Hello All
 
The Irish beekeeping world was saddened to learn of the death of Billy
Mellon on Monday night last. Billy was an extremely popular man who gave of
his best to all of his pursuits especially to beekeeping. Nothing was too
much trouble for Billy - you could ring him up anytime if you had a problem,
and if he could not help on the telephone he would call to you. Many is the
time he got a call from this beekeeper.
 
Many Irish beekeepers including myself, owe their introduction to beekeeping
to Billy. For many years he was the instructor at the Beginners' Beekeeping
Course held each year in Dublin. To see Billy handle bees was to see a
master at work.
 
He will be greatly missed.
 
Billy lived at the following address:
 
                      28 Trees Road
                      Blackrock
                      Co Dublin
 
Sincerely
 
Tom Barrett
49 South Park
Foxrock
Dublin 18
Ireland
 
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Tel + 353 1 289 5269
Fax + 353 1 289 9940
 
Latitude  53 Degrees 16' North
Longitude  6 Degrees  9' West of Greenwich