bee hives and the millenium goals in east- africa...beekeeping for food security, biodiversity...

Bee hives and the

Africa

Bee hives and themillenium goals in East-Africa

Focus on non -governementorganisations

29/02/2016Biotechnologie - Biochemie 2

Beekeeping for Food Security, Biodiversity Conservation and

Human Healths

LEUVEN, 15/01/ 2016

Prof. Dr. Frans J. JACOBS

HONEYBEE VALLEY


Educational, extension of beekeepers Domesticated and wild bees


Bees as experimental animalsin teaching biology

• Bees are complex, difficult to handle

• Time consuming

• BUT: LIVING IN A SOCIETY as humans do

• Trough genomics towards modern biological concepts


Genomic mapping wil open new perspectives

•The Honey beeGenomeSequencingConsortium•= 223 autors from91 instituts•UGENT and KUL (Belgium) also involved


First things come first…

- in 2001: The Human Genome Sequencing Center in Baylor College of Human Medicine (Houston, USA) suggests to study other organisms for genomicsequenering

- Also THE HONEYBEE?economic importantecological a necessityScientific knowledge very high, social structuremedical significant for humans (cfr bee poison)

- Follow up :beginning 2003: start sequencing7 jan 2004: first draft of the articlefinancing: National Human Genome Research Institute (6,9 milj US$) en United States Department of Agriculture (750.000 US$)


•1. HONEYBEES AND FOOD security• Food production and pollination

•= indirect income• Food for humans with bee

products•= direct income


APICULTURE =

Integral part of a truly sustainableeconomy

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Beekeeping economics

In rural area, beekeeping becomes extremely important : primary agriculture

From honey hunting towards

BEEKEEPING

Minimal investmentsMainly transfer of knowledge

WAR and BOMBS don’t remove bee populations


Bee management

• Becoming a beekeeper is rather difficult

• Combining the efforts worldwide

• This brings us to

“ Beekeeping Workshop “


Communication within the colony

• Dance language of honeybees, based on interactions and transpositions between senses

• Vision

• Geotaxis

• Biological clocks

• Magnetic fields

• Scents and pheromones

• Sound perceptions


Language between bees and the beekeeper = essential !!!!• About colorvision

• About the resolution of images in time = velocity of movements

• About scents– Solvents

– Use of repellentia, smoke and other things

• Cotton versus wool

• Proprio-reception, never knocking before entrance, just use parfums…


AVOIDSUICIDAL BEHAVIOUREverybody is loosing


Direct income for the beekeeper:

• Honey : 5 (=trad.) to 35 kg pro hive

• Beeswax : 2 kg/hive/year

• Pollen : ??????

• Royal jelly : ??????

• Propolis : ??????

• Bee poison : ??????•HONEY from•ADJUMANI•UGANDA


The use of

Pollentraps:40 g /pro day/hive= PROTEINS

avoidingSTUNTING


•HONEY

•BEEBROOD

•BEEBREAD


Royal jelly collection:30 – 50 g/hive

•= VITAMIN BOOST…

2. HONEY BEES + BIODIVERSITY

• Forest conservation

• Agroforestry

• Entomoforestry



•we should give high priority to plants which

produce in one way “something useful” (wood, oil, fruits, nuts, perfumes, medical

products...) and on the other hand nectar and pollen...

•The carrying capacity for beekeeping of each region (radius of 3 km around the apiary) should be studied in order to avoid “overcrowding”

effects (methodology for land evaluation for beekeeping has to be set up).


•AGROFORESTRY

•Preservation of the natural vegetation

•Intermixing trees and shrubs with•Crops and Animals

•Woody plants: deliver extra’s, foodFodder , firewood….Windbreaks, shelterbelts…


•Coming to ENTOMO FORESTRY

•Honeybees•Silkworms•Butterflies

Selection of plants, based on continuous Nectar flow and availability of pollen

3. Honeybees and human health

• Honey

• Pollen

• Propolis

• Royal jelly

• Bee venom

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Apitherapie with PROPOLIS

• Resins from plants collected by bees on flower and leaf buds

• ANTIVIRAL, ANTIBACTERIAL,ANTIMICOTIC

• It is a real “medicament” under supervision, TOPICAL APPLICATION

• Anti oxidant, anti inflammatory, anti acne

• Woodpreservative, varnishes (STRADIVARIUS VIOLINE)



•Honey and beeswax are useful and valuable•Pollination by bees means good harvests of nearby c rops•Expensive equipment is not necessary•Stimulation business for locale trades•Stimulation business for export (!!!!: EU -regulation . 4 June 2008!!!)•Bees feed on pollen and nectar, not used by other livestock, representing a new resource, which woul d otherwise not be exploited•Basic beekeeping techniques are easy to learn•Bees do not take up valuable land•Bees do not require daily attention•Males and females of all groups can practice Beekee ping•Beekeeping helps to generate self-reliance

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•LOG HIVE•ETHIOPIAN TOP BAR

•Cost 25 euro

•Cardboard ROTARY

•TOP BAR HIVE

•Cost: 4 euro

•Modern Hives

•Kenya top bar

•= transitional•LOG HIVE

•= TRADITIONAL

ROTARY : “BEETH PROJECT”

district 1620

BEETH PROJECT(Bees in Ethiopia)• Technically: only materials from ETHIOPIA

• Development of a STANDARDISED TROPICAL BEEHIVE: department: Industrial Design University of GENT

• via transfer of Know How , teach best practices in Ethiopian Beekeeping throughorganising of “BEE WORKSHOPS” = ROTARY SUPPORT

• Support for “Local Cooperatives and smalllocal businesses”= ROTARY SUPPORT

Estimation of budget:GLOBAL GRANT

• R.C. Wetteren 20 000 Euro

• RC neighbouring clubs 6 000 Euro

• Nancy (France)…

• Monaco…

• District level 1620 8 000 Euro

• Evanstone 15 000 Euro

• Addis Abeba Entoto : logistics for follow-up

• TOTAL of 45.000 € per year

PERSONALIA

• Prof. Frans JACOBS, past president Wetteren

• Patrick HUYGHE, nominated president ’15-16

• Marc VERLEYEN, nominated president ‘16-17

• Dr. Etienne LAFAY

• Francois ACHOUR

• Heleanna GEORGALIS

Frans Jacobs

Marc Verleyen

Patrick Huyghe

Sebsibie Zuber

Amleset Haile

+ 18 - 22 Lecturers

( IAlumni VLIR-UOS

International

training program)

Etienne Lafaey

François Achour

Heleanna Georgalis

•FARMERS•WORKSHOP

•Partnerships structure

•R.C. Wetteren •R.C. Addis Abeba Entoto

TEACHERS:

• 20 ITP Ethiopian students, who have attended a course of 4 months at the University of Ghent (Belgium) and obtained an attestation of The I.T.P. in Apiculture

• Country manager : Sebsibie ZUBER

• With the support of : Amleset ABREHA

Rotary International framework

Doing good

Service above self

Peace through service

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