# Bees

Last month

March 2023

The Bee Guy: It's Mother's Day soon, so let's pause and thank the original mother - this planet

Paul Handrick of The Bee Sanctuary pays tribute to his late mother and the way she inspired him to champion biodiversity.

9.2k

Mar 13th 2023, 9:30 PM

Last year

2022

# bad buzz

Bumblebee wings show stress of climate change on insect, says study

Scientists from Imperial College London and the Natural History Museum have published two papers analysing UK bumblebee populations.

16.6k

Aug 18th 2022, 11:27 AM

# Bees

'A young player with big potential' - Brentford boss on Euro 2020 star's arrival from Sampdoria

Mikkel Damsgaard has linked up with the Bees squad ahead of Saturday’s Premier League clash at home to Manchester United.

6.0k

Aug 11th 2022, 11:13 AM

# Cork University Hospital

Hospital installs hives to ease children’s bee and wasp sting fears

Cork University Hospital has become home to tens of thousands of honeybees.

15.0k

Jul 10th 2022, 1:19 PM

# Environment

EU lays out plan to halve pesticide use and restore damaged ecosystems

The Commission wants legally binding targets to halve the use of pesticides across the EU and restore 20 percent of its land and seas by 2030.

5.2k

Jun 22nd 2022, 2:23 PM

Voices

The Bee Guy: On World Bee Day, let's not just focus on the honey bees

Paul Handrick says time is running out for wild bees but there’s lots we can do to help.

15.8k

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May 20th 2022, 10:09 AM

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The Bee Guy: Diary of a mother bumble bee stuck at the window

Paul Handrick charts the story of that one bee you hear tapping at the window to get out, and he asks us to help her escape.

21.5k

Apr 18th 2022, 9:00 PM

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The Bee Guy: The girls are back in town - tips for helping the bumblebee queens

Paul Handrick has some helpful advice for keeping queen bumblebees alive if you see them in trouble.

29.9k

Mar 26th 2022, 8:00 AM

# Bees

Christian Eriksen gets hero’s welcome but Brentford and Palace lack inspiration

The Denmark midfielder was introduced to the home crowd before kick-off.

3.0k

Feb 12th 2022, 5:23 PM

All time

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Opinion: Bees and agriculture need each other - we should class bees as livestock to protect them

Fianna Fáil Senator Erin McGreehan argues that protecting bees should be a priority for the Department of Agriculture.

11.8k

Jul 10th 2021, 7:00 AM

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Opinion: Our bee sanctuary is wild, messy and beautiful - and it's protecting biodiversity

Paul Handrick runs ‘the only true bee sanctuary on the planet’ in county Wicklow and before you ask, no, they don’t produce honey.

19.9k

Jun 5th 2021, 8:30 AM

# great buzz

Quiz: How much do you know about bees?

Beads?

55.1k

Aug 16th 2020, 10:00 PM

# new pollinator plan

Leinster House lawn to get Irish wildflowers and bee boxes

City and county councils have been doing other work to help save the bees, including ‘rewilding’ parts of parks and lawns.

13.8k

Jul 17th 2019, 3:59 PM

# buzz about the city

'The street was full of bees': Swarm causes 'panic' in Limerick city

“Some people were running away and others were standing across the street looking on,” a café owner said.

54.0k

Jul 10th 2019, 9:20 PM

# biodiversity buzz

Grass swirls and wildflowers: What city councils are doing to help save the bees

Pesticides are still in use, but being cut down on by councils in an effort to promote biodiversity.

25.4k

Jul 7th 2019, 10:00 PM

# buzzing

Pesticides on farms are wiping out entire hives and tens of thousands of bees in one spray

‘Bees were out foraging and when the spray hit them they couldn’t make it back to the hive and they died.’

30.2k

Jun 8th 2019, 7:30 AM

# Study

A bee can process numbers in the same way that a human does

Previous studies have shown other animals have similar cognitive functions to humans.

12.3k

Jun 5th 2019, 6:20 AM

# buzz buzz

Bees have brains that can figure out basic maths, new study finds

The researchers built on their previous finding that honeybees can understand the concept of zero.

