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COLOSS: Honey Bee Colony Loss/Survival Survey 2018/2019 The annual COLOSS survey on winter colony losses is now available for completion online by clicking the hyperlink: Alternatively, it can be completed manually by printing the pdf file Completed surveys should be … Continue reading →

This was our biggest conference to date with almost 200 enthusiastic native bee supporters in attendance           Many thanks to all of those who organised a very successful conference. The next conference in September 2020 will … Continue reading →

6.00p.m Prof. Francis Ratnieks The Sussex Plan for honeybee health and well being: foraging, mating and disease control 7.00p.m. Poster Presentations. 1 Katherine Burns, UCD 2. Laura Curtin, LIT 7.20 p.m.Helen Mooney Open discussion, focusing on Chalkbrood 7.45 p.m.Presentation of … Continue reading →

NIHBS information leaflets will be available at the conference next weekend – 1st and 2nd March

Honey Bee Improvement Seminar Hibernian Hotel, Mallow, Co. Cork Speakers include Aoife Nic Giolla Coda, Keith Browne, Jack Hassett, Colm O Neill, PJ Curran Full details in the link below Mallow Seminar 30th March

NIHBS has lined up an impressive list of speakers for the 2019 conference on 1st and 2nd March. There is a profile of each speaker here AND this year you can register and pay in advance using Ticket tailor – see … Continue reading →

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Click the link below for info on the DAFM Grant scheme.  It has been tailored specifically to beekeepers. This Scheme is intended to assist in the development of the commercial horticulture sector, including beekeeping, by grant aiding capital investments in … Continue reading →

Galway Beekeepers’ Association / Cumman Beachairí na Gaillimhe will be hosting several speakers and microscopy workshops as part of our Bee na G convention in the Connacht Hotel in Galway City on the 2nd and 3rd of November 2018.   … Continue reading →

A most interesting day of lectures on the honey bee and beekeeping. Our guest speaker is Mrs Celia Davis. Celia has a degree in Agriculture, was a Biology Teacher and Lecturer and began keeping bees in 1980. She passed all … Continue reading →