Spring Weekend
A Guest Lecturer is invited to give a weekend of
lectures on Beekeeping
each year in the Spring. This event takes place on Friday evening,
Saturday morning and Saturday afternoon of the chosen weekend. It is
open to beekeepers from all associations.
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Munster
Agricultural
Show
The Association provides a stand at the Munster
Agricultural Show in
Ballintemple each year where information about Beekeeping in general
and of the association's activities is presented. Honey is also
presented for sale by members.
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Belgooly
Agricultural
Show
In year 2006, a stand was manned at Belgooly
Agricultural Show.
Honeybees were displayed in an observation hive and information about
the association and beekeeping in general was also available.
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Gormanston Course
A delegation from the Association attends the
annual
conference of the
Federation of Irish Beekeepers' Associations at the Annual Summer
Course in Gormanston College Co. Meath in July. More information on the
Gormanston Conference can be accessed on various web sites that are
accessible via links on this page.
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Adult Education
Exhibition
A stand is manned at the Cork Adult Education's
Exhibition at City Hall
in early September where information about Beekeeping and the
forthcoming Beginners' Course is on offer.
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Beginners Course
A Course of instruction in the craft of Beekeeping
is
held each year in
October at Cork Institute of Technology, Bishopstown.
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Annual Honey Show
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The
County Cork
Association joins with East Cork
Beekeepers'
Association to arrange the Annual Honey Show at Fota each year. The
show is held in the Education Centre adjoining the entrance to the Wild
Life Park and takes place on the first weekend of October. It is open
to the public from 2 pm to 4.30 pm on that Sunday. |
South Tipperary
Honey
Show
Members also travel to Clonmel for the South
Tipperary
Beekeepers'
Association's Annual honey show. This usually takes place in September.
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London Honey Show
Members travel to the British Beekeepers' National
Honey
Show in London
each year in October and figure prominently amongst the prizewinners
there.
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