Persons illegally importing honey into the island are being warned to desist, or face confiscation of their goods under the Beekeeping Act. According to Reginald Peddy, Chief Apiculture Officer in...

Thirty young men and women will begin a period of apprenticeship this month under the Ministry of Agriculture's $3.5 million Beekeeping Apprenticeship Programme, geared at providing employment opportunities for those...

A number of tests are currently being carried out to ascertain the best methodology to combat the small hive beetle, a pest that affects beehives and could have a devastating...

Olydia Cole, a 22 year-old Home Economics teacher at St. Hilda's High School in St. Ann, walked away with the coveted National Farm Queen title last night (July 30), at...

Ebony Park Heart Academy in Clarendon emerged champions in the Public Speaking competition, held yesterday (July 30), at the 53rd staging of the annual Denbigh Agricultural and Industrial Show in...

Parents and guardians attending the Denbigh Agricultural and Industrial Show in May Pen, Clarendon from July 30 to August 1, will find an even bigger and exciting entertainment package for...

Jamaica 4-H clubbites will vie for honours when they compete in an exciting 'cook off' to be held as part of the 2005 Denbigh Agricultural and Industrial Show. The competition,...

The Apiculture Unit at Bodles in St. Catherine has undertaken a hurricane restoration programme valued at some $3.5 million, to partially restock the colonies of those bee farmers, who suffered...

The Ministry of Agriculture is undertaking a $15 million beekeeping census to assess the true state of the industry and to properly plan for its development. Director at the Ministry's...

Minister of Agriculture, Roger Clarke has said that the Ministry was taking the necessary precautions to ensure that beef imported was free of the bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) or mad...

Approximately 15,000 of 24,000 farmers in Clarendon have already been registered under the Rural Agricultural Development Authority's (RADA) Agricultural Business Information Systems (ABIS) Programme. Percival Shaw, Parish Manager for RADA,...