Spring Equinox invites new life and new ideas and with this, Yan has been busy inventing an innovative bee breeding method. The idea struck whilst Yan was splitting a hive. Splitting the hive creates another bee colony and is an effective way to breed bees. However, many of these endeavors were failing making Yan determined...
We are now a registered Yayasan and in the position to receive donations whilst we draft proposals to raise funds for our Bee Sanctuary. Building our Bee Sanctuary is an exciting and unique venture; we would love you to join us; we need your support! As you know our planet is in a critical situation....
Flowers are essential when it comes to healthy, happy bees. Bees like flowers because they feed on their nectar and pollen. The nectar is used by bees as food and an energy source to get to and from their home. The pollen they also pick up from flowers are used to feed larva (baby bees) in...
We are developing sustaining and inspiring relationships with local communities and projects; one of these is The Green School Bali. The Green school is not just a school but a global movement raising changemakers. Its wall-less, nature immersed campus facilitates a ‘living’ curriculum educating sustainability through community-integrated, entrepreneurial learning, in a natural environment. Like...
Many flowers depend on bees and other pollinators for their survival. Without bees, some flowers couldn’t reproduce because it’s bees who carry pollen from flower to flower in their search for food. Due to this symbiotic relationship, flowers have developed a special way to catch a bee’s attention—and we can’t see it. Bees and humans...
In early November, during a visit to Gili Air Lombok, Leanne was invited to offer a ‘Living with Bees’ Presentation to the resident Permaculture Community of Gili Air. After 9 months co-habiting with a number of different colonies Leanne compiled a slide show of her photographic memoirs and spoke for 1 and a half hours...
Here is an article written by Rika. She takes care of the environmental aspects of BeeLife. Rika shares her experience of living and working with bees based on the ancient Balinese bee keeping ways.
