Yearly Archives: 2016

Bee Research in CIT – help needed

Whats the Gene Pool: It is essential for beekeeping in Ireland into the future, to measure the diversity that we still have, by surveying the spread of alleles that occur in local populations. This would provide the information by which,

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Reporting adverse reaction from varroa treatments

Dear Beekeeper  Varroa Treatments We recently had a French Company apply to the Department for an import licence for another product for varroa treatment. A similar product has been licensed in the UK in 2016. The department have turned it

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RoboBees

Looks like not only humans under threat from robots Robots for pollination.

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COLOSS Winter Colony loss Survey 2016

Winter Losses: Many of us have suffered significant Winter Losses, and you might consider it timely in the face of this adversity to contribute to Dr Mary Coffey’s COLOSS Winter Colony Loss Survey. The survey is being done “On behalf

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CCBKA Apiary Diary 2016

Apiary Practical Demonstrations 2016 The committee are pleased to announce the Apiary Practical Demonstrations and “Bee Shed” days for 2016. These demonstrations are primarily for less experienced beekeepers, and in particular for those who did our Autumn Course in 2015

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