Westport Beekeepers Association
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
Westport Beekeepers monthly meeting is on Tuesday evening 4th of December in the Teagasc Centre on the Newport Rd, Westport, @ 8.00 pm.
Westport Beekeepers monthly meeting is on Tuesday evening in the Teagasc Centre on the Newport Rd Westport @ 8.00 pm. Giving the talk at the meeting is the well known beekeeper and lecturer Ben Harden, best known all over especially on the internet for his “Simple method of Raising Honey Bee Queen Cells” Ben keeps
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
Westport Beekeepers will have a Flag Day/Bucket Collection on Thursday 16th August 2018 outside a few of the larger shops in the town of Westport. Please be as generous as possible! The proceeds will help fund clothing and the necessary equipment required for the upkeep of bees, apiary’s etc. We are trying to do our