Beekeepers across the country need to be more vigilant fighting the parasites that prey on honey bees if they want to keep their colonies alive, warn experts at the University of Limerick (UL).

In the past six years, 10 million hives, worth $2bn, have been wiped out in the US. Last winter alone, a third of all US honeybees died. Should we be worried? John Hearne reports

FEW Irish summer schools can match the buzz of activity for the past 51 years at the Federation of Irish Beekeepers’ Association’s (FIBKA) Summer School.