Contents

Editorial

Letters
Peter Taylor, Zimbabwe; John Atkinson, UK; Robert Gulliford, Australia.

In The News:
Events: National Honey Show (UK); Apitherapy Symposium, Cuba; Apimondia
2003, Slovenia.
Honey: Revised EU honey directives; Honey and nuts fight cholesterol; China
attacks Europe over honey ban; High honey prices raises cost of manufactured
food.
GM Crops USDA report exposes GM Crop economics myth.
Pests/Diseases: Varroa resistant bees possible; Microbial control of varroa;
Surveillance shows varroa bee mite has spread in New Zealand.
People: Secretary of UK Bee Farmers Association retires

Business Profile:
Glory Bee Foods - the story of the firm renown world-wide for their HoneyStix
Commercial Beekeeping in Argentina - a brief look at three bee farms, Roy Cropley

POLLINATION:
Kiwi Fruit Pollination Association:
Part Two - Hive Standards and Hive Auditing
Cliff van Heaton, New Zealand Pollination fees can give beekeepers a good income, but the hives need to be in tiptop condition. How would your colonies stand up to an audit?

OUT OF AFRICA:
Africanised Bees in the Americas
Tom Sandford, USA

Behavior Characteristics of the Africanized Bees, Apis mellifera scutellata Elizabeth L. Sears

Beekeeping Problems in Zimbabwe
Peter Taylor, Zimbabwe. Beekeeping disintegrates as violence and intimidation drives white farmers out of Mugabwe's ZImbabwe.

FORAGE:
Chinese Nectar Sources
Dr Li Jianke, China . An in-depth look at the major forage plants of the
world's largest honey-producing country.

QUEEN REARING:
Overwintering Large Numbers of Queens in the Northern Hemisphere
Dr Alexander Komissar, Ukraine. Overwintering large numbers of nucs in
temperate zones presents many problems for beekeepers - however, using the
right equipment and given good management, success is assured.

Aid and Development:
Pam Gregory/DEFRA Apimondia 2002 award

Small-scale beeswax processing in remote western Nepal Naomi M Saville. In many rural areas of the developing world, just a few stocks of bees can add enormously to the incomes of families or villages.

Visitors to the Hive
Spiders can cause problems both inside and outside of the hive.

WHAT A GOOD IDEA!
Share your tips with beekeeping colleagues around the world - in this issue:
modifying a hive lid for easy feeding and uniting of colonies.

BOOK REVIEWS:
Crop Pollination by Bees, K S Delapane & D F Mayer
Bees of the World, Charles Michener
Strengthening Livelihoods, Nicola Bradbear, Eleanor Fisher & Helen Jackson
Honey Bees: Estimating the Environmental Impact of Chemicals, edited by
James Devillers and Minh-Ha Pham-Delegue