There is a Czech visiting worker in our group at the moment who is interested in honey bee products. He is interested in hearing from anybody who is keen to collaborate with him on the use of these products for cosmetics or medicine. He is particularly interested in venom, propolis and royal jelly. Anyone who wishes to contact him may do so via my e-mail address. His name is Dr Karel Mondspiegel. This years IBRA open day will be held here at Rothamsted where we are celebrating our 150th Anniversary. It includes demonstrations on the bee work at Rothamsted (Ingrid Williams, Brenda Ball, Andrew Ferguson etc) and occurs on Sat 26th June. If you are interested in attending, contact me for further details. Guy Poppy