{"id":7114,"date":"2013-08-26T22:18:16","date_gmt":"2013-08-26T21:18:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/greensideup.ie\/?p=7114"},"modified":"2016-10-31T11:41:26","modified_gmt":"2016-10-31T11:41:26","slug":"beekeeping-self-sufficient","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greensideup.ie\/beekeeping-self-sufficient\/","title":{"rendered":"Beekeeping and the realities of becoming self sufficient"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/a>A short while ago I received an unexpected phone call. Did I know of anyone who could remove a swarm of bees from a tree in a garden? The family in question were alarmed to see so many bees that close to their home and were at a loss to know what to do.<\/p>\n I pointed them in the direction of the mid-Kilkenny Bee Keepers Association<\/a> who can help with bee swarms and subsequently received a text letting me know it had been sorted, so I guess the group had helped or the bees had moved on.<\/p>\n Perhaps it was no coincidence when I heard the following day that the Association would be extracting honey from the apiary at Lavistown House in Kilkenny<\/a> and that anyone was welcome to watch. Mr G and I headed along with our youngest to find out more.<\/p>\n