BEES for DEVELOPMENT

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Bees for Development Honey Trade Workshop held in Dublin, Ireland in August 2005.

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1.0 Size, population and population density of selected Caribbean countries/islands

Country/Island	Size (km²)	Population (thousands)	Population density per km²
Anguilla	91	10	110
Bermuda	54	60	1,111
British Virgin Islands	153	18	118
Cuba	110,860	11,000	99
Dominica	751	74	99
Grenada	345	99	287
Jamaica	10,999	2,516	229
Nevis	93	10	108
St Kitts	176	36	205
St Lucia	616	145	235
St Vincent & The Grenadines	388	111	286
Suriname	163,270	440	3
Trinidad	4,828	1,220	253
Tobago	300	51	170
TOTAL	2,992,924	15,790	54

2.0 Beekeeping data

Country/Island	Number of beekeepers	Number of colonies	Number of colonies per beekeeper	Annual honey prod (Tonnes)	Annual honey prod. per col. (kg)
Anguilla	6	25	4	N/A	-
Bermuda	31	400	13	N/A	-
British Virgin Islands	4	20	5	N/A	-
Cuba	3,000	150,000	50	5,033.0	33.6
Dominica	40	1,000	25	N/A	-
Grenada	35	700	20	13.6	19.5
Jamaica	1,720	40,000	23	900.0	22.5
Nevis	17	100	6	2.8	27.5
St Kitts	2	154	77	3.6	23.1
St Lucia	40*	2,235	59	93.6	41.8
St Vincent & The Grenadines	48	411	9	16.4	40.0
Suriname	30	1,150	34	34.6	30.1
Trinidad	338	6,097	11	126.4	20.7
Tobago	31	571	18	11.2	19.6
TOTAL	5,342	202,863	38	6,235.2	30.7

3.0 Origin of honey producing bee, and year of reported presence in selected Caribbean countries/islands

Country/Island	Apis mellifera of African origin	Apis mellifera of European origin	Stingless bee species (indigenous)
Anguilla	-	1993	-
Bermuda	-	1616	-
British Virgin Islands	-	1979	-
Cuba	-	Before 1866
Dominica	-	N/A
Grenada	-	Late 17th century	-
Jamaica	-	1896*
Nevis	-	1716	-
St Kitts	-	1688	-
St Lucia	-	N/A
St Vincent & The Grenadines	-	N/A	-
Suriname	1975	Early 1900s
Trinidad	1979	1901
Tobago	-	1918

4.0 Legislation in selected Caribbean countries/islands

Country/Island	Specific legislation	Related legislation
Anguilla	-	-
Bermuda	-	-
British Virgin Islands	-	-
Cuba		-
Dominica	-
Grenada	-	-
Jamaica
Nevis	-	-
St Kitts	-	-
St Lucia	-
St Vincent & The Grenadines		-
Suriname	-	-
Trinidad		-
Tobago		-

5.0 Honeybee diseases and mites in selected Caribbean countries

	Brood diseases			Adult bee disease	Parasitic mites
Country/Island	AFB	EFB	Sacbrood	Nosema	Varroa
Anguilla	-	-	-	-	-
Bermuda			-		-
British Virgin Islands	-	-	-	-	-
Cuba			-	-	1996
Dominica	-	-	-	-	1998
Grenada	-	-		-	1994
Jamaica	-	-	-	-	1999
Nevis	-	-	-	-	2000
St Kitts	-	-	-	-	-
St Lucia	-	-	-	-	1999
St Vincent & The Grenadines	-	-		-	-
Suriname	-	-	-	-	-
Trinidad	-		-	-	1995
Tobago	-		-	-	2000

6.0 Honey prices and other hive products marketed for selected countries/islands

Country/Island	Retail prices for local honey (US$/kg)	Beeswax (US$/kg)	Pollen (US$/kg)
Anguilla	16.30	-	-
Bermuda	6.60		-
British Virgin Islands	6.09	-	-
Cuba	2.48
Dominica	8.27		-
Grenada	8.27	-	-
Jamaica	5.91
Nevis	10.32		-
St Kitts	8.35	-	-
St Lucia	7.53		-
St Vincent & The Grenadines	8.61		-
Suriname	5.64	-	-
Trinidad	7.56
Tobago	6.48

7.0 Beekeeping imports and exports for selected Caribbean countries/islands

Country/Island	Permitted Imports			Exports
Country/Island	Honey	Bees	Supplies	Exports
Anguilla
Bermuda
British Virgin Islands
Cuba	-	-	-	Honey, propolis, value added hive products
Dominica
Grenada
Jamaica				Honey
Nevis				Bees, queens
St Kitts
St Lucia
St Vincent & The Grenadines
Suriname
Trinidad	-
Tobago	-

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