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After two years of labour, my baby came out…! Published by Le Souffle d’Or, as part of the Findhorn collection, released in bookstores on the 13th October. The English version is already translated and is now searching for its publisher. Some more months of patience are needed… RÉSUMÉ Petite fée pollinisatrice à six pattes, humble et discrète, sa ferveur fascine et sa sagesse intrigue. Son chant mystérieux déclenche en l’être
Our last bee-friendly hive is born: we have called it the ‘CobCortiço’. Made of cork, cob and wood, this hive with thick, breathable walls should strongly support the swarm to build up a strong and powerful core. We added a ‘symbiotic floor’, an extra box below the hive body, where a symbiotic relationship can be established between the bees and micro-organisms. The size of the box is wider than the
April 2020, Alentejo, Portugal. The first part of the video describes our experiment to make a hollow olive tree suitable for bees to live in.The holes of the tree are filled with several layers of cob.The recipe of the cob mixtures will be explained in another video coming very soon.The second part of the video shows our mistakes and eventual success in bringing a swarm inside the tree cavity…
A beautiful swarm ‘walked’ into her new home, a Top Bar Hive, located one kilometre away from where the swarm landed. The cluster has been split into two parts and re-united.
Many bee colonies living in managed hives are dying this year in our area. Interestingly, we recently discovered several powerful colonies living in trees. A calling to support the rewilding of the bees…
Dear Bee lovers,The day of winter solstice is a privileged moment of the year to connect to the world from within.Wherever you are on that day, I invite you to join a synchronised collective meditation on the 21st December 2018 at 19h UTC (19h in Portugal, 20h in France, Switzerland and Germany).For those living in the Southern Hemisphere, join us for your summer solstice… 🙂 Before the meditation starts, you
During our BeeShip in Alentejo (Portugal) this autumn, we forged our own hive tools.We observed that the bees often react aggressively to the energy of conventional hive tools, made out of steel. Copper-based tools, forged with love, are much more bee-friendly. This video shows how we made them, under supervision of Gabriella, our ‘forge mistress’.Gabriella offers regular workshops to forge your own singing bowls, all over Europe. It is a
A praying mantis enjoys a bee delicacy at the entrance of the Sun Hive. Thanks to Or for the music…
This video reveals the results of an experiment in our ‘bee craft’ in Alentejo: a ‘symbiotic floor’ is set under the Top Bar Hive, Prana. For the full article click here.