Our Fronglais thinker has challenged us.  I reckon the responses
will soon become a complex tangle so I'm getting in early.


        I predict there will be far more omissions than errors of
commission in myy jottings on neglected needs in beekeeping.   Please
augment  -  after inserting > by CtrlR  -  this could be a useful framework
for a while:-


BEE  PRODUCTS

Marketing of propolis

Marketing of pollen

Royal jelly production

Marketing of liquid honey as a wound dressing

Further characterisation of different honeys as wound dressings

Research with a view to expanding use of bee-stings against arthritis

Raising prices paid to beekeepers (producers' coops, etc)



ECOLOGY

Monitoring of toxic loads in bees

Abating of toxic fluxes to bees

Coordination of research on pathogens

Monitoring of bee DNA correlated with phenotypes

Testing of various volatile organic chemicals for varroa control

Continuing tests on efficacy & possible side-effects of chronic dosing with
e.g. fluvalinate, coumaphos

Integration, with global confabs, of breeding expertise incl. several spp.

More interest in bumble bees



EDUCATION  &  RESEARCH

Teaching children about bees

Beekeeping in schools

Research-based 'extension' services expanded

Research centres strengthened & multiplied, attached to tertiary institutions

Better involvement of commercial & amateur beekeepers in research

More TV programmes showing importance of bees

More efficient use of infobahn for promulgating beeinfo