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bee-keeping

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Telling the bees: Why this ancient mourning tradition has endured
Telling the bees: Why this ancient mourning tradition has endured
Beekeeper’s daughter and student of folklore Eimear Chaomhánach shares memories of growing up in a beekeeping household, collecting swarms with her father and learning how to harvest honey, while looking at the beliefs, traditions and folklore around bees and beekeeping

Tue, 29 Oct, 2024

Unlike in the movies a swarm of bees will not pester, chase or attack people
Unlike in the movies a swarm of bees will not pester, chase or attack people

Mary O’Riordan says unlike in the movies a swarm of bees will not pester, chase or attack people.

Sat, 13 Jun, 2015

We depend on bees to make flowers fruit and plants thrive
We depend on bees to make flowers fruit and plants thrive

Blanketing our countryside in late April were seas of white and yellow blossoms providing a wonderful vista if you were out and about. 

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