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Hygienic and Sustainable honey collecting methods from Rock bee colonies; A Training programme in Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve, Western Ghats, Nilgiris, India.

Paper presented for Apimondia 2007 at Melbourne, Australia

Bees, Biodiversity & Forest Livelihoods in the Nilgiris Biosphere Reserve, India- An Opportunity for Securing Future Biodiversity, Livelihoods through Bees

Paper presented for Apimondia 2007 at Melbourne, Australia

Characteristics of trees used as nest sites by Apis dorsata (Hymenoptera,Apidae) in the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve, India

Benefits of Biotic Pollination for Non-Timber Forest Products and Cultivated Plants

Social bees and food plant associations in the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve, India

Scoping study on Eco Development Initiatives

Scoping study on setting up Eco Development Initiatives at Coringa WS

An assessment to understand the ecological requirements and management strategy for enhancement of growth and quality of teak plantations in Tiruvannamalai District, Tamil Nadu

The study focuses on the health status of the teak trees in the villages sponsored by Apollo Tyres Limited.

Biodiversity Assessment of the Buffer Zone around Apollo Tyres Plant at Oragadam, Tamil Nadu

An assessment of biodiversity in and around Apollo tyre Factory, Oragadam, Kanchipuram district, Tamil Nadu

Biodiversity assessment of Three forest hill ranges of Chodavaram

A rapid assessment of biodiversity in three hills in Chodavaram Taluk of Vizag district in Andhra Pradesh

Progress Report on Bee Sanctuary work at Bikkapathy Mund

Progress report on the setting up of Bee sanutuary at Bikkapathymund suppoorted by HADP

Completion Report on Bee Sanctuary work at Bikkapathy Mund

Report on the setting up of Bee sanutuary at Bikkapathymund suppoorted by HADP

Photo Stories by Barefoot Ecologists - Bejalatty

BEJALATTY Bejalatty is part of the Dhimbam group of villages in the Satyamangalam Tiger Reserve. The village currently comprises about 65 families from the Irula community. The residents of Bejalatty practice agriculture and animal grazing, apart from other livelihood opportunities such as wage labour, collection of Non-Timber Forest Produce such as Pheonix loureirii (seemar pul/eecham), Honey (jenu), cannarium strictum (dhupa), etc. The most commonly harvested agricultural produce from this village includes millets and beans. Muthusamy and Vellasami are the Barefoot Ecologists from this village and have been monitoring a transect route in the forests close to their village. The following photographs have been clicked by them during the course of their monitoring through the transect routes, and their stories have been annotated by Vijeyan.