6,938 tons were exported. (-2%) For a total of U.S.$ 18.73 million (+57%) at an average price of U.S.$ 2,701 per tonne (+ 60%). In the first six months of the year 38,823 tons were exported. (- 11%) for a total of U.S.$ 94.35 million (+ 38%) at an average price of U.S. $ 2,430 per tonne (+ 55%). All percentages compared with the same period last year.

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The journalist Federico Petrera (h) interview in his radio program to Beekeeper Roberto Imberti (secretary of SADA) to report the progress of the activities of the 2nd Argentine Congress of Apiculture - Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires from 7 to 9 August.

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Apicultural producers and representatives of the entities that nuclear, held a meeting with the deputy Adriana Perez (PJ) and officials of the Ministry of Economic Development, called for regulating the 6,521 law that envisages the development of the sector, legislation that was enacted ago 20 years and declares that the business interest of provincial and exposed the need to under the Provincial Council of Beekeeping.

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After intensive efforts arrived in Leandro N. Alem machinery for the honey extraction room operating in the enterprise incubator. In this sense the arrival of lot of tools was announced in a simple act involving the mayor Alberto Conocchiari, the local municipal delegate Hector Sevillano, Subs. Production Gustavo Kreymborg and members of the Beekeepers Cooperative operating in the incubator. While honey extraction room and worked, including their empowerment formal machinery by which beekeepers were working party of the producers themselves who had entered such a mechanism while awaiting the arrival of new equipment.

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Led by the French civil-military assistance team, with the collaboration of the French embassy and local representatives, the project?s aim was to provide the means to produce honey and to allow the families to financially support themselves. Two weeks ago, the local malek, or traditional chief, selected 15 families to attend 10 days of instruction with French embassy technicians. After 40 hours of training, students acquired the basic means to produce, extract and sell honey on their own.

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Honey bee scientists from HortResearch have identified a fungus that kills varroa, but doesn't effect bees or the honey. Mark Goodwin from HortResearch, says until now the fungus has been an effective varroa control in lab tests, but it didn't work as well in the field. He says HortResearch is working with an international company to commercialise the product for the beekeeping industry to use.

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Paper prepared by Ai EKUSA, Koji IWAI, Masami YONEKURA, Yoshihisa TAKAHATA and Fumiki MORIMATSU

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Paper prepared by Ning Qu1, Jie Jiang, Liangxian Sun, Changcheng Lai1, Lifang Sun1 and Xueji Wu

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Paper prepared by Nico Peirena, Dirk C. de Graafa, , Frank Vanrobaeysb, Ellen L. Danneelsa, Bart Devreeseb, Jozef Van Beeumenb and Frans J. Jacobs

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Paper prepared by Alzira Danielly Pereiraa, Sergio Faloni de Andradeb, Mário Sergio de Oliveira Swertsa and Edson Luis Maistro

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