I visited these top bar hives today:
The amazing beekeeper (Bill Whyte of Badger Balm) turned me on to some GREAT ideas and resources.
I didn't know people are creating bee sanctuaries, an OBVIOUS priority, once some genius thinks of it!!
But first you MUST watch this video:
Then you MUST visit The Melissa Garden website and look around. The videos, photos, beekeeping info, links ... it's all fantastic! Here's a snip:
The concept of the “Bien” describes the undividable entity of the hive. The whole is one organism and the hive is more than the sum of the individual parts. Thousands of bees are integrated into a higher-order entity, one whose abilities far transcend those of the individual bee. “The consciousness of the beehive (not of the individual bees) is of a very high nature” (Rudolf Steiner). Their communication and networking capacities, non hierarchical decision processes and an understanding of service to the greater web of life, which the individual being (bee) is part of, are pointing to a higher level of development and awareness. And such, the bees are a vital part of human culture and an inspiration to the soul. Being in touch with the “Bien” also means to reach out to the flowering world. As bee-keepers we are becoming “flower-keepers” and stewards of the earth as well.
I followed some of the links and came to this hour and a quarter video of a workshop on top bars hives and natural beekeeping.
I asked my new beekeeping friend for a book recommendation. He said the only book he'd recommend is the biodynamically oriented "Toward Saving The Honeybee."
GREAT STUFF!!!!
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