Bees for Development

About this website

Our aim is to enable as many people as possible to access information useful for sustainable beekeeping development. All the information  on this website can be used for the purposes of promoting apiculture for the benefit of alleviating poverty and conserving biodiversity, within the confines of our copyright.

 

Bees for Development have compiled the information in this website based on our own experiences, contributions we have received from practitioners over the last twenty five years, and from research papers and text books.

 

People

The text in this website has been prepared by BfD staff:  Nicola Bradbear, Pam Gregory, Helen Jackson and Janet Lowore.  In particular, Ms Pam Gregory has been responsible for the information contained within the African Beekeeping Information Portal, made possible with funding provided to BfD by the Wales for Africa Fund of the Welsh Assembly Government (see below).

We acknowledge also the further editorial help provided by Lyn Sykes, Pam Hunter and Monica Barlow.

 

Sources of information

Much information has been drawn from Bees for Development Journal

 

Important key text books include:

 

Akratanakul, P. 1987. Honey bee diseases and enemies in Asia. click here to browse in our bookshop
Crane, E. 1999. The World History of Beekeeping and Honey Hunting.  Duckworth, England.  click here to view in our bookstore

Bradbear, N. Fisher, E. and Jackson, H (eds). 2002. Strengthening Livelihoods; Exploring the Role of Beekeeping in Development. Bees for Development, UK. click here to view in our bookstore

Ritter, W. and Akratanakul, P. 2006. Honey bee diseases and pests: a practical guide, FAO Agricultural Services Bulletin 68/5, Rome. click here for external link to the full text.

 

Images

All images are copyright Bees for Development unless otherwise stated.

We are grateful to Pimo Masotti for allowing us to use some of his excellent photograpghs.

maso@libero.it

 

Donors

We acknowledge all the financial help we have received in making this website:

 

The Wales for Africa grant donated in 2008/09 by the Welsh Assembly Government. This grant has paid for the work done  at Bees for Development by Ms Pam Gregory in preparing information for BfD's African Beekeeping Information Portal.

 

Anglo American plc have funded the web design and creation of the reference database.