The Westport Beekeepers Monthly Club meeting will be on Tuesday 4th June 2019 at 8pm. Certificates of Attendance for the Preliminary Beekeeping Course will be issued on the night followed by a Questions & Answers session – topical at present is swarm season and queen cells. Swarm season is here, so keep an eye on the…
The next Westport Beekeepers meeting will be held on Tuesday 5th March 2019. Our invited guest speaker is Helen Thompson, the title of her talk is “maintaining productive colonies: visible and invisible cues” Welcome to our newer members. We have the St. Patrick’s Day parade on Sunday 17th March, the theme is BIODIVERSITY. It is hoped…
The 2019 WBKA Beginners Beekeeping Course will be held over the weekend of 13th and 14th April 2019 in the Teagasc Centre, Westport. (Eircode: F28 W681) Cost of course is: Membership €70 (reduced if a family member) Course is €50 and €20 for exam set by FIBKA. Anybody interested email our secretary at: secretarywbka@gmail.com. or…
Please support this Autumn Lecture organised by the Western Beekeepers on Saturday 22nd September held in the university college Galway H91 TK33, a good line up of speakers is arranged for the relevant topics. It is a full day event. We Beekeepers need to be aware and educate ourselves of all the legal requirements needed…
Reminder that our monthly meeting start again on Tuesday 4th September after our summer break at 8.00 pm in the Teagasc Centre on the Newport Road, Westport. We will have the Certificates for those who completed the Beginners Course and will be discussing how to prepare your hive for the winter. Any questions or problems…
On the night we have Brian Ambrey of the Sligo-Leitrim Beekeepers Association who will give a talk about Queen rearing, so come along! you may pick up a few tip’s as regards how to get a few extra nuc’s to make up for the over winter losses. What a change we have had in the weather. From…
WBKA Club Members We are delighted to announce that the first annual Social Evening gathering of the Mayo Beekeepers will take place on Saturday 2nd June at 5.30 p.m. for 6.00 p.m at: The Merry Monk Killala Rd, Kilmoremoy, Ballina, Co. Mayo. https://goo.gl/maps/Qec6tqKcX5u A three-course meal will be provided, and we will be honoured with a talk by Michael Wilde of Tara Hill…
The Beekeepers of the future! proud to know we have people who care about our environment and the protection of the Honeybee and other pollinating insects. Thanks to everybody who completed the course and good luck in the future.
Another approach! “Balanced Beekeeping” by Henry Horkan.