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Queen Rearing Last June
Our Chairman Noel Power gave a Queen rearing course early last June with 21 attendees who all ended up with an Apidea and Queen cell. The method Noel used is a system based on “Queen rearing Simplified by Jay Smith”. After grafting the…
Honey removed from CCBKA Apiary
On Saturday 17th August there was the years final Apiary Demonstration for this years beginners with Noel and Eleanor removing the honey. Despite the difficult start to the year the class saw an impressive honey crop (and some new beesuits).
Amazing video of honeybees mating
Watch an amazing video clip of close up of a Queen emerging and honey bees mating. Taken from a new documentary “More than Honey” by director and producer MARKUS IMHOOF. Theres a review on Scientific American.
Bees and Pesticides
Theres been a vote to restrict the use of 3 pesticides belonging to the neonicotinoid family (clothianidin, imidacloprid and thiametoxam) for a period of 2 years. Full details at the European Commission website Ireland abstain in vote: The journal article
