randle, www.khon2.com/news

We have not held an event due to economic meltdown in Zimbabwe and “h--tages of fuel, money and food. However, Varroa research continues

Articles on how to contro! Varroa are available online at

its start in November 2004 with 250 colonies being monitored,

www.beesfordevelopment/info

12 randomly selected colonies sampled weekly, approximately 600 bees from the brood area of each colony collected, and Varroa per

European vote to take sting out of falling bee numbers Members of the European Parliament (MEPs } voted on 20 November overwhelmingly in favour of providing ‘recovery zones’ in European farmland to help rebuild the region’s declining bee population. The resolution, which was passed by 485 votes to 13, follows fears that European food production could be threatened if there were fewer bees

MEPs hope their directive — set up under the Common Agricultural — Policy will spur the EU executive to help to set up patches of farmland planted with pollen and nectar-rich plants to act as ‘recovery zones’ for ailing insects. It would also fund research into the parasites and diseases which are harming bee populations, provide financial aid

to pollinate crops of fruit and vegetables. So far this year, German bee populations have dropped by a quarter and British beekeepers are

to apiaries with infected colonies, and combat ineffective pollination by banning pesticide treatment while crops are in flower.

expected to lose up to 10% of their colonies this winter.

Struan Stevenson, the Scottish Conservative MEP said: "We must invest more into bee research to establish the exact causes of the

The population has been endangered by long distance transportation of bees between countries as well as increased use of pesticides, which can weaken the insects’ immune systems. The development of

shrinking bee population so that we can urgently put measures in place to combat the decline.”

Genetically-modified crops and the spread of fungal infections and many viruses also contributed to the decline.

Helen Warrell, Financial Times, www.ftcom

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NEWS AROUND THE WORLD ARGENTINA Argentina will promote sustainable development in Norte Grande region by making select industry clusters more

competitive with support from a 25 year, US$16 million loan from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). The Region’s main activities are the production of sugar, grains, olives, metallic minerals, tea, oleaginous crops, wood, paper, fruits, honey and wines.

Source: www.iadb.org/news

BULGARIA The Bulgarian Bee Union informs us that Bulgaria produces 8,000-11,000 tonnes of honey each year. The annual consumption of honey per person is 0.4-0.5 kg (average

consumption for Europe is 1.5-2.0 kg per year). Between 5,000-8,000 tonnes are sold

European honey trade. The major trade partner for Bulgaria is Germany, followed by France, Italy and Spain. The Union aims to

popularise honey consumption in Bulgaria because it is proven that the price on the

local, Bulgarian market is better than the export price.

within Bulgaria and 3,000-6,000 tonnes are

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exported. Every year in Europe 140,000150,000 tonnes of honey are traded and

www. international.ibox.bg/news

therefore Bulgaria accounts for only 1% of the

CAMEROON BERUDEP Training Farmers working with the Belo Rural Development Project (BERUDEP) have been benefitting from reading BfD Journal and books in their three branch offices in Boyo Division. They have received also a Resource Box sponsored by BFD Trust to hetp with their training work (picture

right).

The Living Earth Foundation, Cameroon and an Italian NGO, AQA, recently sponsored BERUDEP’s training activities in two provinces ot

Cameroon. The practical course showed people how to make a top-bar hive, manage their apiary and how to harvest honey and wax. One of the

participants said her interest in becoming a bee farmer started because her child had recently been treated successfully with honey.

Ngwainmbi Simon Chia, BERUDEP Director

Forest resources The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) Jengi Southeast Forest Programme recommends that Baka pygmies be given more access to forest resources and space within national parks. Baka pygmies make up 40% of the population living around the three national parks:

Boumba Bek, Nki and Lobeke, in south-east Cameroon. They are hunters, gatherers and semi-nomadic in their lifestyle. The results of the study will provide a basis for the negotiation of access rights for Bakas within protected areas.

Baka Pygmies hunt, live and have their sacred sites inside the forest.

This dependence on the forest makes them crucial to conservation efforts and prompted this recommendation. They harvest honey, mangos, wild yams, medicinal plants and many other non-timber forest

products (NTFPs). Honey is used during two important traditional dances called Mboma, performed during funerals, and Moomo, performed to chase away evil spirits.

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any limit in their quest for forest resources and performance of their traditional rituals. They carry out activities both in and around the parks.

For John Nelson of Forest Peoples Programme there is a big difference compared with when he first arrived in 2001. "We are feeling very optimistic and we are going to be increasingly collaborating with WWF

They see both as continuity and disregard the boundaries erected by the minds of men. "It is important to give them unfettered access to harvest NTFPs, (especially medicinal plants) and to visit sacred sites’,

and its partners to work on a common agenda to secure indigenous peoples rights”, he said. "People should remember that when they ialk

about wildernesses in Africa, a lot of these places are actually

recommends the study.

populated by people”.

