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**New Patron for Bees for Development Trust**

Sting - BfD Trust Patron

Sting, the musician, actor and rainforest activist supports the work of Bees for Development Trust and becomes our newest Patron.

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.

NEWS

Two new Beekeeping Enterprise Development Guides for Uganda click here

News about beekeeping in the Philippines click here for recent stories

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.

What we do

Our aim is to assist people living in poor countries to achieve sustainable livelihoods through beekeeping.
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Network Centre

Contact members of the global beekeeping community to share knowledge and experiences.
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Journal

A valuable and regular source of information, up-to-date news and experiences about apiculture worldwide.
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Information Portal

A gateway to the largest range of beekeeping information relating to developing countries.
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