“Shehy Mountain Conservation Area is a group of five keen beekeepers with six separate apiary areas under the umbrella of the Dunmanway And District Beekeeper's Association. The groups aim is to both keep and breed locally adapted native Irish honey bees. The Dunmanway BKA through this group hopes to expand its reach gradually over a much wider area of ground and in this way play a part in conserving and improving our native Irish honey bee”
The conservation area is made up of five town lands with an area of just over 2500 acres. The land is mostly marginal with some fertile farmland but also bog and old woodland. The farms tend to be beef and sheep so not intensive. All in all, a fantastic place to keep bees. 
