Bees for Beginners

Hollyfort has six beehives almost ready for honeybees.

If you would like to learn about bees and beekeeping come along to our Introduction to Beekeeping with Dave Mulvaney on Saturday morning 14th March from 10 to 11 am in Hollyfort Old School.


Dave is a resident of Hollyfort and a qualified beekeeper, and has kindly offered to run a FREE Introduction to Beekeeping session, in association with Hollyfort Tidy Towns.

This one-hour taster session will help you decide if you would like to join his course on beekeeping later in the spring.

Contact Carol Boland on 0851138367 to reserve your place or just turn up.

Tip of the Month - Plant bidens for the Bumblebees

Bumblebees are dying of hunger and in grave danger of disappearing from Ireland's countryside and gardens.

The population of the most common bumblebees has plummeted by 14 pc in just seven years and a third of our 21 species are critically endangered.

We keep tidying up nature so we have lots of grassland and parkland with no dandelions or clover or other wildflowers and the bumblebees die of hunger.

'Petunias, begonias, primulas and most of the bedding plants we like so much are useless as sources of nectar . . If we could get people to plant bidens and bacopas, it would really help,' says Dr Una Fitzpatrick, who runs the bumblebee monitoring scheme for the National Biodiversity Data Centre.

Source: Independant.ie

Leave No Trace Ireland

Hollyfort is now a member of Leave No Trace Ireland, Ireland’s only outdoor ethics programme, which promotes the responsible use of the outdoors. Through education, research and partnerships, Leave No Trace Ireland enables and supports individuals, communities, organisations and companies in reducing the environmental impact of outdoor activities.

Let’s protect and enjoy our natural world together

https://www.leavenotraceireland.org/