Extraction night workshop

Extraction night workshop

Extraction Night Inside Our Workshop Honey Extraction Evening in SKBA Club   The SKBA has, for many years, a tradition of inviting members of the Association or club to celebrate the harvesting of honey in early August. On Wednesday, August 7th, the Club held the...
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...