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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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CCBKA Apiary supers

Should we go for 10? One of our colonies at our association apiary.  

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Swarm Collection

Swarm collection services in the Cork Area. Honeybees swarm typically from May to July in Ireland, but as beekeepers will tell you there’s nothing typical with Bees so you may see them at other times. Is it a swarm of

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Beginners at CCBKA apiary.

Cork Co Beekeepers brought the beginners to the apiary on Saturday 19 April 2014. The apiary has 6 hives at the moment , 1 commercial , 1 national poly , 2 rose hives and 2 more nationals. Samples were taken

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