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Feb 1, 2014
3 min

The Alchemy of Bee-ing

When we step into the world of Apis Mellifera, we are entering a multidimensional landscape of being. The life gesture of the honeybees...

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Jan 30, 2014
2 min

Bees in Our Heart

Alas, our technological evolution has marched ahead of our spiritual and social evolution, making us, frankly, a dangerous people. I came...

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Jan 17, 2014
2 min

Trust and Balance

We read on a frequent basis of the diminution in numbers, and in places the demise, of the honey bee. Motivated by a desire to help,...

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Jan 15, 2014
3 min

The Gift of the Bee

In 1609, Charles Butler, in The Feminine Monarchy, wrote: Of all insects, the bees are chief, and worthily to be most admired; being the...

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Jan 9, 2014
2 min

Epiphany

Gold, Frankincense and Myrrh. I have been pondering what they stand for, and how much they remind me of the gifts of the bees. Of the...

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Dec 24, 2013
1 min

The Year Turns

Christmas is a special time of year for both humans and bees. The sun has stopped its downward journey and now begins to rise again in...

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Dec 8, 2013
1 min

Bees On Mahonia

It is perhaps appropriate that one of the cultivars of Mahonia (Oregon grape) is called Winter Sun. Bees are creatures of the sun and, as...

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Dec 4, 2013
1 min

Waiting for the Last Bee to Come Home

Is this not strangely moving, a sweet child, fondly watching the family’s much-loved bees returning as the sun is setting. Watching the...

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Nov 1, 2013
2 min

Advent

When your spring and summer life revolves around bees, or rather, they revolve around you as each minutiae of their life is observed with...

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Sep 1, 2009
3 min

As the Light fades the Pollen shines all the more

Even in the autumn, at the hive entrance, we see the bees carrying pollen into the darkness of their own home, actually of their own body...

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