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26 May 2022

From right: Franklin Witter, Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries; Kivette Silvera, Co-Executive Officer, Food For The Poor; and Marsha Johnson, Country Director, Partners of the Americas Jamaica Farmer-to-Farmer Program, listen to Hugh Smith, Chief Plant Protection Officer, Apiculture Unit, Research & Development Division in the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries during World Bee Day celebrations at the Ministry’s Hope Gardens Complex on Friday, May 20, 2022. 

Ministry’s Apiculture Unit builds up defence against Africanized bees

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 26 May 2022   

Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Franklin Witter, says that the Ministry’s Apiculture Unit is strengthening its efforts to safeguard the national honeybee stock against the threat of Africanized bees.

This, he says, is being facilitated through research and development-based activities.

“To date, DNA samples have been collected from our honeybees for genetic analysis.  Preliminary...

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