Creating a buzz about diversity will benefit all

Farmers like the McCalls can play a leading role in the battle for Ireland’s threatened bees, writes Ellie O’Byrne.

Kim McCall with a bucket full of biochar used on his farm in Calverstown, Kilcullen, Co Kildare. Picture: michaelorourkephotography.ie

Kim McCall says he’s never been one for reading the instructions. He’s always farmed his own way, and his own way, he says, involves “working with nature and not against her”.