We have a beekeeper staying with us for a month sent by USAID named Megan. We have been travelling all over the island doing introductions to top bar hives with her. These trainings have been a lot of fun because we get to meet enthusiastic people with all different levels of experience and from different places many of whom know little about top bars. It also gives us an opportunity to see different parts of the island (it varies a lot in terrain and feel of the cities-especially in very tourist centered areas). Being around all these excited new beekeepers is getting me ready to start up my own hives once I get back!
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| Doing hive inspections at Yerba Buena with the Jamaica Organic Agriculture Movement (JOAM). Most of the people in this group were new to beekeeping. |
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| Our newly built top bar hive at the St. James beekeepers meeting (by Montego Bay) |
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| Megan lecturing at the St. Catherine in the Ministry of Plants and Fisheries-Apiculture Unit. This was the largest meeting so far (around 50 people) with mostly people who already had some bees. |
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| Giving the Trelawny beekeepers their new top bar hive. Trelawny is where Usain Bolt is from, but despite my Bolt-dar I didn't see him on this trip....next time. |
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| Jerk chicken and rice with beans on the way to St. James |
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| A rugby match to go with our roadside lunch en route to St. James |
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