Hi Ivan

Great initiative of yours!

I am not in Edinburgh but in Orkney, and if you want you can come up here for a couple of weeks this summer and help with bees and maybe some organic farming. I have been involved in beekeeping projects in Africa and can help you to find information about beekeeping in developing countries, as you can't just transfer our complicated and rather expensive way of bee management to somewhere with completely different circumstances. Beekeeping is a great way to create an income in remote areas, but many poorly planned projects fail due to lack of understanding of local circumstances.

For initial information about beekeeping in developing countries go to http://www.beesabroad.org.uk/ and to http://www.beesfordevelopment.org/

Doris