Guyana’s apiculture industry may still be light years away from matching the honey production levels of the global giants but President of the newly formed Guyana Apiculture Society (GAS), Karl Persaud believes that there are significant economic gains to be realized from the sector if it can secure a heightened level of private sector interest and a more generous measure of public sector support.
Last Saturday’s Honey Show held outside the Muneshwer’s Shopping Mall on Water Street was intended to mark the start of what Singh says will be a major initiative by GAS to popularize apiculture as a potential business pursuit. The initiative, Persaud says, will include a public education