Minister of Agriculture Dr Leslie Ramsammy yesterday handed over $1.5 million worth in agro-processing equipment to women’s groups of beekeepers so that they can enhance their production to meet larger orders, when he attended the first beekeeping workshop for 2012.
According to a press release from the Guyana Mangrove Restoration Project, women’s groups in Cove and John, Mahaicony, Trafalgar and Wellington Park were among other community groups targeted by a pilot project which started last year, aimed at developing expert beekeepers.
The Mangrove Apiculture Project is a spin off of the Guyana Mangrove Restoration Project, where honey is