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45 Africanised bee hives removed from Le Repentir
Government’s “Clean-Up My Country” programme at Le Repentir Cemetery, has seen
One of the hives being removed
45 bee hives removed since July.
The Guyana Apiculture Society is contracted by the Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development to remove bees from areas where work is ongoing, the Ministry said yesterday.
“In addition, community workers have detected swarms of bees in Stevedore during the community cleanup exercise and the bee catchers’ team visited the location today to contain and remove the insects. Each swarm of bees has a queen who lays 2,000 to 3,000 eggs per day.
“In some cases, there are approximately 60,000 to 80,000 bees in one swarm. Whilst the Africanised bees are considered very dangerous to humans and animals, they serve a very important role in our daily existence,” the Ministry said.
According to apiarist Linden Stewart, President of the Guyana Apiculture Society, “Bees are responsible for a third of the foods we eat daily since they are very important in the process of pollination. Bees pollinate flowers which eventually become the fruit or the vegetable we eat.”
He said that “bees are only hostile and aggressive when they have been disturbed due to noise or vibration.”
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