Published in Ireland’s Own Magazine, Nov 2024. Bees and beekeeping are woven deep into the fabric of my life, from as early as I can remember. My father, Pat Kavanagh, has practised beekeeping for 70 of his 85 years. But it is more than a practice: it is the core of his existence, deeply anchored…
Published in BBKA News, the British Beekeepers’ Association Magazine, Dec 2024 I first came across the British Bee Journal in 1986. I was about ten years old when I went to a local Christmas bazaar in Dublin. In a room dedicated to the sale of books, I found a stack of well-thumbed, sun bleached British…