Category Archives: Bees

Bee Alert

Posted on 24 June 2007 by Graham Strouts

When local West Cork Bee Guru Tim Rowe booked the a hall in Bantry a couple of weeks ago for a talk by Mary Coffey from the Oak Park Research Centre in Carlow, he hadn’t quite bargained on the huge … Continue reading →

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Bitter-sweet Harvest

Posted on 17 May 2007 by Graham Strouts

West Cork bee-keeper Tim Rowe kindly sent me this article he has written highlighting the plight of bees and bee-keepers on account of widespread Colony Collapse Syndrome: BITTER-SWEET HARVEST – a beekeeper’s year. It’s been a strange year. Last summer … Continue reading →

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