The Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Mining is intensifying efforts to ramp up queen bee rearing among apiculturists.
The island’s bee population was severely affected by Hurricane Melissa, which has resulted in a shortage of locally produced honey.
Speaking in an interview with JIS News at the Denbigh Agricultural, Industrial and Food Show in Clarendon recently, Senior Plant Protection Officer in the Ministry’s Apiculture Unit, Gregory Lynch is encouraging persons to rear more queens to improve production.
“This must be coupled with planting more trees and...
