We are very excited to announce the Ulster & Ireland international prop Jack McGrath has joined our team. Jack has been fascinated by bees for a long time now and used the lockdown to tackle bee conservation.
As a team player, I’m fascinated by how tens of thousands of bees can in one hive can work together as one productive unit. Humans the world over were all in lockdown, but nature, the bees, they just carried on as if nothing was happening.
As part of his training to become a beekeeper with OpenHive, McGrath learned that the native Irish honeybee is a species under threat. So, he got his own hives and is committed to conserving this threatened species. He has become an advocate for the Irish honeybee and a spokesperson for OpenHive honey. OpenHive operates a hive sponsorship programme through which individuals and corporates can easily contribute to a vital conservation programme for Irish Honeybees.
“These little guys need our help to survive. Let’s put our shoulders to it and get them over the line .”