2022 AND PLENTY TO DO

2022 AND PLENTY TO DO

JANUARY RETURN The Ballincollig Tidy Towns Workers were back to work this week after the Christmas and New Year break. Adrian spent most of Tuesday morning washing the soakage wicks belonging to the Eastgate planters. When this was done, he emptied all the Cig/Gum...

BEES – ARTICLE FROM THE GUARDIAN

  Article from The Guardian Country diary: the mother of all queen bee heroines  Buff-tailed bumblebees could be considered a hero of the animal world. Photograph: Mark Cocker It was once suggested that George Orwell’s notion of a hero was a working-class...

PESTICIDES EFFECTS ON BEES – STUDY

  Irish Wildlife Trust Interesting study here from the UK on certain pesticide’s effects on bees.  Baby bee brains develop abnormally when exposed to pesticide – study     Study was carried out by researchers from the Imperial College...