Limerick Urban Beekeeping Society

Limerick Urban Beekeeping Society 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

establish a co-operative made up of new and interested urban beekeepers in Limerick city. Working with (existing and) new communities of interest, They will establish viable bee hives on the rooftops of municipal buildings, in city parks and private gardens to encourage Limerick city beekeeping and honey production. Softday will also work collaboratively and creatively with the new co-operative to create significant artworks as part of this project.

01/08/2020

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
Little bees in Vietnam are incredibly chilled out.. I guess they are happy in the endless heat and lots of natural sugar...
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

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.

First batch of late season honey from the Brown Thomas apiary in Limerick City in collaboration with LUBS
25/09/2019

First batch of late season honey from the Brown Thomas apiary in Limerick City in collaboration with LUBS

great honey harvest yesterday. Honey from three different Limerick Urban Beekeeping sites: The Learning Hub, The Hunt Mu...
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.

Honey from the Hunt Museum, bees are doing great and were very busy pollinating the flowers around Limerick city this su...
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.

https://www.instructables.com/id/Nucleus-Honey-Bees-Queen-Rearing/
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: 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...

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