Irish bees collect most of their honey from blackberry blossom – the common briars in the hedgerows – and from clover. There are many other wild flowers, ...

To help the Irish honey bee we need more forage, which means more flowers, especially wild flowers. It takes ~2,000,000 flowers for a honey bee colony to produce one pound of honey.

A third of Irish bee species are threatened with extinction with bumblebee populations falling year-on-year due to removal of hedgerows and ditches, use of pesticides and insecticides and climate ...

Bees make honey. That simple statement, which briefly had another life as the name of an almost-famous Irish pub rock band in the 1970s, is probably our first thought when it comes to these ...

Imagine walking through the Irish countryside, greeted by a tapestry of wildflowers, ancient oaks, and the gentle hum of bees ...

The Protection of the Native Irish Honey Bee Bill 2021 is the work of beekeepers, scientists and barristers from the Climate Bar Association who believe they have found wording to get around this.

The Protection of the Native Irish Honey Bee Bill 2021 NIHBS has always campaigned for a ban on the importation of honey bees into Ireland. Hence the introduction of a private members bill by Senator ...

One feral indigenous Irish Honey Bee hive in the statue of a lion on the estate of Mote Park, Co Roscommon (Image: Daniel Connell). Scientists have revealed that at least three bee species have ...

Most of the bees in Arizona are Africanized "killer" bees. Here's what happens if you get stung by a killer bee and how to ...

Some 20,000 bees invaded the match at the Mardyke in Cork, forcing players and umpires alike to hit the ground for cover as the swarm made it impossible for players to make it to the boundary line.