I recently watched a brilliant documentary called ‘Bee Sting Therapy’. It is part of a Netflix series called Unwell. The documentary explores the pros and cons of apiculture and dives deep into how the bee venom can support people suffering from Lyme’s disease back to full health. Lyme’s disease is notoriously hard to cure. It...
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...
‘Song of Increase’ is an infusion of consciousness, into interspecies relating, and the age-old art of Bee-Keeping. Jacqueline Freeman has allowed herself to be transformed by the consciousness of the Bee. She has given the Bees a voice at a time when their wisdom is most needed, an absolute treasure chest of information for those...
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...
Bee venom is a powerful elixir utilized in ancient healing practices since time immemorial. The Egyptians understood the health-promoting effects of bee venom and attached great religious and spiritual significance to the honey bee; bees were even associated with royalty in Egypt. Whilst the Greek physician, Hippocrates, used bee venom to treat joint pain and arthritis.
Beehive aroma exerts the strongest antimicrobial activity out of all the bee products which means breathing in the respiration of the hive is exponentially more healing than consuming the honey.
Bee Life is redefining Apiculture. We are reclaiming this term for the bees by encouraging people to work with them in equal collaboration; no longer naming ourselves as beekeepers, for we are not the keepers of bees but rather Bee people. People who want to listen, learn and unite with these sweet-hearted, humble beings.
