We promised to be in touch a little more frequently. And here’s what Rachel Hanney, sunhive maker extraordinaire, supported by Peter...

….. in a language we understand, we would live in a different world. More colourful, flowerful, more sane. We would be much helped in our...

Probity: The quality of having strong moral principles; honesty and decency Politeness: Having or showing behaviour that is respectful...

If you want to tell people the truth, make them laugh, otherwise they’ll kill you. Oscar Wilde The Wonder of Bees, is a TV series...

This is a question on which to seek consensus would be a fruitless endeavour, as beekeeping is something practised by humans. Yet we are...

‘Compassion hurts. When you feel connected to everything, you also feel responsible for everything. And you cannot turn away.’ – Andrew...

“When we step into the world of Apis mellifera, we are entering a multidimensional landscape of bee-ing” Michael Thiele * A lovely...

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

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

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,...

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

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...