Mitsuo Matsuka, Dinh Quyet Tam, Hitomi Enomoto, N T Dap, L Q Trung, T T Dau, N V Niem, Nguyen Thu Hang & P H Chinh 2001 228 pages (M010) This biannual meeting of the Asian Apicultural Association took place in Vietnam in 1996. This volume contains important papers on the biology of Asian bees and their management. There are 78 papers, examples include: Apis nuluensis, the newly described mountain bee of Borneo, Apis nigrocincta, a previously unrecognised species from Indonesia, and the discovery of Apis laboriosa in Vietnam. Also included is a comprehensive description of the (dynamic) situation of apiculture in Vietnam, updated to year 2000, and the many further bee research and development activities continuing after, and boosted by, this excellent Conference.