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BEES PLAY an essential role in food security and crop yields as apart from being great pollinators of fruits and seed crops, they provide high-quality food. While the most well-known of such bee-produced food is honey, there is also royal jelly,...

THE Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries' Apiculture Unit has warned against the illegal importation of honey and honeybee products into the country. According to the ministry, the Apiculture Unit, with the assistance of beekeepers, has discovered and removed the eight brands of imported honey and one brand of bee pollen found on the shelves of…

Jamaican Agriculture Ministry plants 2,000 fruit trees to increase bee populations

STATE minister in the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Franklin Witter has announced that the beekeeping industry will receive a subsidy of $10 million for the purchasing of sugar as feed fo...

Stephen Williams is a proud father of four who was able to put his children through school by raising bees in St Catherine. With a spritely voice that belies his seniority, Williams is grateful for the blessing of the bees that changed his life.

File photo of a beekeeper in Jamaica. The Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries says some $35 million have been allocated towards 23 beekeeping projects across the island. A total of $30 million has gone towards training and capacity building exercises for farmers and the remaining $5 million disbursed in grants to assist farmers impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. To date, 112 beekeepers have benefitted from this grant, which represents approximately 12 per cent of the beekeeping stock across J...

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Over $30 million was provided by the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisher...