Beekeepers encouraged to breed queens to overcome Melissa's sting issue.

Hugh Smith, chief plant protection officer in the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Mining’s Apiculture Unit, examined honey products during the St James Bee Farmers Association’s Healthy Lifestyle Day in Montego Bay. He was joined by Sheryl Leslie and Joan Morgan, members of the association. Beekeepers with functional equipment post-Hurricane Melissa are urged to focus on queen bee rearing to expedite the recovery of Jamaica’s apiculture sector. Smith emphasized that selecting productive and calm colonies for queen production would accelerate stock multiplication as the sector rebuilds.