Last week we tuned in to a fascinating Zoom lecture from Grace McCormack of NUI Galway called “Origins and diversity of Irish honey bees”. It was kindly hosted by the Tribes Beekeepers Association in Galway. The talk was full of interesting information about everything from Darwinian Evolution and Genetics through to the history of beekeeping in Ireland and the current status of the native black Irish bee. Hopefully the slides from the talk will go online - if we get a link we will share it here.

Here is a screenshot of a map of the AMM bee’s decline that we found particularly interesting.