{"id":290946,"date":"2026-02-10T18:38:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T18:38:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/290946\/"},"modified":"2026-02-10T18:38:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T18:38:09","slug":"clare-bee-keepers-say-honey-trade-under-threat-from-invasive-species","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/290946\/","title":{"rendered":"Clare Bee Keepers Say Honey Trade &#8220;Under Threat&#8221; From Invasive Species"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s claimed Clare\u2019s honey trade is under threat by the prevalence of invasive species.<\/p>\n<p>It follows an appeal from the Irish Beekeepers Association for the Government to implement a dedicated All-Ireland Bee inspection service, which would also protect pollinators from disease and parasites.<\/p>\n<p>Calls for a protection strategy have grown following the detection of multiple Asian Hornet nests in Cork last summer.<\/p>\n<p>Clare Heritage and Biodiversity Forum Member Councillor Clare-Colleran Molloy says it affects all food produce.<\/p>\n<p>Listen to the full interview here<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It\u2019s claimed Clare\u2019s honey trade is under threat by the prevalence of invasive species. It follows an appeal&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":290947,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[246,61,60,82],"class_list":["post-290946","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-environment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/290946","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=290946"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/290946\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/290947"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=290946"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=290946"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=290946"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}