Knowledge Share Description

"Telling the bees" is an ancient practice said to hold origins in Northern Europe. In Celtic mythology, Honeybees were regarded as messengers between our world and the spirit realm.

For centuries, beekeepers across Europe have kept up this ancient tradition of relating to honeybees as messengers. In this practice, beekeepers consider the bees they work with as extended members of their own family, and keep them informed of changes in their lives: Marriages, new births and especially deaths were marked by decorating the hive and telling the bees what had happened.

Using this interspecies relation as our guide we will learn about the tradition of "telling the bees" and some of its Northern European origins. We'll explore how to adapt this practice to one of listening to our interspecies collaborators. Ang will guide participants in an overview of the honeybee hive so we can collectively discover who is inside. We'll gather for a guided visualization and break out into small groups to discuss what the bees told each of us during our exercise. Collectively we will discuss the honeybee as metaphor and guide, and explore how we can bring these fauna into our own oracle practice to listen more deeply to the world around us.

Knowledge Share Includes

• Participants will learn about the tradition of "telling the bees" and some of this tradition’s Northern European origins

• Guided overview of the honeybee hive

• Guided visualization

• Break out into small groups to discuss what the bees told each of us during our exercis

Cost

$35 - BIPOC or low income

$75 - standard or reparations (If you have financial abundance, this is our pay-it-forward option to fund our full tuition scholarships)

The zoom link will be sent 1-2 days prior to the knowledge share. Recording will be available for 30 days.

For scholarships please email herbancura@gmail.com with subject Telling the Bees

Accessibility Information

*ASR (automated) captioning provided

*Live captioning & ASL interpretation may be available with advance notice

*Spanish interpretation may be available with advance notice (Si requiere interpretacion por favor mande un email a herbancura@gmail.com)

Virtual Gathering

Zoom link will be sent out via email 1-2 days before knowledge share

5:00pm - 8:00pm Eastern Standard Time

Class will be recorded and available for 30 days.

Facilitator

Ang Roell (they/them) is a beekeeper, consultant and the founder of They Keep Bees, which is an LGBTQ+ run apiary co-located in Western Massachusetts and South Florida that raises queen bees and produces hive products. As a consultant Ang Roell is committed to helping clients make the changes necessary to shift organizational culture & practice from a model of dominant power to a model of cooperative power, inspired by the ecological world. Ang holds a Masters of Science in Social Justice Education from Boston University. They are a seasoned public speaker, and educator. To learn more about about Ang please visit their website: https://www.theykeepbees.com