{
  "id": 842724,
  "title": "Bee farmers urged to rear queens to get over Melissa’s sting",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/14/bee-farmers-urged-to-rear-queens-to-get-over-melissas-sting",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-14T05:06:29.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Jamaica Gleaner",
    "slug": "jamaica-gleaner",
    "url": "http://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/news/20260814/bee-farmers-urged-rear-queens-get-over-melissas-sting"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "WESTERN BUREAU: Beekeepers who still have working equipment after Hurricane Melissa are being encouraged to focus specifically on rearing queen bees in order to fast-track the restoration of Jamaica’s apiculture sector. Hugh Smith, chief plant protection officer in the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Mining’s Apiculture Unit, said the approach would help beekeepers multiply their stocks…",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}