Establishing viable beehives throughout Limerick city The group will engage with established beekeepers to undertake training and workshops in beekeeping.
Softday in collaboration with the Limerick City Gallery of Art, are working on a new project inspired by their scientific and creative findings during the Amhran na mBeach (Song of the Bees). Working with new participants and data around pollination and bees they have initiated a dialogue with the city of Limerick and its citizens to explore the potential of beekeeping in the city
Softday wish to
01/08/2020
People Are Building Beehives Out of LEGOs and I Love It Thousands of bees are living in a hives made from Legos. This one is pretty spectacular. Beehive made from Legos Courtesy of ABC Facebook Bees normally build their own hives where honey is harvested, but
20/05/2020
Happy World Bee Day
We'll be posting images of bees taken by IWT members from across Ireland as well as sharing tips on bee conservation from the All Ireland Pollinator Plan found at www.pollinators.ie
26/01/2020
10/01/2020
Little bees in Vietnam are incredibly chilled out.. I guess they are happy in the endless heat and lots of natural sugars on tap...
14/10/2019
Blind Beekeeper Relies on the Sound of the Swarm to Keep Her Hives Happy When Aerial Gilbert went blind, beekeeping was something she figured she’d have to give up. But in the 30 years since, she's found ways to do things she used to — and that's meant relying a lot more on the power of sound.
25/09/2019
First batch of late season honey from the Brown Thomas apiary in Limerick City in collaboration with LUBS
12/09/2019
great honey harvest yesterday. Honey from three different Limerick Urban Beekeeping sites: The Learning Hub, The Hunt Museum and the Limerick School of Art apiaries. Good to see so many people helping out and enjoying the work.
11/09/2019
Honey from the Hunt Museum, bees are doing great and were very busy pollinating the flowers around Limerick city this summer.. well done girls 🌻🐝 and thank to Learning Hub crew for helping today and the Hunt Museum for their support.
19/06/2019
https://www.instructables.com/id/Nucleus-Honey-Bees-Queen-Rearing/
An Easy Way to Make a Nucleus of Honey Bees With Queen Grafting An Easy Way to Make a Nucleus of Honey Bees With Queen Grafting: Honey bees, when out in the wild, will reproduce by making a number of swarms which will leave the mother hive with a queen and set off to find a new home, such as a hollow in a tree or even the engine bay of somebodies car!As a bee ke...
18/05/2019
World bee day
https://www.worldbeeday.org/en/
26/04/2019