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Nickname | IBCP |
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Registration no. | 20206199 |
Legal status | Registered charity |
Purpose | Bee conservation |
Region served | Ireland |
Website |
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The Irish Bee Conservation Project is a charitable organisation in Ireland that seeks to conserve all native Irish bee species. It has four "pillars of support" in its work: providing habitats, increasing biodiversity, holding education events and performing research into the decline of bee species. [1] Species of bee in Ireland include the honeybee (Apis mellifera), 21 species of bumblebee and 78 species of solitary bee. [2]
The Irish Bee Conservation Project (IBCP) grew out of a research project looking at honeybees and the Varroa mite and was formed in 2019 as a not for profit private company limited by guarantee. That same year it designed and installed its first honeybee "lodges" in Fota Wildlife Park, County Cork. [1]
In 2021, the Irish Bee Conservation Project registered as a charity with the Charities Regulator of Ireland. [3]
The charity developed and installed a pollinator trail, in conjunction with the Office of Public Works, at Fota Gardens. [4] Opened in 2021, the walking trail consists of a series of 12 stations with QR codes which provide links to information about the gardens, bees and other pollinators. [5]
Other projects by the IBCP include the installation of 24 wild bee lodges at Lough Gur, County Limerick. These lodges are designed to replace lost natural habitats. [6] Since 2020, it has been helping Randal Plunkett, 21st Baron of Dunsany with the rewilding of the Dunsany estate in County Meath by advising him and supplying bee lodges. [7]
In 2022, the charity hosted a free educational event at the South East Technological University's Bealtaine Living Earth Festival. [8] The charity also has an apiary holding native honeybees, where it performs breeding and an ongoing eight year research project into varroa mite tolerance, no research results have been published. [9]
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Nickname | IBCP |
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Registration no. | 20206199 |
Legal status | Registered charity |
Purpose | Bee conservation |
Region served | Ireland |
Website |
www |
The Irish Bee Conservation Project is a charitable organisation in Ireland that seeks to conserve all native Irish bee species. It has four "pillars of support" in its work: providing habitats, increasing biodiversity, holding education events and performing research into the decline of bee species. [1] Species of bee in Ireland include the honeybee (Apis mellifera), 21 species of bumblebee and 78 species of solitary bee. [2]
The Irish Bee Conservation Project (IBCP) grew out of a research project looking at honeybees and the Varroa mite and was formed in 2019 as a not for profit private company limited by guarantee. That same year it designed and installed its first honeybee "lodges" in Fota Wildlife Park, County Cork. [1]
In 2021, the Irish Bee Conservation Project registered as a charity with the Charities Regulator of Ireland. [3]
The charity developed and installed a pollinator trail, in conjunction with the Office of Public Works, at Fota Gardens. [4] Opened in 2021, the walking trail consists of a series of 12 stations with QR codes which provide links to information about the gardens, bees and other pollinators. [5]
Other projects by the IBCP include the installation of 24 wild bee lodges at Lough Gur, County Limerick. These lodges are designed to replace lost natural habitats. [6] Since 2020, it has been helping Randal Plunkett, 21st Baron of Dunsany with the rewilding of the Dunsany estate in County Meath by advising him and supplying bee lodges. [7]
In 2022, the charity hosted a free educational event at the South East Technological University's Bealtaine Living Earth Festival. [8] The charity also has an apiary holding native honeybees, where it performs breeding and an ongoing eight year research project into varroa mite tolerance, no research results have been published. [9]