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  • The Keeper of the Bees

    The Keeper of the Bees

    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…

  • The folklore of beekeeping – stories shared

    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…