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The County Dublin Beekeepers Association Introduction to Beekeeping Course 2025 The County Dublin Beekeepers Association (CDBKA) will host its annual Introduction to Beekeeping Course in February 2025. The course will run over 8 evenings starting on Thursday the 6th of February 2025 at 7.30 pm. Each session will last an […]

Beginners Course 2025

County Dublin Beekeepers Association Beginners Beekeeping Course 2025 New Syllabus – Draft 1 Talk 1   February 6th                   Introduction to beekeeping Talk 2   February 13th                 The Colony Talk 3   February 27th               The Beekeeping year February/March Talk 4   March 6th                       The Beekeeping year April/May […]

Course Content Beginners 2025

The County Dublin Beekeepers Association is affiliated to the Federation of Irish Beekeepers Associations (FIBKA). As a fully paid-up member of the County Dublin Beekeepers Association (CDBKA) you automatically become a member of the Federation of Irish Beekeepers Associations (FIBKA). On receipt of your subscription to CDBKA a portion will […]

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The County Dublin Beekeepers Association will hold it’s 81st Honey Show on Saturday 2nd November 2024 at Taney Parish Hall, Dundrum, D14AX78.  If you have any queries, please email honeyshow@dublinbees.org or contact the Honey Show Secretary, Peter Finnegan, at 086 815 1379. Downloadable Entry Form Online Entries not closed. Rules […]

Honey Show 2024 Information

Bee-Keeping in Ireland A History by James K. Watson sets out the origins of the Association: “In 1942, Robert N. Tweedy, feeling that there was an increasing demand for some kind of beekeepers’ organisation in Dublin, conceived the idea of giving a series of lectures on the craft in the […]

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What to do if you find a swarm on your property. Not all bees you may find in your garden are honey bees, some might be bumble bees, solitary bees or even wasps. Honey bees swarm as a matter of course, if you are not a beekeeper and encounter bees […]

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