13.9k

Feb 9th 2019, 10:45 AM

# buzz

Warm weather and busy keepers meant a good summer for Irish bees

The number of beekeepers has increased significantly in recent years.

10.1k

Sep 22nd 2018, 6:30 PM

# Bzzzzz

Bee venom may be effective in treating common skin condition eczema, study finds

Eczema is a chronic condition that causes the skin to become itchy, red, dry and cracked.

10.7k

Sep 7th 2018, 6:10 AM

# buzzing

Ireland has its first 'bee-friendly' roundabout

More than half of the country’s bee species have experienced substantial declines since the 1980s.

24.5k

Sep 2nd 2018, 10:30 AM

# Food security

Irish and US researchers teaming up to help save bees

More than half of Ireland’s bee species have experienced substantial declines since the 1980s.

12.2k

Aug 6th 2018, 6:30 PM

# beekeepers

What should you do if you find a swarm of bees in your home?

May to July is a hotspot for bee activity – here’s what to do if a swarm of bees are in your home.

40.9k

Jun 16th 2018, 8:00 AM

# Bumble-BEEHAVE

'Virtual safe space' aims to help identify threats facing bumblebees

The free tool provides a computer simulation of how colonies will develop.

8.4k

May 25th 2018, 12:30 PM

# Un-BEE-lievable

The Irish honeybee was thought to be extinct. But a scientist found them in 300 hives

The native bee once dominated all of northern Europe and researchers hope it can make a comeback.

19.8k

Oct 4th 2017, 4:20 PM

# gormanstown

Can you spot a bumble bee? One of the lessons learnt at Ireland's beekeeper school

Learning how to rear a queen bee and honey samples – here’s a quick flavour of beekeeping school.

21.0k

Aug 6th 2017, 7:30 PM

# normal beehaviour

A swarm of bees swept through Midleton's main street today

The Irish Wildlife Trust says it has received a few sightings of huge swarms of bees this week.

82.8k

Jun 16th 2017, 9:51 PM

# honey honey

People have set up a tiny memorial for an exterminated beehive

Bye bye.

3.2k

Jul 9th 2016, 2:11 PM

# bee cool

Two second year students from Limerick have invented air-conditioning for bees

More honey = more money.

15.2k

Jan 7th 2016, 2:42 PM

# buzz words

Ireland's bees are in danger, but here's the plan that could save them

Many of the crops grown here depend on bees to pollinate them.

17.4k

Sep 17th 2015, 6:02 AM

# sting in the tale

18 hospitalised after a truck carrying thousands of bees crashes on motorway

Two of those injured included two Finnish tourists.

27.9k

Sep 14th 2015, 4:01 PM

# bad buzz

Bees are disappearing - and scientists are warning about worrying knock-on problems

Scientists want to move bee populations to new areas.

14.2k

Jul 13th 2015, 10:30 AM

# walk in the park

A pregnant woman got lost in a forest, gave birth, then fought off placenta-hungry bees

Eventful few days, then.

37.1k

Jul 1st 2015, 9:15 PM

# buzzz

A swarm of bees terrified pedestrians on a footpath in Dublin city centre today

Gardaí kept an eye on the situation until the beekeeper came in to save the day.

50.8k

Jul 1st 2015, 8:07 PM

# Out of the Woods

A pregnant woman got lost in a forest, gave birth, then fought off placenta-hungry bees

Eventful few days, then.

4.9k

Jul 1st 2015, 9:03 AM

# not the bees

'Everyone's been stung' ... Millions of bees escape after Seattle tractor-trailer crash

“I think everybody there got stung,” a local police officer said.

14.3k

Apr 18th 2015, 10:55 AM

# bee-t it

Weather reporter terrified by 'giant bee' live on air

NOT THE BEES.

3.8k

Oct 1st 2014, 3:11 PM

# oh honey

Woman finds 50,000 bees living in her ceiling

They’d managed to build 17 honeycombs.

3.3k

Aug 22nd 2014, 7:09 PM

# dad lols

Everyone on Twitter is making the same dad joke right now

Dad… is that you?

6.3k

May 18th 2014, 2:37 PM

# hive of activity

High-street shoppers attacked by massive swarm of bees in London

They just needed a place to bee for a while.

41.5k

May 16th 2014, 6:45 PM