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Number 88 is the current edition

Previous issues
BfDJ 87 - 20 page special edition
June 2008
Honey hunters at the foot of a cheeni tree Tetrameles nudiflora in south India. The bamboo pole is used to climb the tree to hunt honey from colonies of Apis dorsata honey bees nesting high in the branches.
In this issue
The Darwin Initiative
Apitrade Africa meets in Nairobi
Honey legislation update
Letters
The Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve
Honey hunting in the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve
Work opens up a different world
Nature conservation is a thread woven well through forest beekeeping
Trees Bees Use - Sweet tamarind
The honey trees of the Cholanaickens
Marikodu - a typical village
Practical beekeeping - reducing the water content of tropical honey
Honeys of the world
News around the world
Bookshelf
Look Ahead, Learn Ahead, Notice Board
How can we?

BfDJ 86
March 2008
Mercy Timba, Chair of Mbawemi Women’s Co-operative Society, shows Harrison Kaluwa, President of the Malawi Chamber of Commerce, a display of items produced during the training course in Bee products and value addition run by Bees for Development in Mzuzu.
In this issue
In praise of beeswax
Bee product diversification and value addition
The role of women, and indigenous knowledge in Ethiopian beekeeping
Increasing marketing opportunities in Ethiopia
Trees Bees Use
Zoom in on Liberia
Notice Board
News around the World
Varroa in Nigeria
Look and Learn Ahead
Bookshelf
Information service for developing countries

BfDJ 85 - 20 page special edition
December 2007
Camels carry honey for the Cabesi Project, Pokot District, Kenya.
In this issue
Inside information
Practical beekeeping - body cream using beeswax
Bees, camels & silk
Great Bee Ladies
Restoration of Apis cerana japonica
ApiTrade Africa at Apimondia
Caribbean congress in Guyana, November 2008
Bees, biodiversity & forest livelihoods
Trees Bees Use
News around the World
Look and Learn Ahead/Notice Board
Bookshelf

BfDJ 84
September 2007
Mangrove growing in Banda Aceh. In time these trees will be an excellent source of bee forage.
In this issue
Inside information
Colony Collapse Disorder - Expert opinion
Uganda Honey Trade Project
EU legislation update
Beekeeping in Madagascar
Honey trade in Malawi
News around the World
Trees Bees Use
Look & Learn Ahead
Notice Board
Bookshelf

BfDJ 83
June 2007
The Tualang tree in Pedu Lake Rainforest, Malaysia. Illustration by Paul Mirocha from The Bee Tree (published and copyright by Cinco Puntos Press 2007).
In this issue
Inside information
Bob Malichi Answers
Practical beekeeping - bark hives
Beekeeping development in Laos
ApiTrade Africa meets in Arusha
Honey Trade Workshop Proceedings
Threats to Malaysia's bee trees
Stingless bees in Kenya
News around the World
Look & Learn Ahead
Notice Board
Bookshelf

BfDJ 82
March 2007
Hairy vetch Vicia villosa is an important nectar source for honey bees. It is easy to grow and can be planted in hilly waste lands. It flowers in May in Kagamino-cho, Okayama Prefecture in Japan. © Manabu Kato
In this issue
Inside information
Practical beekeeping – propolis
Bee gentlemen
Bee products in Ethiopia
News around the World
Caribbean Update -Africanised honey bees and stingless bees in Guyana
Trees Bees Use
Bookshelf
Look & Learn Ahead
Notice Board

BfDJ 81
December 2006
The Honourable First Lady of Uganda, Mrs Janet Museveni MP, declares the Bees for Development African Honey Trade Workshop open!
In this issue
African Honey Trade Workshop
Nosema ceranae - a new threat to Apis mellifera honey bees
Zoom in on Bermuda
Beekeeping in the Enclave of Cabinda, Angola
BfD Trust News
Look Ahead
Learn Ahead
Notice Board
News around the World
A lifetime dedicated to apiculture - Silvestro Cannamela
Bookshelf
BfDT labels
BfD Safaris

BfDJ 80
September 2006
In this issue
Practical beekeeping - making wax starter strips for top-bars
Itumbuazo Beekeepers' Association
Caucasian honey bee workshop
Caribbean Update - Varroa in Antigua
Apiculture and poverty alleviation in Cameroon
News around the World
Look and Learn Ahead
Notice Board
Bookshelf & New BfD web store

BfDJ 79
June 2006
In this issue
Asian Apicultural Association
In defence of cement
Varroa destroys Apis mellifera in India
Honey flows upwards across China
Practical beekeeping – top-bar sizes
BfD brochure online
EU honey legislation
Look and Learn Ahead
Notice Board
Apiculture and poverty alleviation in Cameroon - Part I
Darwin Initiative Project Award
AAA Conference in Australia
News around the World
Bookshelf
Safari Safari Safari!

BfDJ 78
March 2006
Cover picture At the centre of this cluster of beekeepers in an apiary in Trinidad, Professor David de Jong from the University of São Paulo, Brazil is demonstrating how to find Varroa mites, during the field visits that formed part of the Fourth Caribbean Congress held in Trinidad & Tobago in November 2005

In this issue
Trinidad & Tobago host 4th Caribbean Congress
Letters
Hybrid excellence
Important point on feeding pollen
Cementing ideas
Training in Malta
Practical beekeeping: failing queens and laying workers
Chalk brood in Ethiopia
Practical beekeeping: failing queens and laying workers
Look and Learn Ahead
Notice Board
News around the World
Bookshelf

BfDJ 77
December 2005
In this issue
Practical Beekeeping: Eco-friendly handling of rock bees
Letters: Tanzania beekeeping past and present
Beekeeping and plantation agriculture: alternative livelihoods for farmers
Trees Bees Use
Petrified honey?
Zoom in on Panama
Sweet profits from Guatemala
Practical beekeeping: pollen substitutes and supplements
Look and Learn Ahead
Notice Board
News around the World
Bookshelf

BfDJ 76
September 2005
In this issue
Apimondia 2005
African Honey Workshop
Practical Beekeeping – concrete hives in The Gambia
The Bishop who became a Beekeeper
Beekeeping in the rainforest of Nicaragua
Beekeeping in Greenland
News around the World
American foulbrood
Look Ahead & Notice Board
Bookshelf