According to Dr Louis Defo, WWF advisor, the studies will provide necessary information for the integration of these indigenous forest people in natural resource management. “Given WWE's philosophy of participatory management, it is fundamental to address the needs of local communities in order to win their support for conservation work”,

But Podo Mois, a Baka from Massia, still in Boumba-Bek North cid not enthuse. "The forest is our home. We have our honey, wild yams and

A WWF research team concluded that Baka pygmies do not recognise

mangos to harvest. Once we are in the forest we feel very good, so there is no need to move out”.

Source: Peque Manga, www.postnewsline.com

he said.

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NEWS AROUND THE WORLD

INDIA Vanishing bees bring down crop yields five

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A study conducted by the Central Beekeeping Research & Training Institute (CBRTI), found that air pollution and rampant felling of a wild thorny bush Prosopsis juliflora, known locally

as gando bawal (mad weed) - has caused the disappearance of haney bees from many areas of Kutch District.

“The number of little honey bee colonies in one square kilometre has fallen to 20-25 from the earlier 60-70 colonies in and around the

Banni grasslands. The first effect has been

much as 50% in some areas”, Soman said.

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tonnes of wild noney annually. This yield fell to just 50 tonnes this year”, said S Soman A

who has been researching the bees for the last 10 years. The wild honey collected by the

Koli community used to be sold to the Gujarat State Forest Development Corporation.

“A kilogram of honey fetches about INR150

(€2.3; US$3.5) but during the previous two years we have not been able to catlect a single drop of honey from Kutch”, said an official.

“Air pollution caused by smoke emission during the charcoal making process from Prosopsis juliflora has not just reduced the yield of wild honey but has also affected the

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employment for 30,000 people. However, last month the state government banned further felling on ecological grounds. The worst affected area the 2,500 km2 Banni of

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Region grasslands where the Prosopsis juliflora has been wiped out.

Source: Avinash Nair& Himanshu Darji, TNN , www ‘ economictimes indiatimes. com

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a iS well known that poverty occurs more in villages and rural places than in cities because of the lack of jobs, and also in areas that are facing unstable political conditions such as Atghanistan, the Balkans, Iraq, Somalia and other African countries.

The most sustainable way for income generation is agriculture, where poor people can use local resources for cultivating crops and keeping animals. Beekeeping is one of the most effective micro-enterprise projects, providing a steady income with sustainable use of local reSOUrces.

Many international NGOs have tried to help people in Iraq to alleviate poverty using beekeeping. Over the last two years the Bee Research Unit of the National Center for Agricultural Research and Extension (NCARE) Jordan, has been training 51 beekeepers and Staff of the Iraqi Ministry of Agriculture.

Most recently a training course was conducted in co-operation with FAO and UNIDO, and took place in July in Amman and Irbid. From the survey of the status of the beekeeping sector in Iraq, and from the needs assessments of the trainees, we believe that the Iraqi beekeeping

sector requires much support and capacity building, particularly in queen rearing, selection and breeding, and identification of honey bee diseases and viruses.

Dr Nizar Haddad, Director, Bee Research Unit, NCARE, Jordan

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APIMONDIA 42nd Intemational Apicultural Congress Takes place in 2011, Buenos Aires Dates and details will appear here

APIMONDIA 41st International Apicultural Congress 15-20 September 2009, Montpellier Further details www.apimondia2009.com

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Bees, Biodiversity and Livelihoods Conference 27-29 March 2009, Conoor, The Niigiris Further details www.beesfordevelopment.org

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26-27 March 2009, Chipping Campden Further details www.campden.co.uk British Beekeepers’ Association Annual Convention

18 April 2009, near Warwick Further details www.bbka.org.uk

February 2009, Kigali Further details www.apitradeatrica.org

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NOTICE BOARD CONGRATULATIONS It is excellent that two organisations concerned with bees and beekeepers made it through to join 10 other finalists in the BBC Newsweek 2008 World Challenge. This widely publicised competition brought much attention to the value of apiculture: great congratulations to Keystone Foundation {ndia, and Hashoo Foundation Pakistan.

PROJECT FUNDING FAO, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN, supports beekeeping projects in developing countries. Beekeepers’ groups and associations may apply for small project funding of up to US$10,000 from the TeleFood Special Fund. Request documents should include a brief description of the project's objectives, the proposed food production or income-generating activities, the work plan, the number of participants, a detailed list of inputs with cost estimates and the reporting arrangements. Submit your request to the office of FAO or UNDP in your country.

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