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Ms.
Mahalaxmi Shrestha, is responsible for
overall management of the organization including co-ordination of
its projects/ activities. She is co-ordinating various activities
related to beekeeping promotion, training, research, quality
assurance and marketing of bee products being carried out by the
organization.
She
is Msc. in Botany and M.A. in Sociology from Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal
and have undertaken various national and international training related to beekeeping specifically in Honey quality, chemical and microscopic analysis of Honey; Bee disease diagnosis and treatment;
Plant Micropropacation and Transformation; Food analysis and packages etc.
Her
Publications includes (1) Pollen Morphological Study of Some Nepalese Bee Plants, BETRESP/ SNV Nepal, 1994 (with K. Tuladhar & H. Manandhar; (2) The Detection of Acarapis Woodi in the Eastern
Honey Bee (Apis Cerena) in Nepal (with K. Tuladhar & H. Manandhar); (3) Microscopic Detection of Adulteration of Honey with Cane Sugar and Cane Sugar Products, Apidologie (1995)26,131-139(with JD Kerkvliet);
(4) Basic Requirements for Quality Control of Honey in Developing Countries, Nectar Symposium, Dec.1995:11,Utrecht,The Netherlands (with JD Kerkvliet); (5) An Overview of the Physical and Chemical properties of
Nepalese Honey, Fourth AAA Conference, March 1998, Kathmandu, Nepal.
She
is associeted in professional societies as General Secretary to executive committe in ApiNet-Nepal; as Member in Asian Apiculture Association (Japan); as Member in Women in Science and Technology (Nepal) and as Member in Nepal Botanical Society (Nepal)
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