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Water Detection
	To indicate sources of water for well drilling several tree species, such as `Vikla' (Maytenus emarginata), `Kanthar' (Capparis sepiaria), `Bordi' (Zizyphus mauritiana), `Jarmo' (Peganum harmala), `Vad' (Ficus benghalensis), `Khijda' (Prosopis cineraria)
: 529 | : Manubhai Keshubhai Akbari | : Traditional Knowledge | : Honey Bee Practices

Treatment for `Valo' (local disease) in animal:Hot water bath.
	People bathe the suffering animal with hot water.
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Swelling of Udder
	May be the substance that effects the cure gets washed off in rain water.:Ed)
: 2795 | : Makvana Mathurbhai Dhulabhai | : Traditional Knowledge | : Honey Bee Practices

Water of Kund
	Kund is the site for flaying dead animals.Used water is collected in the one pit/well which contains blood and wasted meat. water from the kund is poured on the hooves of the animals. This water is also sprinkled over the entire feeding stall of the cattle shed.
: 515 | : Kalusinh Dharamsinh Rathod | : Traditional Knowledge | : Honey Bee Practices

Water divining
	Wells should be dug near crab holes, near sultan champa trees (Calophyllum inophyllum) or umbar (Ficus glomerata) or jaman (Eugenia jambolana) trees. For digging a well one should search for a low lying spot in the field. Here a pit 2 m long, 1 m wide and 45 cm deep should be dug. During a calm nigh
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Purifying River Water in Herbal Way
	P C Behera says that women of his village use a novel way of purifying muddy water taken from the nearby river, which flows through the Hindol subdivision of the district. The river water in rainy seasons is very muddy. Behera says that during this time the women of Jhadasandha use a wild fruit call
: 546 | : P C Behera | : Traditional Knowledge | : Honey Bee Practices

Surveying underground water
	The Kela tribe lives in western and southern Orissa. They are professional well diggers. The tribe knows the art of surveying underground water. A specially formed iron rod with a sharp edge at one of the ends is used. The leader of the Kela tribe pushes the iron rod upto one and a half feet into th
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Conserving Water and Forest Collectively: Learning from Ladakh
	Ladakh constitutes the easternmost trans-Himalayan part of Jammu and Kashmir State of India. Intensive sunlight and high evaporation rate are the chief characteristics of this cold arid desert of strong winds. It snows heavily in winter and even the hottest months have sporadic snow falls. There is
: 1156 | : Traditional Knowledge | : Honey Bee Practices

Mala inchi well – A method of water conservation harvesting by planting wild ginger
	Farmers in Tripura plant turmeric around the well or trench to keep otters away. The strong smell of turmeric drives them away. See, Honey Bee, 10(4):5-6,1999
: 761 | : K S Raghunath | : Traditional Knowledge | : Honey Bee Practices

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