World Bee Day marked across the globe
Minister Pippa Hackett visited Lidl - which has become a Pillinator-Friendly supermarket - as the Department works towards the protection of biodiversity and the conservation of native ecosystems in Ireland. File Picture.
Today is World Bee Day and to mark the occasion, Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Senator Pippa Hackett visited the Department’s Bee Health laboratory at the Backweston Campus in Co Kildare.
There, the Department provides a bee health service, free of charge, facilitating the early detection of pests and pathogens which is key to maintaining a healthy stock of bees in Ireland.
