About LUBS
First Workshop
The first workshop was held the 16th of November 2013. This session covered a meet-and-greet and general discussion of the project. Following this, Simon gave an overview of bee-biology.
Second Workshop
Attentive participants: Sharon, Kerry, Patricia, Robin, Woodrow and Miriam. Photo courtesy of Lette Moloney.
Thursday the 12th of December, the group of urban beekeepers-to-be gathered again. Today's topics were communication in the hive and swarming.
Simon Sleeman lecturing about swarming. Photo courtesy of Lette Moloney.
Third workshop
The topic of the 9th of January 2014 was equipment. How beehives are made, why they are made the way they are, how to handle things and bees, and much more.
Simon Sleeman showing the parts of a beehive. Photo courtesy of Lette Moloney.
Urban apiarists gathered to open our big flatpack pallet of gear. Photo courtesy of Lette Moloney.
Starting to assemble one of our own beehives. Photo courtesy of Lette Moloney.
We ran out of time in this workshop and assembly of all the beehives will continue in the next workshop.
On the day, Mark took a full kit as "homework". Here's the resulting first beehive . Photo courtesy of Mark Thompson.
Fourth workshop
This workshop, the 16th of January 2014, covered both beekeeping management and making beehives.
Simon helping Miriam to get into beekeeper's suit. Photo courtesy of Lette Moloney.
Intensive assembly line, making behives. Photo courtesy of Lette Moloney.
Graduation
Finally, the 17th of May 2014, the Limerick Urban Beekeepers "graduated" in Simon's Apiary at Glenstal Abbey