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
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