!!! NEXT  MEETINGS!!!

Thursday 23rd January 2020, With guest speaker John Donohue

Thursday 27th February 2020,  Guest speaker Irene Power

Thursday 9th April 2020 (date changed from 2nd) Guest speaker Eamonn Magee

• Time: 7.30pm Location: Teach Bhride, Tullow.

Thursday 7th May 2020, Members Q&A session,  at 7.30pm, Carlow I.T.

FIBKA’s Regional Workshop is Saturday 15th February, at 10am. Keadeeen Hotel Newbridge. Please have your membership number to sign in.

 

BEGINNER’S COURSE 2020 (FULLY BOOKED!!)

AGM Thursday 28th November 2019

 

National Ploughing Championships 2019

We’ll be helping out at the FIBKA tent at the Ploughing Champs. We’ll have an observation hive there so do pop in for a look! Block 4, Row 22, Stand 515🐝🐝

Rahanna- Blackstairs Showcase, Sunday 8th September 2019 

We’re back in The Village of Rathanna soon for the Blackstairs Hill Farming Showcase 2019. We’ll have the bees with us in an observation hive, so do come say hi and enjoy the festivities in the stunning hills of County Carlow!

FIBKA Beekeeping Summer School at Gormanston. August 10-16th 

This annual beekeeping summer course now in its 73rd year and its 59th
at Gormanston College, Co Meath embraces all levels of beekeeping from
the beginner to more experienced beekeeper including the most up to
date development and scientific data available in Apiculture.

 

Carlow Arts Fringe Festival 

We’ll be in Perry’s Warehouse with a stand at the art exhibition this Sunday from 12pm.

Trees for Bees @Visual Centre for Contemporary Arts, Saturday 9th March 2019

 

Eamonn Magee talks “Spring Management”, Tues 5th March 2019

We’re very excited and honoured to have special guest speaker Eamonn Magee speaking at our next meeting. It’s this Tuesday at 7.30pm at the Tullow Resource Centre. All members welcome!

Upcoming: Beginner’s Course 2019

Duckett’s Grove Christmas Fair, 2nd Dec 2018

The Beekeepers will be there tomorrow for chats. Come say hi at our stand! 😊

Annual General Meeting, Dec 6th 2018 

Carlow I.T. Sustainability Week. Tuesday 27 Nov 2018

The Beekeepers will be at Institute of Technology Carlow tomorrow, for the Student Union’s “Sustainability Week”. We look forward to talking bees with the I.T. crowd!

 

The Blackstairs Farming Group Showcase 16 September 2018

This Sunday the village of Rathanna will host the 2018 Blackstairs Farming Group Showcase from 2pm.
The Carlow Beekeepers will be there, along with the bees in an observation hive where you can safely study them! Come visit our tent, see the bees at work, and have a chat with us. You may even see the Queen up-close! 🐝

The Phoenix Park Honey Show 9/9/18

Not to be missed! Visit http://phoenixpark.ie/event/the-phoenix-park-honey-show-2/

Visual Centre, Carlow 8/9/18

The Beekeepers (and the bees!) will be at the Visual Centre for Contemporary Art in Carlow this Saturday 8th September 2018 for a family-friendly afternoon of seasonal games, short talks and demonstrations. Join us for a demo and have a look at our glass-fronted observation beehive!