Tales from Beaufort, Social Beekeepers! By Ulrich Schraewer It is the year 2020. It is a dark and cold February night. The crowds are pouring into the warm and cosy country bar in Beaufort. It is just like hundreds of foragers coming back from their quest of finding the best source of food. There is […]

IBA Membership Survey 2020 Irish Beekeepers Association (IBA) clg Survey of Members When the new Board of Directors met (virtually!) after our zoom AGM we decided to engage directly with the members of IBA clg in order to find out what they want from the organisation. The Board of Directors (BOD) want to spend our […]

Why I hate my bees by Millicent McNaught   I close them up for the winter, I slope my shoulders at everything being done for the season. I have attended to the apiary for the last time, before cluster, stiffened to attention and saluted my girlfriends and informed them that our next date will be […]

Honeybees and Farmers, Obstacles to Co- existence By Jude Walsh, Ballina, Co Mayo     Honeybees and the environment seem to be the buzz words presently. However, farming on designated land seems to bring about a lot of contradictions. The Department of Agriculture under the new CAP rules, seems to bring this to the fore. […]

Bees & Spaceby Eddie Hill, North Kildare BKA Did you know that on 25th December 1810 Lorenzo L Langstroth was born? This year celebrates the 207th anniversary of his birth. He is credited with having revolutionised the beekeeping industry with his 1852 patented moveable frame hive and his manual,” The Hive and the Honeybee “His […]