Bee Limerick: Queen and her Court

Apis mellifera mellifera

Queen surrounded by her court.

Why Bee Limerick?

Bee Limerick was founded by an enthusiastic group with the goal of increasing the resilience of urban ecology in Limerick City. Our vision is to establish whole areas of native productive plants that will support native species and create a network of bee-keepers, throughout the city.

We believe city plants should have more than just aestheitic and maintenance values and should contribute significantly to increasing the resilience of urban ecology and furhter enhancing the community in general.

Local community groups will be encourgaed to participate in the planting and maintenance of native biodiversity areas. It is our aim to work with our partners and local governing bodies to bring our vision to fruition.

The group was established in August 2010 with the aim of achieving these goals.

Presently the group is self funded and relies on pledges made by local people. However, in the future we aim to gain funding for specific project segments and activities from a range of sources.

To date, we have planted a biodiversity flower bed in Clancy Strand along with our partners The Limerick Biodiversity
Network and with the support of the local community and city council. We also introduced our first bee hive.

Future projects will include increasing our network of bee keepers and bee hives and expand the native planting regime with the involvement of local community groups and schools. Hopefully, Limerick City honey will be available in 2012 too.

Bee Limerick

Saturday, September 18, 2010

Queen and her Court

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