Colony Collapse Disorder and the Human Bee
The honey bee continues to disappear at a dramatic rate worldwide. Many beekeepers estimate that, at the current rate of bee loss, there now may be only a ten year window to find a cause and a cure for this malady. In fact, the British Beekeepers Association has warned that honeybees could disappear entirely from Great Britain by 2018.
beekeeping with the Kenya Top Bar Hive 1–lighting smoker
See www3.telus.net for more information on beekeeping development. Conrad Bérubé has worked in numerous developing countries to promote small scale beekeeping as an income generating activity. Here are some basic techniques for working with the Kenya Top Bar Hive (KTBH) which is particularly useful for working with the African bee and/or in apicultural development projects.
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