The charity developed and installed a pollinator trail, in conjunction with the
Office of Public Works, at
Fota Gardens. Opened in 2021, the walking trail consists of a series of 12 stations with QR codes which provide links to information about the gardens, bees and other pollinators. Other projects by the IBCP include the installation of 24 wild bee lodges at
Lough Gur,
County Limerick. These lodges are designed to replace lost natural habitats. Since 2020, it has been helping
Randal Plunkett, 21st Baron of Dunsany with the rewilding of
the Dunsany estate in
County Meath by advising him and supplying bee lodges. In 2022, the charity hosted a free educational event at the
South East Technological University's Bealtaine Living Earth Festival. The charity also has an apiary holding native honeybees, where it performs breeding and an ongoing eight year research project into
varroa mite tolerance, no research results have been published. == References ==