This article is based on ‘Thousands lined up at the stalls’ – our weekend at the West Waterford Food Festival by Gavin Caffrey
The Waterford Beekeepers Association delivered a crash course in the perilous life of the Irish black bee, whose very existence could be wiped out if the all-conquering Asian hornet gets into Ireland.
This apex predator has already decimated much of Europe’s honey bee colonies and is firmly on beekeepers groups’ most wanted lists, with any sightings reported with a photograph to the Recording System :: Invasive species
At the Co. WBKA Apiary, awaiting the visitors during the West Waterford Festival of Food 2023.
Co. WBKA APIARY is a VCA (Voluntary Conservation Area), for the Native Irish Honey Bee, seen above in the demo hive.
Seeing inside the hive with the demonstration hive is always a guaranteed success…
Co.Waterford Beekeepers’ Association highlights our native Irish honey bee and some produce from the hive!