Apiconsult News - July 2005

Nyuki

Your African Beekeeping Newsletter

July 2005 Edition
 
Welcome to this issue of Nyuki (meaning bee is Swahili Language).  Thank you o­nce again for subscribing to this e newsletter.  Please send any comments o­n the e newsletter to tcarroll@apiconsult.com

Tom Carroll

Webmaster Apiconsult

-----This Month in a Kenyan Apiary-----

The month of July continues to be cold and wet.  An important activity this month was to prune the trees and shrubs around the bee house to allow increase light and warmth into the house.  I have also covered hives with sacking materials for warmth.  I did notice that if I use a tin roof o­n a beehive inside a bee house that condensation builds up under the lid and as a result the top bars become wet and start to rot.  This is obviously not good for the hives or the bees!  We expect the honey season here in Nakuru to begin in September and run up to December/January.  We can’t wait for the season to begin – we enjoy delicious acacia honey with porridge, o­n bread and it’s really great with ice cream!

I will postpone the review of the Kenyan apiary promised last time to a later edition. 

-----Apimondia 2005, Dublin, Ireland-----

For those of you who will attend the Apimondia 2005 in Dublin in August please come and say hello to me.  I will be exhibiting under the Self Help Development International stand number E 20.  I will also be presenting a paper titled “Participatory Action Research as a Beekeeping Development Strategy” as part of the Beekeeping for Rural Development Standing Commission presentations at 9.00am o­n Monday 22^nd August.

For those who can’t make it to Apimondia I will send an e-newsletter relating to Apimondia and issues of interest to African beekeeping in late August/early September.

-----Our o­n-line forum was hacked-----

For those of you who have been using our o­n-line forum we had an unfortunate experience in that the discussion forum was hacked and defaced.  Please bear with us as our technicians rectify the problem.

-----Dates for your diary-----

·          Baraka Agricultural College, Molo, Kenya has a o­ne-week course o­n general beekeeping from August 21^st to 27^th 2005. Please contact: baraka@sustainableag.org

·          Apimondia Dublin, Ireland from 21^st to 26^th August 2005.  For further in formation please have a look at:  http://www.apimondia2005.com

Please Note:  If you run training courses o­n beekeeping in other countries please forward details to us to help you promote your service.

If you would like more information or have any questions/comments, please do not hesitate to contact us!

Best regards,
 
Tom Carroll
Apiconsult
The African Beekeeping Resource Centre

Box 3354, Nairobi, Kenya.

Tel:  254 733 716948
Web Site: http://www.apiconsult.com
E-mail:  info@apiconsult.com