We are passionate about bees and pollinators. We provide insurance, information along with training & education
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Well done Andrew & John
Fantastic result for you guys and of course, your native bees 🐝 🐝🐝
Hope to see & meet many of you finalists at the Irish Quality Food & Drinks Awards later tonight in the Dublin Mansion house. @IrishQFAs
Today is #WorldBeeday Ireland holds one of the last strongholds of this native dark bee in Europe. Through responsible beekeeping, conservation apiaries, education, and partnerships, we are helping to preserve this important part of Ireland’s natural heritage.
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As 20 May – World Bee Day – approaches, Apimondia warmly invites its members, organizations, institutions, and individuals around the world to join us in celebrating and promoting the vital role of bees and other pollinators.
apimondia.org/world-bee-day-…
Varroa Destructor mite trying to make a run for it in the Petri dish 🧫
#varroamites
Happy Feast Day of Saint Gobnait 🐝
She is the patron saint of bees and beekeepers with roots in Ballyvourney (Cork), Inisheer, and Dún Chaoin (Kerry).
Celebrate bees and beekeepers today.
#StGobnait #Bees #Beekeeping
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Revd. Lorenzo Lorraine Langstroth was born on 25th December 1810.
Working as minister and teacher, he took up beekeeping to help with depression. Langstroth contributed to rapid developments in beekeeping during the nineteenth century that led to the modern style we know today
Tests reveal no breeding risk from large Asian hornet nest found in Cork | Irish Independent share.google/kYdMLPDc03g1COC…
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A new licensed oxalic acid powder Varroa treatment is available this winter.
Product information for Varroxal suggests use appropriate for:
Sublimation:
Spraying - swarms
Trickle
Use information includes:
Broodless colonies
No honey super on hive
vmd.defra.gov.uk/ProductInfo…
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Tropilaelaps - Lifecycle, identification & detective
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The government has taken another step towards stopping the use of bee-killing neonicotinoid pesticides.
These changes strengthen the existing guidance to ensure that anyone applying for an emergency authorisation must take full account of the risks.
gov.uk/government/news/gover…
