Beekeeping enthusiast located in Ireland, Would love to hear your bee related stories Currently keeping apis mellifera mellifera #savethebees #swarmreport
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Irish BeeKeeper retweeted
Seeds are dropping now, so this weekend's long read is our guide to collecting wildflower seeds.
If you want to learn how to safely source, harvest, and use native, local wildflower seed, this is for you.
August's seeds feed next year's bees!
bit.ly/316flTs
Irish BeeKeeper retweeted
We're going to the Seanad on Thursday! Come join us - whether you're a beekeeper or not! 2nd stage of Native Irish Honey Bee Bill. Proposes a ban on importation of non-native honey bees. This would really help protect native honey bees from extinction through hybridisation.
Join US! Come to Leinster House on Thursday 2nd June 11.30am,The Protection of the Native Irish Honey Bee Bill 2021 will go through its 2nd stage in the Seanad next Thursday, Write to your local Senators/TDs We’ve drafted a letter for you on our website: nihbs.org
Irish BeeKeeper retweeted
I am again this year chairperson of @nihbs
I'm hoping we can progress this important Bill in the coming year. Please beekeepers and ordinary citizens support it and write to local politicians. Info & template letter found on nihbs.org
#nativehoneybees #irishhoney
Please help us support the Protection of the Native Irish Honey Bee Bill 2021, introduced to Seanad Éireann by Senator @VincentPMartin1 Will you join the fight by sending a letter to your local Senator/TD? Download a copy on our website: nihbs.org.
Irish BeeKeeper retweeted
Many of you have been asking what you can do to help our declining wild pollinators. Here are the top 10 actions you can take to support these important insects.🐝
bit.ly/3qk5vgb
(The @PollinatorPlan is implemented by the @BioDataCentre)
Irish BeeKeeper retweeted
👉 Please R/T this advice to counteract all the well meaning posts asking you to leave out pumpkins for wildlife. Keep them high to ensure hedgehogs don't have access. 🦔 🎃 ❌
Our thanks to the talented Ann Ross for this design 😀
Irish BeeKeeper retweeted
We’re publishing a book 18/9: “The Native Irish Honey Bee, Apis mellifera mellifera.”
Its aim: increase awareness of the #nativeirishhoneybee & its role as pollinator & honey producer + the need for conservation.
#apismelliferamellifera #bees #beekeeping #buynativebees
Irish BeeKeeper retweeted
We ❤️ Irish 🍯! This label on a jar means that it was produced by an active NIHBS member, that the honey came from their own bees, that they are native Irish dark bees, and that that honey 100% comes from Ireland. Support local beekeepers!
More info at nihbs.org
Irish BeeKeeper retweeted
We are Hive talkin' on tonights show, looking at urban beekeeping on Dublins corporate rooftops with Dublin beekeeper Lynn Fitzpatrick. See #RTENationwide Monday 17th May @RTEOne 7pm & RTE+1 8pm @rte @FIBKA_IE @IrishBeekeepers @BioDataCentre @bees_ie @ulsterbees @nihbs @IBAclg RT
Irish BeeKeeper retweeted
#journorequest - looking to talk to beekeepers in Ireland for a feature, including one who has an apiary in a very small urban space (garden/rooftop etc) and someone in a bigger rural location. DM if any thoughts. RTs appreciated.
Irish BeeKeeper retweeted
560 gardens now pledged to help pollinators! 🐝😀🌻🦋 Thank you 👏
#AllIrelandPollinatorPlan
#GrowDontMow
#NoMowMay
Implementation is coordinated by @BioDataCentre
pollinators.ie/gardens/
Irish BeeKeeper retweeted
One of the easiest and most cost-effective ways to help the bees is to simply reduce mowing and allow wildflowers to grow (no new seeds required) #NoMowMay 🐝🐝🐝
Find more great tips here from @PollinatorPlan here 👇
Irish BeeKeeper retweeted
Lots of nectar coming in to this nuc yesterday. Wasn’t expecting this one to come through winter, but here they are!
Irish BeeKeeper retweeted
All this wax comb has been built by worker honey bees.
They do all the work. They don’t have fingers or hands so can’t carry things like we do.
But they do cleaning, collecting and preparing food, feeding young, building the home with wax, taking out rubbish, stopping intruders.
Irish BeeKeeper retweeted
Do I know any coffee roasters? Looking for a few burlap sacks that I could use for my bee smoker. RT purlease ! Will trade some of my honey.
Irish BeeKeeper retweeted
Any #bumblebee 🐝enthusiasts out here?
Have you contributed to vital #citizenscience on #bees and other #pollinating insects?
If you have, please fill out this survey and join us in #developing the increasingly important field of citizen #science: cstrack.eu/
Irish BeeKeeper retweeted
Closing date for application for an AIPP Farmland Pollinator Officer post is Friday 22nd Jan. Thanks to comittment from @agriculture_ie & @HeritageHubIRE we can offer the post as a two year contract initially biodiversityireland.ie/job-o…
Irish BeeKeeper retweeted
How many Meath people does it take to change a light bulb?
None, we just align the Sun & the Earth.
5,000 years old & the roof in Newgrange has never leaked water!! You can't bate Meath roofers, hey.
The Irish for Solstice is Grianstad, Translated directly it means Sun Stop.
Irish BeeKeeper retweeted
Fantastic day at the Three Counties Apiary extracting honey from SOPHia beehives! Tks to @TiginHoney & Alan Forskitt for sharing their amazing expertise, & to Vincent who has made it all happen! A teacher workshop on bee physics is coming up...🐝 #BelieveInScience @PhysicsDeptUL
