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How to Make a Gallon of Mead
this years agenda !!! How to Make a Gallon of Mead March 1, 2015 by Grow Forage Cook Ferment —88 Comments Maybe you’ve heard of mead before or maybe you haven’t, but one image that always seems to come to mind when mead is mentioned is Vikings drinking their grog. I don’t know a whole…
The All-Ireland Pollinator Plan encourages sanctuaries for threatened species
The All-Ireland Pollinator Plan encourages sanctuaries for threatened species, says Mary O’Riordan. Pollinating bees help to keep home food prices relatively low and could be worth more than €7 m a year to the apple crop in the North Allowing weeds to grow and flower in our lawns is one of the recommended ways to…
Pollinators in Ireland
Pollinators in Ireland Bees are the most important pollinating insect because they visit flowers to collect food for their larvae, as well as feeding on floral resources as adults. In Ireland crops such as apples, clover, strawberries and oilseed rape all benefit from pollination and a recent study from the Department of the Environment valued…
ivy
In late September/October, almost all flowers have finished, but the bees can still find nectar and pollen on ivy (Hedera helix). Ivy nectar is high in quality, and high in sugars (49 per cent). The honey produced crystallises quickly in the comb but is normally not harvested, rather it is left to…