Irish honeybee’s future looking sweet

IS there a more authentic sound of summer in Ireland than the drone of bees?

Yet, amid concerns about the plight of the global bee population, people fear this unmistakable sound might not be heard in the future.

Fear not. A study being carried out at the Limerick Institute of Technology (LIT), which coincides with the ‘year of the honeybee,’ is showing that our native honeybee population is healthy and may not be at the same risk of colony collapse as those in other parts of the world.