Belfast & District Beekeepers Association
Joined June 2013
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Belfast Bees retweeted
8 Apr 2020
Nice - dandelions are a really vital food source for bees and other insects at this time of year!
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Belfast Bees retweeted
31 Mar 2020
We are very sad to hear of the passing of Peter Tomkins, aged 87. Peter worked at Rothamsted and was a font of beekeeping knowledge and great stories. His family tell us that he did get to see the April issue of Bee Craft and was 'chuffed' to have won the prize letter.
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Belfast Bees retweeted
31 Mar 2020
Really sad to hear the news of the passing of Dinah Sweet from @CardiffBees.
Dinah was a wealth of beekeeping knowledge and a valued visitor to our local association for honey shows and talks. She was also a regular writer in magazines such as Welsh Beekeeper & @BeeCraftMag
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Belfast Bees retweeted
31 Mar 2020
A message from the UBKA about 2020 Covid 19 pandemic
Please find attached from - James McCreight, Chair UBKA @MidAntrimbee @KillinchyBees @BelfastBees @DerryBeekeepers @RANDBKA
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Belfast Bees retweeted
16 Mar 2020
The Welsh BKA Convention on 28 March has also been cancelled. #Wales #Beekeeping
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Belfast Bees retweeted
16 Mar 2020
We have just heard that the BBKA Spring Convention and the Yorkshire BKA Conference have been cancelled.
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Belfast Bees retweeted
14 Mar 2020
We're very sad to hear that the 2020 IMYB in Slovenia has been postponed until 2021. There will be lots of disappointed young beekeepers out there, but a very understandable decision, taken in good time. icyb.cz/blog/2020/03/13/imyb…
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Belfast Bees retweeted
7 Mar 2020
Build a Pollinator Palace to Display in Your Garden flip.it/RqeeTj
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Belfast Bees retweeted
4 Mar 2020
In a study published Tuesday scientists found that baby #bees can feel the effects of the food contaminated by pesticides, making them poorer at performing tasks later in life. #beekeeping cnn.com/2020/03/03/world/bab…
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It is prohibited to cut hedgerows or to burn gorse from 1st March until 31st August. Report illegal hedge cutting to the National Parks & Wildlife Service
(npws.ie/contact-us) and/or the Gardaí. Give as much info possible – photos, vehicle registration, date, time & location
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IBRA’s the 1st prize (a 1 year subscription to Bee World) to the best student entry (on #propolis' effect on pain) at the #AAAPhilippines Conference 2020 . The conference was mostly about #stinglessbees – which rapidly seem to acquire the status of being the ‘bees of the future’.
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Belfast Bees retweeted
2 Mar 2020
Wild plants and animals and their interactions with their ecosystems have sustained humankind for millennia, providing the air we breathe, the food we eat and the material and energy for our economies and well-being
🐝wildlifeday.org
#WorldWildlifeDay #WWD2020
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Belfast Bees retweeted
7 Mar 2020
Our annual #wax #workshop is in full flow with lots of wonderful #beeswax creations from #candles to #flowers and #frames What a fun, productive day! Thank you so much to all our participants #volunteers and hosts @ThorneBeehives in #Fife
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Belfast Bees retweeted
28 Feb 2020
Here's a Friday afternoon treat: our February double-page spread of the Beekeeper's Timetable as originally devised by Glyn Davies of Devon and re-presented by Bee Craft. Click for a higher-res version: bee-craft.com/uploads/conten…
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Belfast Bees retweeted
26 Feb 2020
In 1996 it was discovered bees have tiny, tornado-like airflows that form on the front edges of their wings, known as leading edge vortices (LEVs). This allow them to angle their wings more sharply toward the sky, improving the flow of air and helping them rise.
#WeLoveBees
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Belfast Bees retweeted
24 Feb 2020
Now that's a name that would have gone down well in our #HiveMind column in Bee Craft this month. (And did you see Harry Siviter's great article on #sulfoxaflor in the January issue?)
14 Feb 2020
Just learnt that there is a bumblebee species called the confusing bumblebee (or Bombus perplexus). This made me smile. Happy Friday😂🐝🙂
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Belfast Bees retweeted
22 Feb 2020
In the March Bee Craft, just out, Dr Gerry Brierly takes a look at #apitherapy through the ages. #beekeeping #medicine #healing
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Belfast Bees retweeted
26 Feb 2020
This is interesting
'Defra said the money would also be used to help “continue and improve our tree health offer ensuring that the nation’s trees are increasingly resilient and healthy”.'
fwi.co.uk/business/payments-…
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