Recommended Art & Books

Wonderful paintings inspired by the bee muse… “My magical realist portraits depict a playful engagement with nature in her guise as the eternal feminine. Allegorical figures wear honeycomb garb, butterfly crowns, and caterpillar necklaces. …

“The Good of the Hive is a global art project and organization founded by artist Matt Willey on his personal commitment to hand-paint 50,000 honey bees – the number in a healthy, thriving hive – in murals around the world.”

Birgit Maria Jönsson’s large sculptures house colonies of bees in their bellies. The artist has created beehives in the shape of Marilyn Monroe, a Russian doll, a bear, Maria Montessori, and even a giant banana!

“It is my wish to dedicate my art as a guide map for the symbolic landscapes.To inspire, transform and reveal the alchemic, shamanic and sacred within all people.”

Silke Meyer expresses her love for and connection with bees in hive sculptures, creates educational materials like this poster of wild bees in Germany and supports bee initiatives like Mellifera Berlin with her visual art and graphic design.

Karin explores connection and relationship with the energetic consciousness of flowers.

We all love this book. When Sandira discovered it, in 2015, she realised that she was not alone in communicating with the Bee Deva and that this wisdom is worth sharing. Her words: “I devoured this book. On one hand, Jacqueline shares her discoveries, …

A captivating account for lovers of initiation stories. Written with grace and poetry, it tells of the author’s adventures during his journey learning the shamanic wisdom of the bee from Bridge, master beekeeper with the Path of Pollen. Strongly recomm…

This passionate novel tells of the encounter between Lily, 14 years old, and three extraordinary apiculturists in South Carolina during the 1960s. Beautiful style and depth of narrative.

A book of extraordinary photos taken with an electronic microscope. In it, we discover the incredible bioengineering of bee organs such as the multi-faceted surface of her eyes or the mini-hooks which allow them to join up their wings. This microcosmic…

Original title: Le Génie des Abeilles. This book is a visual peek into the hive and the lives of bees, including their sophisticated way of organising and relating. With over a hundred pictures in 30x30cm pages, many of them macro, it is a feast for th…

Original title “Am Flugloch”, 1951 This pamphlet is a good source of information for those who would like to minimise hive opening and learn to “read” what is happening inside the hive from attentive observations of the entryway.

Given in 1923 to the workmen at the Goetheanum (Dornach, Switzerland) Original title: Mensch und Welt. Das Wirken des Geistes in der Natur. Über das Wesen der Bienen. Vorträge für die Arbeiter am Goetheanumbau. Band 5, Translated by Marna Pease and Car…

“Bees can thrive if they are allowed to live as they would in nature.” Jacqueline Freeman partnered up with one of her apprentices in joyful co-creation. Our team feels closely connected with their work and excited about this new book. It supports the …

L’auteur présente la ruche à barrettes d’Émile Warré comme une alternative pratique et économique aux ruches à cadres. L’ouvrage contient des plans pour sa construction et des conseils modernes pour sa conduite.

With the growing health issues of managed honey bee colonies, Thomas Seely asked himself the question what bees do when they take care of themselves. He found inspiration in the words of poet Wendell Berry: “We cannot know what we are doing until we kn…

A contemporary continuation of the groundbreaking research about sensory perception and communication of bees by Karl von Frisch. Packed with information about bee biology and social behaviour. Depending on your background, you might experience the con…

How honeybees make collective decisions—and what we can learn from this amazing democratic process. Technical and scientific, excellent for those who wish to dive deep. Thomas Seeley’s research is a wonderful contribution to the foundation of preservat…

Sandira had the good fortune to meet the author (now sadly deceased). He lived not far from the Arctic Circle in Russia. He describes his loving approach to beekeeping with gusto, including the thermodynamics of the winter cluster, among other things.

For those who would like to deepen their usage of bee venom in apipuncture, this book offers detailed lists of meridians and therapeutic indications for each point.

Original title: La Médecine des Abeilles. This book gives many interesting details on the therapeutic uses of hive products.

A futuristic journey, with part of it in collaboration with bees, striking. A deep inquiry into how we can create and sustain a thriving society based on the principles of nature, even when confronted with violent, overpowering forces.