The Honey Trail & Nature Walk with Professor Alex Weir
The Honey Trail & Nature Walk with Professor Alex Weir
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The Honey Trail & Nature Walk with Professor Alex Weir

SKU: tour-02 Categories: AP, Products, The Honey Trail
€15.00 - €20.00

🌼 Join Us for a Guided Honey Trail Tour

Day: Every Thursday
Time: 1:30pm – 2:30pm
Starting Point: Church of Ireland, Straid, Glencolmcille, F94 AC92

Explore the world of bees, plants, and local history on this guided edition of The Honey Trail Tour, featuring a nature walk with Professor Alex Weir and a visit to our interactive Virtual Hive.

Perfect for nature lovers, families, and anyone curious about Ireland’s rich biodiversity and beekeeping heritage.

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🐝 Tour Highlights

  • Historical Insights: Discover the story of the Church of Ireland and its link to Irish beekeeping history.

  • Local Lore: Learn about the history of Glencolmcille and the life of Saint Colmcille.

  • Beekeeping Traditions: Explore Ireland’s beekeeping past and how it’s evolved over time.

  • Meet the Bees: Learn about the native Irish black bee, honeybees, and wild Irish pollinators.

  • Pollinators & Plants: Identify some of the 100+ pollinator-friendly plant species along the trail.

  • Biodiversity & Sustainability: Understand how we can all help protect pollinators and the environment.

  • Interactive Virtual Hive: Step inside our digital hive experience – spot the queen, save the bees, and explore hive life from the inside out!

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🌿 Guided Nature Walk with Professor Alex Weir
Join Professor Alex Weir, a biodiversity and environmental education expert, for a relaxed and engaging walk. With decades of experience, he’ll guide you through the native flora, pollinator habitats, and wildlife found in this stunning Gaeltacht landscape.

☀️ If the weather doesn’t play ball, no worries — Alex will host an indoor nature talk inside the church instead. Rain or shine, you’ll still get a great insight into the natural world!

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Add-On Lunch Option
After your walk, enjoy a light lunch of tea and sandwiches served in the Church of Ireland building.
💶 Tour only: €15 | Tour + Lunch: €20

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📝 Booking Info

  • Duration: Approx. 1 hour

  • Accessibility: Suitable for all ages – relaxed pace

  • What to Bring: Comfortable shoes and weather-appropriate clothing

  • Booking is essential – must be made by the Wednesday before at 5pm

  • Limited to 20 participants

  • Online bookings only!


Note: Saturday 14th June’s walk is 1–2pm and does not include the lunch option. All other walks are Thursdays at 1:30–2:30pm with an optional tea & sandwich lunch add-on.
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Delivery information

We currently only deliver orders to Ireland and Northern Ireland.

It is with great regret that at present we are unable to ship orders to our UK Customers. Unfortunately our couriers are currently unable to dispatch to the UK due to extensive delays and possible additional charges at GB borders as a result of Brexit. We hope this will be resolved in the near future.

Delivery Process

Any order placed on our website or over the phone are sent by parcel courier as standard. We use DPD Couriers for all orders within Ireland and the UK.

With smaller or individual items we might use alternative methods such as An Post.

If you’d like to receive a quote for postal delivery, get in touch with our team and we’ll do our best to help you out.

Larger, heavier items such as extractors or creamers will be sent by palletized road freight. Bulk orders can also be delivered by palletized road freight if it’s more economical than courier delivery. We use Duffy Express Freight when delivering orders by palletized road freight. When you order from us our team will provide you with a price for your pallet delivery.

Please allow 1-3 days delivery for your order within Ireland. During the busy period of May to August please allow 3-5 days delivery, however we will always try to get the order to the customer within the 1-3 days.

If there is any reason that we can’t fulfil your order, or we think it’s going to be delayed, we’ll inform you via email or we’ll give you a call.

Tracking is available for parcels that are delivered by courier and for pallets delivered by road freight.

Get in contact with a member of our team to receive your tracking number or to receive a tracking update.

Items that are sent with An Post won’t be tracked unless it’s stated otherwise.

Our Standard Delivery Rates

Our standard courier service allows up to 30KG to be delivered per parcel. Orders above 30KG will be classed as two parcels.

The rates for our courier service are as follows:

Republic of Ireland: €7.00
Northern Ireland: £6.00*

As above, we may ship some smaller items via An Post and larger or heavier items via palletized road freight. Please contact our team for a quotation regarding any of these delivery services.

If for any reason you believe the delivery rate provided by our website is incorrect, please contact our team for clarification.

*These rates are subject to change in line with currency fluctuations.

Collection Or Pickup

All orders can alternatively be collected at our premises in Glencolmcille, County Donegal.

Get in contact with our office today if you’d like to arrange a collection time and date. You can view the location of our premises and get directions on Google Maps.

We also offer a pickup/collection service at numerous trade shows and events throughout the year. If you’d like to book an item to be collected at these events it’s vital that you make your purchase weeks in advance so we can make sure we can accommodate your order.

Please get in contact with our team if you’d like to avail of this pickup service.

Returns

If your goods are received damaged or are unsatisfactory in any way, we must be notified immediately upon receipt and, in any case, within no more than 7 days of receipt.

Please notify us in writing or by email detailing the condition of the goods and reasons for return. Your query and will resolve the issue as quickly and efficiently as possible. Contact should be made by e-mail to the following email address within the time period specified above;

enquiries@donegalbees.ie

Return goods must be in the same condition which the customer had received them, the return goods must not be used or modified.

Return Goods will be replaced once the Return Goods are received.

All returned merchandise must be sent to the following address and contain a written account containing proof of purchase and reasons for return. It must arrive at this address within 14 working days of confirmation of return.

Donegal Bees
Cashel
Glencolumbkille
County Donegal
F94 KP97
Ireland

All agreed returns will be refunded in the currency purchased via the website, to the value of the product at the time of purchase.

The return postage cost must be paid for by the recipient unless otherwise agreed between customer and supplier prior to return.

Customer Reviews

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james Crowch
Great walk and Talk Trail

Best couple of hours I have spent in a long time. Very informative, friendly and spontaneous, really good craic

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Betty McManus

A very interesting tour. Good fun.

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Chrissy D

Thank you! What a wonderful and uplifting time. Bees are sacred. The booklet was amazing.

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Margaret Donoghue

Fantastically interesting tour of the flowers and the honey, thank you

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Natalia Waaijer

Wonderful walk & talk. Please send me info from the booklet. Thanks a million!!

Customer Reviews

Based on 8 reviews
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james Crowch
Great walk and Talk Trail

Best couple of hours I have spent in a long time. Very informative, friendly and spontaneous, really good craic

B
Betty McManus

A very interesting tour. Good fun.

C
Chrissy D

Thank you! What a wonderful and uplifting time. Bees are sacred. The booklet was amazing.

M
Margaret Donoghue

Fantastically interesting tour of the flowers and the honey, thank you

N
Natalia Waaijer

Wonderful walk & talk. Please send me info from the booklet. Thanks a million!!

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