Westport Beekeepers Association
Westport Honeybee Festival Incorporating the 7th West Awake Honey Show in Scoil Padraig, Newport Road, Westport. F28 V023 Saturday 19th October 2019 Entries for honey show commence 08.30am to 09.45am. Exhibits can be viewed from 12-4.00pm. Presentations from 4.00pm Gardening talk by horticulturist, Paraic Horkan. Biodiversity talks by Karina Dingerkus. Stands include:
Last year we had our first fundraiser Flag Day/ Bucket Collection in mid August. This year, the date will be Thursday 15th August, This year the funds will go towards cost of the Honeybee Festival incorporating the 7th West Awake Honey Show we are hosting on Saturday 19th October. If you are free to help out/ volunteer a
Please Support!! Thanks again to the TESCO Store, Westport, for giving us an opportunity in their store with a bucket for shoppers to put their blue tokens into to support the Westport Beekeepers in their journey to save the Honey Bee and all pollinators in the area. Starting Monday 24th June 2019. Please tell all
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
In the Teagasc Centre, Westport. (Eircode: F28 W681) Speaker on the night is Cormac Langan, Westport College of Further Education he will tell us from experience of what flowers and trees are best suited to bees and other insects in the local area for forage! WBKA BEGINNERS BEEKEEPING COURSE WILL BE HELD OVER WEEKEND 13/14/APRIL
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
Pat Curran, South Kerry, commercial beekeeper (Sunhill Honey) and member of the Killorglin Beekeepers Association, will discuss about the beekeeper’s tasks in early Spring. Membership now due. At the Westport Beekeepers meeting on Tuesday 4th of December a talk was given by our Vice Chairman Ger Hyland. (Beekeepers Shop & Supplies) He explained to the members
Westport Beekeepers monthly meeting is on Tuesday evening 4th of December in the Teagasc Centre on the Newport Rd, Westport, @ 8.00 pm.