Bees for Development Trust is an international charity working to promote sustainable beekeeping in developing countries, to support livelihoods and to conserve biodiversity. Read more about about us.
Support for beekeepers in Haiti.
Apimondia and Bees for Development Trust are joining to appeal for funds to support beekeepers affected by the January earthquake. www.justgiving.com/Haitibeekeepers
NEWS
New resources for Africa. Full colour Training Cards and Training Module booklets. click here for details.
Two new Beekeeping Enterprise Development Guides for Uganda click here
Join the campaign to ban the use of neonicotinoid pesticides in the UK by signing this petition launched by the Soil Association.
Now available - a new book by Dr Nicola Bradbear titled 'Bees and their role in forest livelihoods: a guide to the services provided by bees and the sustainable harvesting, processing and marketing of their products'. It can now be downloaded from the FAO website: click here to be taken to the link in our Information Portal. Or you can order a published copy at our store. French edition available soon.
Poor nutrition linked to decline in honey bees. French researchers have shown that poor nutrition lowers the immunity of honey bees, and this may be caused by the reduced diversity of flowering plants, click here for story. In USA, there are fears that feeding bees on high-fructose corn syrup might be partly to blame, click here for story.
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