Asian Hornet Threat

Asian Hornet Threat

There is usual buzz around Athy every month  when the South Kildare Beekeepers Association (SKBA) hold their monthly meeting on Wednesday evening . On 3rd April we’ve had discussion on the two major issues facing Irish beekeepers, Irish society, and the Irish...

Newsletter December 23

Contents  SKBA A.G.M. Election Results Colm O’Neill’s Talk: Identifying and Working with Best Performing Bees COP28 in Dubai, the U.A.E. Question from a Novice Beekeeper The Club Library ‘‘An Irish Nature Year’’ – some extracts  SKBA AGM 1/12/2023  Results of...

Queen rearing 9th June 2022

Starting to graft and begin this years queen rearing. Made possible by the kind donation of bees , equipment, knowledge and mentoring by The Native Irish Honey Bee Society Hopefully 40 queen bees will emerge in the coming days. We hope to have a surplus of queen bees...