95/12/01
 
Netherlands Expertise Centre for Tropical Apicultural
Resources (NECTAR) in cooperation with Utrecht University, organises:
 
 
                           NECTAR
                        SYMPOSIUM ON
HARVEST, COMPOSITION, PROCESSING, STORAGE AND MARKETING OF HONEY
             IN TROPICAL APICULTURAL SYSTEMS
 
 
Location: International Congress Centre Utrecht (Koninklijke Nederlandse
Jaarbeurs), Beatrix Gebouw, Jaarbeursplein, Utrecht, The Netherlands,
Date: Monday 18 December 1995, starting at 08:30.
 
The objective of the NECTAR symposium on tropical honey, to be held in
Utrecht at 18 December 1995, is to bring together existing information on
major aspects of honey production in tropical beekeeping. We would like to
deal specifically with harvest, processing, quality control, and marketing.
NECTAR has realised that there is little information available about these
aspects of tropical apiculture.
This NECTAR activity should be a contribution to the development of
tropical apiculture. The information brought together by this meeting
should be useful for, and be made available to, people working in the
practical field of tropical beekeeping. It is particularly important that
the local beekeepers can benefit from this. NECTAR would like to invite as
participants mainly persons and institutions involved in (the development
of ) tropical apiculture and, if possible, specialists in different fields
related to tropical honey. Honey importers and distributors are also
welcome.
The programme of the meeting will consist of the presentation of technical
papers by a number of specialists on specific technical topics, with
discussion. It is an objective of the event that these contributions are
published afterwards and that this book serves as a compilation of the
aspects concerning tropical honey as mentioned above.
 
Ebtrtsance fee: NLG. 45, including coffee. This entrance fee
to be paid upon arrival at the Conference Centre.
Arrangements for housing and meals are made by the participants themselves.
Utrecht has many good and medium-priced hotels (Holyday Inn and Scandic
Crown are just next-door to the Conference Centre).
Hotel reservations can be made through:  vvv Utrecht, Vredenburg 90, 3511
BD Utrecht (post address: Postbox 19107, 3501 DC Utrecht) tel.
06-34-03.40.85; fax: 00-31-30- 233.14.17
 
 
=voor NECTAR,
Dr. Marinus J. Sommeijer
Bee Research Dept., Utrecht University
P.O.Box 80.086
3508 TB Utrecht, The Netherlands
Phone Office: +31-30-2535425; Residence +31-30-2734821; Fax +31-30-2720192
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                              PROGRAMME:
 
       0830             INSTALLATION
 
INTRODUCTION
 
       08:45             M.J. Sommeijer, UU, Netherlands Introduction,
                        objectives of this NECTAR activity
       09:00             E. Crane, Hon. Presid. IBRA, UK Introducing
                        outstanding problems with tropical honeys not
                        present in temperate-zone honeys
       09:30             COFFEE BREAK
 
HARVEST TECHNIQUES IN RELATION TO QUALITY OF PRODUCTS
 
       10:00            M. Mutsaers, Netherlands
                        Honey harvesting and processing techniques in Africa
       10:25            K. Aidoo, Ghana
                        Honey quality and marketing in Ghana
       10:50            D. Kihwele, Tanzania
                        Honey production systems, incl. for stingless bees,
                        Quality control and Marketing in Tanzania
       11:15            Carlos Echazaretta, UADY, Mexico
                        Apiculture in the States of the Yucatan
                        peninsula, Mexico: production, marketing and export
       11:40            H. Arce, CINAT/UNA, Costa Rica
                        Honey production in tropical America, effects of
                        Africanised Honeybee invasion in Central America
 
 
       12:05            LUNCH
 
COMPOSITION AND QUALITY CONTROL
 
       13:05            R.W.K. Punchiheva, Sri Lanka
                        Drying High Moisture Honey in Sri Lanka
       13:30            HUYNH, Tuyet Ms.; Vietnam
                        Composition and quality of honey from Vietnam
       13:55            M. Shrestha, Nepal/
                        J.D.Kerkvliet, Food Insp. Service, Netherlands
                        Basic requirements for quality control of tropical
                        honey
       14:20            S.K. Komolafe, Nigeria
                        Medicinal use of honey in Nigeria; values of African
                        honeys
       14:45            L.L.M. de Bruijn, UU, Netherlands
                        Composition and properties of honey from stingless
                        bees (Apidae, Meliponinae)
 
       15:10            TEA BREAK
 
MARKET FOR BEE PRODUCTS
 
       15:35            DINH Tam, Vietnam/V. Mulder, Netherlands
                        Marketing honey from various honeybee species in
                        SE-Asia
       16:00            JosHarmsen,Max Havelaar/TransFairSeal,
                        Switzerland/Netherlands
                        Possiblities and conditions concerning marketing
                        tropical honey through Max Havelaar/TransFairSeal
       16:25            Andrew Matheson, Director IBRA U.K.
                        World market in relation to tropical honey
       16:50            J. Beetsma, President NECTAR, LUW, Netherlands
                        Concluding remarks, summary of major technical and
                        economic limitations and perspectives
 
       17:00            CLOSURE
 
Organizing committee:
                        W.J. Boot
                        R. Elsendoorn
                        P. Francke
                        E.J. Robberts
                        M.J. Sommeijer
                        R. de Vries
Entrance fee: 45 NLG
Sponsors:                       Netherlands' Minister for Development
                                Co-operation and Utrecht University
prgr. dd.:                      95/12/6
 
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