Preliminary analysis of the 2019/2020 COLOSS survey – by Dr Mary Coffey & Dr John Breen The annual COLOSS survey of winter colony losses comes at the end of the winter and the beginning of the new beekeeping season. The survey which uses a standardised questionnaire was originally developed in 2008 by the COLOSS monitoring […]
Beeswax Donation Drive for Pieta House – by Stephen Gallagher Stephen Gallagher A few weeks ago, Pieta House ran their annual “Darkness into Light” donation drive, where participants walk from darkness into light very early in the morning. This initiative is to raise vital funds for Pieta’s important lifesaving work helping those in need with […]
“Honeybee Forage” Video Series – by Eddie Hill Eddie Hill If you’ve previously read the IBAclg newsletters, you are likely familiar with the writing contributions of North Kildare member, Eddie Hill. Eddie has worked in all aspects of Horticulture, Plant importation, Nurseries, Landscape Design and Garden Maintenance. He is currently employed as a Craft Gardener […]
“It Only Takes One!” (Asian Hornet) – by Colette O’Connell Colette O’Connell Photo copyright & courtesy of the BBKA Beekeepers here in Ireland are only too aware of the threat of foreign alien species to honey bees and other pollinating insects in our country. The Asian Hornet, Vespa velutina nigrithorax, a species native to Asia, […]
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You may have noticed our IBAclg Youtube channel has lost a lot of our previously recorded webinars from the last 3 years. Due to a technical error at the end of 2020, our Youtube Channel was deleted, worse still, the channel was just shy of the requirement of hours watched for it to be backed […]