Native Irish Honey Bee Society – Apis mellifera mellifera

Native Irish Honey Bee Society
Apis mellifera mellifera

Killinchy queen rearing group

Based in Co. Down, Ards Peninsula

Contact: Chris and Valentine Hodges:

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  1. We have now started our Queen rearing group based at our home apiary at Ash Cottage.
    One of our two Galtee Queens has been accepted and is laying well.
    The next meeting will commence grafting from “the Red Queen” and we hope to populate the ARDS Peninsula with native bees as all the local beekeepers are involved with our group.
    Thanks to Jonathan Getty for keeping us on the right track.

  2. I am a bee keeper on the Ards Peninsula. I have a nuc that I bought at the end of last year and seemed to swarm mid March. Do you have any spare Queens from your Project? I have hives in Portaferry, Kircubbin and Kearney and interested to connect with other bee keepers.

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