AIBees - AIB and Boyne Valley Honey Bring Beehives to Ballsbridge

Boyne Valley Honey and AIB launch Ireland's first rooftop Apiary on a Commercial building

Rooftop apiaries have become a fixture in cities such as London and Tokyo in recent years, and today Dublin welcomed the first bee colony to be housed on a commercial building.

The initiative, led by Boyne Valley Honey in partnership with AIB, will see over 200,000 honeybees located on the 6th story roof of AIB Bankcentre, Ballsbridge.

It is expected the bees will pollinate a myriad of flowers and trees within a 5 kilometre radius of the hives and produce an average of 20 jars of honey per hive by the end of the summer.

Urban beekeeping has grown in popularity in recent years, partly in response to falling population levels of honeybees globally. It is estimated that bees are responsible for pollinating one third of the world's food supply.

Find out more on our website http://business.aib.ie/bees

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