On Tuesday evening 3rd of February Ger Hyland will give a talk about everything beekeeping related so all questions from the floor are welcome. We have a Beekeeping related library available to all club members, if you have a book already out that you have read please return it tonight as there are other members…
Our final meeting of the year is at the Teagasc Centre Westport on Tuesday December 2nd commencing at 8pm. Membership is now due for 2026 and to continue to receive the AN BEACHAIRE – FIBKA’s Beekeeping Magazine membership must be paid before end of December 2025. Looking forward to seeing you there. Membership form here:
Westport Beekeepers are holding their A.G.M. on Tuesday evening 4th November @8pm. Members and new members are invited and welcome to attend.
Our next monthly meeting will be held tomorrow night 7th October at 8pm. Autumn is upon us and with winter approaching, who better to advise about preparing for winter than our own esteemed Dr. Helen Mooney. She has great knowledge about the ecology, pests, and diseases of our honeybees. This will be a treat so…
Hi all. Hope the summer was kind to your bees and you have got a decent crop of honey from them this year! I would like to invite you to our first post-summer meeting of 2025. It will be held at the Westport Teagasc Centre on Tuesday September 2nd and will commence at 8.00 pm. The…
The Westport Beekeepers are planning to present a Beekeeping Beginners Course again this year. To register for the course you have to become a member of the Westport Beekeepers Association. Please fill out the attached application form, pay the fee for the course, use your name as reference as we cannot check the payment for…
Our December meeting is December 3rd at the Teagasc Centre, commencing at 8pm. Sheila Murphy, Mayo County Council Biodiversity Officer, will talk about what Mayo CoCo is doing and how this is important for us. This is something different from our usual talks and sounds to be very worthwhile so come along. It is now time…
Election of a new committee takes place at the AGM/ November’s meeting.Thanks to all the club members who attended meetings during this past year, we appreciate your effort. We hope more members will continue to come to our monthly meetings! usually 10 during the beekeeping year and also we especially need more to attend the…
Hi all. Hope the summer was kind to your bees despite the weird weather and have survived everything that was thrown at them? I would like to invite you to our first post-summer meeting of 2024. It will be held at the Westport Teagasc Centre on Tuesday September 3rd and will commence at 8.00 pm. Our…
This is just a quick reminder that our next meeting will be tomorrow evening at 20:00 at Teagasc as usual. Ger Hyland will be talking to us about queen rearing and the use of Apideas. Looking forward to seeing you there.