Apimondia in Africa

摘要

In the final analysis, I have come to recognize that I really never know what bit of knowledge will make anyone a better beekeeper. I do know, however, that I have sat through innumerable honey bee conferences all over the world and that about 90 percent of what I've heard has not been immediately useful and a lot of it was pure drivel. On the other hand, I have gleaned a lot from the remaining 10 percent. The major problem, however, is that in order to realize that latter amount, one must literally sit through the whole event. It is my objective, therefore, that these articles will provide you with the best of the ten-percent of what I came away with from the first Apimondia to be held on the Dark Continent. In the bargain, you will not have to endure sitting through the actual presentations. But in order for me to have met my objective, you will have to be the judge. So it is my fervent hope that some form of acknowledgement that I have accomplished my objective will be communicated to the secretary (editor), keeping the Mission Impossible demons at bay.