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NEWS
August 30th
Now
available by clicking links: Honey Show Schedule; Honey show
entry form; and our September edition of newsletter.
August 18th
Congratulations to Jim Power Carrick on Suir who was awarded Beekeeper of the Year at Gormanston. This is a worthy award as Jim makes a huge contribution to the craft both at local and national level.
Reminder
that our Clonmel Honey Show will take place on 25th and 26th September
in the Central Technical Institute, the Mall, Clonmel. We encourage all
beekeepers to enter & participate in the show as it is a great way
of improving the standard of your beekeeping products. For those
of you who do not yet produce honey but have an interest, do come along
on Sunday 26th (2pm - 4pm), and you will not be disappointed.
Exhibits on display range from beautiful decorative ornamental
displays of all beehive products from honey in all its forms, to wax
candles & models, paintings by school children, photography
displays & beautiful flower arrangements. This year you will
also have the opportunity to see a professional crafts person making
baskets & traditional beehive skeps. Also on display will be
a demonstration hive of bees. Mark the date in your diary!
Check back as schedule & details of show will be posted shortly.
June 24th
Our
Association Apiary Managers have been doing some great work, building
up, spliting & making increases and as a result Nucs are
now available for Sale, contact Tom on 087 9109360 or Redmond on 052 7142617 if you are interested in acquiring a good, healthy stock of bees from known source.
May 27th
"The
Hive" A Beekeeping project completed by transition year students
from CBS Carrick-on-Suir wins prizes at the National Finals of "TY
Get & Go" mini company competion. Alex Lonergan and
Evan Ryan operated as a mini company making Beeswax rolled candles and
Beeswax funiture polish. They sold their produce through local
shops. Alex and Evan received a helping hand from their local
beekeepers Jim and Bridie Power. Well done boys! We hope
you keep up the beekeeping interest. See their photo in the images section under Miscellanous
May 26th
Vita (Europe)
Ltd is launching a photography competition. Anyone can submit up to three
photos relating to bees or beekeeping to try to win a cash prize, check out their website for details
May 24th
Great
opportunity to find out if you have got Native Bees. Galtee Bee
Breeding Group have summer students employed to do morphometric
analysis, that is the mounting of bees wings on glass slides, scanning
them on computer , enabling the measurement of the ratio & angles
of various veins in order to establish the racial type.
All
you have to do is send in fifty to sixty bees in an airtight glass jar,
label jar with name & address & hive number. Do not put
holes in the lid & do not put any substances in the jar eg. honey
or sugar syrup, as this can damage the bees wings. Store in a
deep freeze & give Micheál Mac Giolla Coda a ring on 052 7467205 & he will arrange a collection.
For further information read the article Micheál wrote in our Sept Edition Newsletter & also Aritcle "Got Native Bees" in our article section.
Send in your samples now & let's line up the work so we will have "Busy Bee Students"
May 9th
STBA
outdoor demonstrations are now in full swing & attracting a large
audience, you can find time & date details on our events page
The demonstrations include queen rearing, nuc production, swarm control & bailey frame change. Learn to identify if your brood is healthy. Some photos have been added to our image section (Bees n Things)
to help identify AFB. Take a look so you will be able to
recognise this disease. Also added to the articles section is
some information about AFB & EFB.
April 13th
You
should all have received at this stage your copy of the April edition
of our newsletter. If not don't fret, it is now available on our
website in the articles sections, have a read. Also posted is last September's edition.
We think that the newsletter is very entertaining &
informative but would welcome your feedback & if you have any
articles you would like to submit for the next edition please let Tom know.
March 30th
Who best to write about the Native Black Bee but Micheál Mac Giolla Coda of Galtee Bee Breeding Group. Check out his article Got Native Bees & for a little more reading have a look at Origin of Bees - these new articles & others in our article section are worth a read.
