Guyana can meet its own honey needs in a year, says local beekeeper

Local beekeepers at work

Aubrey Roberts believes that a good case exists for the creation of a more amicable relationship between bees and humans. It is a view which most ordinary Guyanese probably do not share. Among the uninitiated, bees evoke a range of negative feelings ranging from apprehension to naked terror.

In recent years the loss of life resulting from bee attacks has done little to change the relationship for the better. Roberts sees things differently. Bees, he says, are the prime movers behind a potentially