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South Tipp Bees Honey Show

South Tipperary Beekeepers’ Association Annual Honey Show 2014 When: Saturday, September 20th and Sunday September 21st Venue: Central Technical Institute, The Mall, Clonmel Events: Staging of Exhibits: 10am to 1pm Saturday 20th Judging will commence at 1.30pm Saturday 20th September

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March 2015 Seminar Series

County Cork Beekeepers Association is pleased to announce that for our International Seminar Series 2015 our Guest lecturer will be Dr Otto Boecking, B Ag Sc, PhD. The Seminars will be held in March 2015. Full details and registration information here.

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Taking off the honey at Cork Apiary

Our final demonstration took place on Saturday August 23rd when the supers were removed from the colonies.  The demonstration was primarily for those who started last Autumn with our beginners classes and then moved on to the practical demonstrations in

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Cork Beekeepers success at Gormanston 2014

Gormanston Summer school 2014 finished up end of July. Cork Co beekeepers were well represented at the summer school and numbers attending were the highest on record, with day visitors way up on previous years. The programme was full and

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NIHBS queen rearing day at Coolmore Farm June 1.

Mark Newenham of Coolmore Farm hosted a queen rearing session on Sunday June 1st. The weather just about held out . About 30 people attended where they were instructed in marking queens, use of incubators & hot boxes, grafting, hive

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