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Where does honey come from? What do bees do in Winter?

 

 

If these questions have ever crossed your mind, join the Institute of Northern Ireland Beekeepers in The Navan Centre in the heart of County Armagh on Saturday 8th November. You might even ask yourself, “Could I become a beekeeper?”

 

Come along! Enjoy a free, informative day on “Beginning with Honeybees” and find out the answers to these questions and more!

 

Saturday 8th November 2014; 9:30am to 4:30pm

 

Enjoy complementary morning refreshments and lunch.

 

Prior booking essential

 

For further information, contact:

 

* Tom Canning, INIB Education Officer: T. 028 38871260 M. 07867878474 tjcanning@btinternet.com

 

* Lyndon Wortley, INIB Membership Secretary: membership@inibeekeepers.com

 

* Stephen Wilson: M.07955258629: stephen.m.wilson@hotmail.co.uk

 

* Stephen Robinson: M07854943294: admin@sgrobinson.co.uk

 

* Caroline Thomson, INIB Secretary: secretary@inibeekeepers.com

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Bee-Day 2014: Beginning with Honeybees

 

 

Have you ever really thought about where honey comes from?

 

 

Have you ever wondered, “Could I become a beekeeper?”

 

 

Following on from the success of its inaugural “Bee-Day” in 2013, the Institute of Northern Ireland Beekeepers is, again, running an event to help the curious answer these questions.

 

 

The INIB’s 2014 beekeeping familiarisation day will be held in the Navan Centre, (81 Killylea Road, Armagh. BT60 4LD), on 8th November 2014. This event is aimed at the ever growing number of people who are interested in beekeeping and the role this fascinating little insect has to play in our wider environment. Honeybees and other pollinating insects are vital to a very large part of food production across the globe (and to local apple production) and worryingly, they are under threat.

 

 

The 2014 INIB Bee-Day presents an opportunity to learn how you can help preserve honeybees. The City of Armagh is recognised as a seat of ancient learning and so it is appropriate that we bring this event to the Navan Centre. Interestingly, organised beekeeping in Ireland has its origins in a meeting held in Armagh in the late 19th Century.

 

 

You will hear first-hand accounts of the pleasures of beekeeping. Knowledgeable beekeepers will talk about the life of the honeybee, the different jobs bees carry out during their lives, swarming and wintering a colony of bees. Time will be devoted to the queen honeybee, mother of all in the hive, whose qualities largely determine the success of the colony and ultimately, of all beekeeping activities.

 

 

Information will be provided about the basic equipment needed to keep bees and associated costs. Advice will even be provided on how aspiring beekeepers can obtain healthy, placid and industrious bees. One of the best ways to start beekeeping is with the support of your local beekeeping association. The INIB will be providing everyone who attends with contact details for all the local beekeeping associations so that anyone who is interested can take the next steps to becoming a beekeeper.

 

 

Bee-Day 2014 presents the public with an opportunity to talk with and question experienced beekeepers. Go along and find out if you could become a beekeeper.

 

 

Complementary morning refreshments and a finger-buffet lunch will be provided for everyone who pre-registers for the event before 4th November.

 

 

For further information and to register for the Bee-Day, please contact:

 

Tom Canning, INIB Education Officer: T. 028 38871260 M. 07867878474 tjcanning@btinternet.com Lyndon Wortley, INIB Membership Secretary: leawortley@aol.com Stephen Wilson: M.07955258629: stephen.m.wilson@hotmail.co.uk Stephen Robinson: M07854943294: admin@sgrobinson.co.uk

 

Caroline Thomson, INIB Secretary: secretary@inibeekeepers.com