Fastnet Area Beekeepers Association
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Hello Beekeepers (and Prospective Beekeepers)! We’re delighted to announce that our 2025 beginner beekeeping course will be going ahead at the start of next year, commencing February 12th. The course will be held via a mixture of in-person & online sessions taught by qualified beekeeping experts. In-person meetings will be held at Ballydehob Community Hall. The price includes a full …
Hello Beekeepers! We hope that you are enjoying the final stretch of the honey production times of Beekeeping and that you will get to enjoy the fruits of the Bees and your own labour. The common theme for many this year is that overall it has been an usual year for honey production, with the endless rain being a significant disruptor …
Now that the winter wait is over, I hope you have been lucky enough to get a peek inside the hives to see how the ladies are managing. FABKA’s May Meeting I am pleased to inform you that our next in-person association meeting is scheduled as follows: Date: Wednesday, 15th May, 2024Time: 8:00 PM to 10:00 PMLocation: Ballydehob Community CentreStore …
We hope you’re all buzzing with excitement for our upcoming monthly in-person meeting. We’re thrilled to announce the details for our March gathering, where we’ll delve into the essential topic of the “12 Points to Beekeeping Success.” Meeting Details: Date: Wednesday, 20th March, 2024 Time: 8:00 PM Location: Ballydehob Community Centre – Store Rd, Knockroe, Ballydehob, Co. Cork, P81 FC89 …
Michael has been busy working away at writing some brief overview helpsheets for beginner beekeepers, and we’ve put these up on the website in our new ‘Advice’ section, which we hope to keep expanding to create a useful information source for beekeepers in our particular climate. Let us know if there are any beekeeping topics you’d like us to cover. Remember, if you have any questions at all about beekeeping, we’re only an email away!
We’re delighted to announce our 2021 beginner’s course! Thanks to Covid-19, this will take place via live online video sessions, but we also hope to hold hands-on sessions at our West Cork apiaries in the spring if HSE guidelines allow. The price includes a full year’s membership of FABKA with all associated benefits, as well as a copy of the …
We are acutely aware that the beekeeping season is slowing down for this year. But, in effect, it is the beginning of the new season in the form of preparing, feeding, treating for the winter season. We have all been following the FIBKA and HSE guidelines (see below) since March this 2020 year. We have now decided to try an …
The idea of starting a new FIBKA Association in this beautiful picturesque Fastnet Area was but a dream. The delightful wild rock and hill strewn vista with lots of varied flora and fauna for bees and insects is a paradise for pollinators. What motivated us to start a new group initially was the arduous road journey from the Mizen Peninsula …
The inaugural meeting of The Fastnet Area Beekeepers’ Association (FABKA) took place at the Teagasc Office in Skibbereen, a cold wet winter’s evening warmed by the welcome of Mairead and Mike Love the energy and vision behind this new endeavour. We were introduced to a number of special guests including Paul O’Brien the current President of the Federation of Irish …