I asked my Nigerian friend to elucidate her last post and this is what she  
now says:
 
 
"A swarm corridor is a 'tunnel' through which the bees seem to fly from one 
 location to another in swarm season. It is difficult to generalise how 
wide and  long they are as the precise configuration of the fly corridor seems 
to depend  on where and how much forage is to be found. In our region, there 
are three main  flowering periods. A main one mid way through the dry 
season (like high summer  in temperate climes) when most of the local flora and 
fauna is in full bloom  across the entire SW region, encompassing several 
states. Then there are minor  flowering periods, which are more localised, with 
local wild flowers  and trees and also when main agricultural crops (as 
grown regionally) come into  flower. For example, cassava is a major crop in 
our SW region so there is a  cassava corridor in our area that follows the 
line of major farms across the  state.
 
Honey hawkers are a nuisance. We try to work with the regional food  
agencies and to educate customers (in markets, churches etc by telling them  about 
the medicinal properties of real honey and how to do an adulteration test  
etc) about what they are buying from these people. It definitely a fraud,  
diluted honey is sold much cheaper than real honey so poor people buy it, 
most  not realising they are buying fake honey or diluted stuff. We also advise 
how  the honey hawkers get the honey,destroying wild nests in the forests, 
which  belong to all of them, destroying bees who pollinate their crops etc. 
It is hard  going because the honey hawkers claim tradition and culture on 
their side and  confrontations can get a bit heated! They insist it is their 
right to  gather and sell etc. We are making in roads with youngsters 
though who then  harass their parents not to buy from hawkers."
 
Chris


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