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Who knew when I bought my little yellow car, that it would be a perfect one for an amateur beekeeper! Add my suit and a smoker and I look like an alien!
In 2019, my cousin Tom - a fantastic beekeeper (with his wife Lillie and help from my aunt Nan) at O'Sullivan Honey invited me to come and help with harvesting his honey.

It was an amazing experience and in no time I was hooked! I did an evening course at a local (ish) college and started with a hive of my own...
The rest, as they say, is history.

I only have a few hives and am a total amateur - though I learn more every year. Keeping these few hives has made me a passionate advocate for the bio-diversity that honey bees, bumble bees, wild and solitary bees – as well as all other animals and humans - depend on.

While I always avoided pesticides in my gardening, I have become much more aware of their damage and more careful in how I garden - abandoning neatness for wild areas where bees and other insects and animals can thrive (that's my excuse anyway).
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Attending the Beekeeping course at Collis Sands, Tralee
When I came to write my next story, of course I had to feature a visit to an Apiary - where we meets Zora the beekeeper and learn about honey bees. Click on the coevrs to find out more...

Find out more about Zora's bees...

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Inspirational Black Beekeepers,
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