The growing natural beekeeping movement supports our honey-making friends in the kindest, most bee-centric ways.

The Federation of Irish Beekeepers Associations has warned of a major problem with the decline of habitats, flora and fauna, bees, birds and other wildlife.

COUGHING and spluttering in this season of dreariness? Before trying over-the-counter mixtures or resorting to antibiotics, try this World Health Organisation-approved remedy — a single teaspoon of honey three times a day, writes Clodagh Finn.

One third of the 98 bee species in Ireland are threatened with extinction while three-quarters of the country’s wild plants require insect pollinators.

BEEKEEPERS, don’t panic! The Irish bee colony is under no threat, so don’t pay too much heed to a new movie tracing the mysterious disappearance of bees in the US.