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- Mar 18, 2014
- 2 min
What is Natural Beekeeping
This is a question on which to seek consensus would be a fruitless endeavour, as beekeeping is something practised by humans. Yet we are...
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- Mar 13, 2014
- 2 min
Compassion and Connection
‘Compassion hurts. When you feel connected to everything, you also feel responsible for everything. And you cannot turn away.’ – Andrew...
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- Feb 25, 2014
- 2 min
A Landscape of Bee-ing
“When we step into the world of Apis mellifera, we are entering a multidimensional landscape of bee-ing” Michael Thiele * A lovely...
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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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