Cork’s Red FM – Weekly Tips 8 – The Hive Mind
Did You Know: Bees can travel up to 10 kilometres from a hive in search of food. Queen bees can be hereditary. When a Queen dies, her offspring can be introduced to a hive as the new Queen. The hive at St.John’s College rooftop has up to 70,000 bees. This can increase to 90,000 during […]
Radio Nova – Weekly Episode 4 – The importance of Bees
Listen back to Traic Ó Braonáin about the importance of bees and link to conversation with beekeeper Noel Kelly. For more in this series, listen to Radio Nova every Thursday at 8pm
LMFM – Weekly Tips 5 – Top Ten Ways to Help Pollinators
Don’t mow, let it grow! Reduce mowing to allow native wildflowers like Dandelions, Clover and Birds-foot Trefoil to naturally return over time Manage native hedgerows for biodiversity The more blossom your hedgerow has in spring, the better it is for biodiversity. Allow hedges to grow into a natural A-shape profile rather than […]
Cork’s Red FM – Weekly Episode 6 – EVRA
Listen back to this episode as Cork’s Red FM reporter Elaine Smith chats to Eadaoin McCarthy, Founder of ERVA about the importance of bio-diversity, pollinators and our friends the bee’s and find out how you can make a difference at home. For more in this series, Listen in to Corks Red FM every Monday at 8.50pm
Highland Radio – Weekly Episode 6 – Donegal Bees
Listen back as Donna Marie chats with Thomas Ellis – co founder of The Donegal Bee’s. The Donegal Bees is an award winning team that manufactures high-quality beehives from their base in Glencolmcille, Donegal. For more in this series listen in to Highland Radio every Tuesday at 12.30pm
Tipp FM – Weekly Episode 3 – The Importance of Nature Reserves
On this week’s Ours to Protect we look at the importance of nature reserves and why we need to allocate more space for such reserves in Ireland. Reporter Alison Hyland travelled out to Lough Derryvilla outside Thurles to visit the reserve there which is a shining example of how land once industrialised, can be repurposed […]
