I was asked the question not so long ago why I was doing this work. The answer to it is deep rooted for me. Growing up in a country where nearly every inch is “touched and managed” by people made me aware of what we are really doing to to planet. Is it the right […]
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A great weekend with lots of exchange of information. This is what the event was all about. We started of on the saturday with 4 different speakers. Trish Murphy spoke about the current state of our water and the impact it has on pollinators. This talk was followed by Steven Meyen from Teagasc who discussed
During the first couple of months of the year the creation of many natural hives (log hives) in well under way. The logs we have gathered during the 2021 are turning in to potential nesting sites for our wild honey bees. As we know there is a lack of natural nesting habitat for honeybees due
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We think it is important to be passing on the knowledge we gain over the years, here at Boomtreebees. Be it community groups, schools, beekeepers, businesses or landowners or other individuals, the more we can spread information about the importance of conservation of our landscape, flora and of course our bees, the better chance of
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When we come to this part of the year you hear the conversations between beekeepers about humidity and moisture in the hives and what to do to prepare the hives for the winter. Firstly, what is the difference between humidity and moisture? Moisture represents the presence of a liquid containing trace amounts of water. Humidity,
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When bees choose a newly installed conservation log hive i am always curious which way they decide to build the honeycomb within the conservation log hive. I must say every time it amazes me. The speed of comb construction is phenomenal. Colony can easily fill the full space within three months or so. Initially the
This bill was submitted on the 20th of October. The Bill entitles an Act to ban the importation of non-native honey bees with the aim of reducing the threat to and adverse impact upon biodiversity and the ecosystem arising from the introgression/crossing/cross-breeding of the native Irish Honey Bee, Apis mellifera mellifera, due to the importation
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As i am writing this the temperatures are still around freezing. There is hardly any activity to see outside the hive, but things are stirring inside though. As the honey bee colony comes through the winter, the activity inside the hive starts to increase. If you were to look inside you would find that the
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Every year we get phone calls from people saying they have honey bees moving in to their house, shed or other building. As in most situations the honey bees can’t stay for certain reasons and we then call out to see if we can rehome the colony in to one of our log hives. We
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Several years ago i started off a honeybee rewilding project in Inishowen, which is located in the northerly part of county Donegal, Ireland. It started of with the placing of a couple of log hives in the area to see if there were still wild honeybees left in our region. Within no time at all
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