Dean and Triona Hand, who had to take the heartbreaking decision to close their Clerihan Daybreak store on Sunday, are pictured receiving the Daybreak Store of the Year Award for 2016
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Aoife Mac Giolla Cuda: making honey and protecting the Irish black honey bee
Fourth-generation Tipperary beekeepers, who are part of a drive to save Ireland’s native honey bees from extinction, will be showcased at this weekend’s Cork City Hall Crafts and Design Fair
Aoife Mac Giolla Cuda and her dad Micheál, of Galtee Honey Farm, are committed to promoting the conservation of the native black honey bee of Ireland, and specialise in breeding and rearing queen bees for Irish apiaries.
“We have 170 hives with about 10 on each of 16 sites over a 20-mile radius in the Galtee Vee Valley,” said Aoife who will be exhibiting special Christmas honey gift sets at the Fair. “The area is one of the most important Irish breeding zones for the black bee and is a genetic reserve.”
She warned that as well as pesticides and bio-diversity, the bees biggest threat is the tiny Varroa mite, which lives off the honey bee.
“There are a growing number of beekeepers who are committed to conserving the native black bee, which is almost extinct in most of Europe.
“There now is more awareness of the importance of honeybees than there was 10 years ago,” said Aoife.
A planning decision is due to be made this week on a proposed housing development in Cahir
Pictured left: Mark Ely, David Donovan, Danny Lawlor, Francis Hogan, David Russell, Michael Cahill, Tipp Irish Kidney Association branch reps Ann Hackett, Mary Adamson, Orla Hogan and Joan Gavan pic
Danny O'Dwyer from Cashel being presented the Sprint Stake trophy after Windmill Breeze's trap to line win
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