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permission to put a beehive??

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  • 13-05-2010 5:23pm
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    fersio
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    Hey there,
    I am looking for a place to put a beehive in the Dublin area. I live in the city centre and have no garden so it is impossible for me to have it at home.

    If anyone is interested in bees and their wonderful way to keep biodiversity by pollinating plants, trees and crops and has a small piece of land where the beehive can be put, please contact me.

    If you have an orchard or any other plants that need the help of pollinators, the bees will definitely increase your crop.
    I would prefer somewhere easy to get by public transport or cycling from the Dublin city centre since I don't have a car.

    I would need to do periodic visits every 7/14 days from April to August, and just a couple of visits at the beginning of the autumn and end of the winter.

    Bees are not dangerous as some people may think (anyway I would get an insurance), they just do their work as long as they are not disturbed. And it is an endangered specie, there are no more wild bees in this country so it depends on us to save this wonderful animal.

    Anyone interested??


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    #2
    Run_to_da_hills
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    My dad use to keep bees in south dublin, never had problems except the odd time they would swarm into next doors. I don't think you need a permit. People are keeping them on roof tops in central london.

    I am sure with the current CCD crisis keeping bees should be promoted as it was in NYC when they lifted the ban in 2009.

    honey_1_1491818c.jpg


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    Chris_5339762
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    Just bribe the neighbours with sweet sweet honey :D


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    Run_to_da_hills
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    Chris_5339762 wrote: »
    Just bribe the neighbours with sweet sweet honey :D

    Give them nothing :p

    Have the hive concealed inside the attic with an entrance leading outside where they can come and go. No one will know, if there is any hassle they could claim they are wild. :D

    Bees will not bother anyone if not provoked.


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    fersio
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11 ✭fersio


    Hahaha, thanks mates!! The thing is that I am renting an appartment in a 5-flat house but I don't have access to the roof or attic... :( Otherwise I would already have a couple of hives in my roof like in your photo of London!


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    Run_to_da_hills
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    fersio wrote: »
    Hahaha, thanks mates!! The thing is that I am renting an appartment in a 5-flat house but I don't have access to the roof or attic... :( Otherwise I would already have a couple of hives in my roof like in your photo of London!
    Keep it going, not as if you are trying to grow cannabis :eek:


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    arse..biscuits
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    Hi, I got my first hive last week, I'm putting on top of a building close to Thomas street.


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