March 22nd
Colony losses are a major problem worldwide and recent studies suggest that the
highest percentage of losses occur during the winter months. All
beekeepers can assist in the effort to collect reliable data for
Ireland by filling in a very simple survey, pioneered by Dr. Mary
Coffey, both members & non-members are invited to reply. For
further information & access to the survey click on the following
link:
COLOSS QUESTIONNAIRE. Please assist as it is in all beekeepers interest to understand the problems leading to losses. February 26th The
notes from the recent Irish Lecture Tour by Willie Robson of Chain
Bridge Honey Farm, Northumberland are now available in the Articles Section February 11th Studying for your Intermediate or Senior exam? Check out newly posted articles
on the glands of the honeybee, written by Tom Prendergast CFL.
Tom is
well known for his sample answers to exam questions in An Beachaire and
this month covers a question on the exocrine glands. Well worth a
read.
Reminder
Next Tuesday 16th Feb, we have a talk on "Preparing for the Honey
Crop", in Hearne's Hotel 8pm, by John Donoghue. You should pick
up some good tips for this year's Bumper Crop! All are welcome
Also - Bee Health Seminar in Limerick Sunday 14th Feb - details on FIBKA web - find link in links section.
January 25th
Minister Sargent Announces Grant Aid Scheme for Horticulture Growers 2010 - applies to Beekeeping Trevor Sargent, TD, Minister of State at the
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, with special responsibility for
Horticulture and Food today announced details of the third round of the grant
aid scheme for the development of the horticulture sector under the National
Development Plan (2007-2013). The closing
date for receipt of applications is 19th February 2010 and only investments
commenced after the issue of letters of approval will be eligible.
Details of the scheme and application forms
can be obtained from Crop Production and Safety Division, Department of
Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Administration Building, Backweston Campus,
Young’s Cross, Celbridge, Co. Kildare, 01 5058801/5058797 or at www.agriculture.gov.ie also visit
http://www.agriculture.gov.ie/farmerschemespayments/horticultureschemes/
Date Released: 19 January 2010
- Many thanks to Michael Gleeson of FIBKA for this information January 19th We
are pleased to announce that STBA is running a beginners course.
It will be starting on Jan 25th in Cahir Band Hall at 19.30 For more information check Education Link January 13th Events for 2010 updated
January 6th Wishing
you all a Peaceful & Prosperous New Year in 2010. Hopefully the long
awaited "Bumper Crop" will appear! In the meantime try to keep
uptodate & improve your knowledge of the craft. Click on Events Page to see details of upcoming Lecture Tour by Mr. William Robson of Chain Bridge Honey Farm, Northumberland December 20th Had to Buzz on by to wish you all a Merry Christmas! On Christmas Day, Legend states that the bees sing the Lord's Praise at midnight - be sure to wish them a Happy Christmas! The
practice of feeding candy on Christmas Day is nonsense &
unneccessary disturbance to the colony if it has been prepared properly
for the winter. For more information on Winter in the Apiary read short article in Article section. Dont
forget Thornes Winter Sales on-line from 29th December, beat the
January 1st rise in VAT, Phone orders from Jan 5th. Find
link to Thornes website in Links section December 16th An
enjoyable evening was had by all those who attended our AGM, the
evening included presentations, good discussions & a chance to have
a cup of tea & catch-up with friends afterwards. It was
evident from our Secretary's report that a lot has been achieved
throughout the year, nucs for beginners, newsletters, text alerts,
website, study group, exam & honey show successes to name a few.
Well done & a big thanks to our hard working committee members
& those non-committee members who also helped out where needed.
Our new committee elected can be found on contacts page Coming
soon - 2010 events update - check back regularly to see what
interesting lecturers & demonstrations are planned for the new year
Welcome!
The association represents 52 full members and 18 associate members and
is affiliated with the Federation of Irish Beekeepers.
On this website, you will find details about our programme of lecturers
and demonstrations and information on study courses which we run over
the winter months, amongst other updates and information. The
art
of beekeeping is constantly evolving and our association is proactive
in keeping our members well informed and up to date on bee related
topics.
Bees are fascinating, industrious creatures but BEE
warned, as what starts out as a passing interest may become something
of an obsession. You will find great enjoyment from keeping
one
of nature’s most wondrous creatures.
It
is well worth joining our association where we endeavour to encourage
and inspire you to bring bees into your life. HAPPY
BEEKEEPING.
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