Local bee industry to get disease- testing help from Louisiana expert

Amy Weeks (inset) with local beekeepers

Guyana’s beekeeping industry could benefit from access to various forms of technical support from facilities in the United States following discussions here between local industry officials and a Louisiana-based beekeeper who recently completed a two-week stay here providing various forms of technical support for beekeepers.

Louisiana-based Amy Weeks, who left Guyana on Wednesday following a two-week stint under the Partners of the Americas Farmer to Farmer Programme told Stabroek Business prior to her departure that arising out of her interaction with local beekeepers she would help the local industry secure access