One third of our bee species are threatened with extinction. We know it’s because we have drastically reduced the areas where they can nest and the amount of food (flowers) our landscape provides. We can stand back and watch the problem happen, or we can try to do something about it. The All-Ireland Pollinator Plan […]
What’s in Your Hive
‘What’s in Your Hive?’ is a practical lecture covering the current threats and solutions for keeping healthy bees with Ruth and Ian Homer (returning by popular request) with Tom Williamson (Bee Inspector). The lectures (FREE OF CHARGE) begin in Londonderry this coming Friday, 23rd February and will continue over the weekend at 2 other locations. For more details see […]
The passing of Norman Walsh
It is with sadness that we, on behalf of the UBKA officers and executive, advise you of the passing of Norman Walsh. Norman passed away early this morning. His funeral service will take place on Tuesday 9th January at 1pm in Hillsborough Presbyterian Church. The family wishes are for the house to be strictly private. […]
Bee Health – Inspections in 2017
Bee Inspections are almost completed for the year with the inspectors completing 253 visits to 222 beekeepers in N. Ireland mostly for the purposes of foulbrood inspections but included in this are import and export inspections, honey sampling for VMD and bee health demos. There were 13 outbreaks of American foulbrood (AFB) and 1 outbreak […]
Changes to the BeeConnected website
BeeConnected – bringing farmers and beekeepers together, and keeping beekeepers notified when a neighbouring farmer is applying insecticides to their crops. Due to changes to the BeeConnected website, you need to create a new password when you next log in. Please note that this will not affect any fields or hives you have already registered. […]