College of the Melissae
Center for Sacred Beekeeping
Honey Culture Radio
with Laura Bee
Laura Bee hosts a weekly radio show devoted to
interviews, science, history, mystery, music and art,
all inspired by the honey-bee and natural beekeeping.
Highlighted programs available below!
Cutting edge methodologies and consciousness
in the world of the bee are explored in a whole new light.
Interviews with people who are working to transform the world
and heal our relationship with the earth.
Science, poetry, history, activism, newsy bits, methodology
and celebration of Honey Culture.
recorded weekly at the studios of KSKQ.org
Show airs: Thursdays 1-2 PST
89.5 FM local to the mythical State of Jefferson and Southern Oregon
Live-Streaming and Archived.
Kick back and enjoy.
Highlighted programs available below!
The Bull & The Bee
7-16-2015
Laura Bee delves into the power of symbols that have historically held sacred meaning. Ancient symbols that exist today, such as The Bull & The Bee, have taken on different values in today's paradigm, losing their sactity and gaining economic value.
Reflections: Steiner's Lectures on Bees
7-9-2015
Laura Bee reflects on her readings this week, including a passage about the role of formic acid from Rudolf Steiner's Lectures on Bees. She reads to the audience pages from Eric Verrevoets' Wisdom of the Bees: Principles for Biodynamic Beekeeping.
Steiner's Truths
6-25-2015
Laura Bee talks on Steiner's genius speculations of the human influence on bees, such as queen breeding, and his meditations on bee relationships to that which they pollinate.
Photo Source:
https://danieljmarsh.wordpress.com/tag/queen-rearing
Current Events on Agribusiness and Environmental Advocacy
6-18-2015
Laura Bee exposes the deception in the newest public campaign put on by Agribusiness juggernaut Bayer, "Feed a Bee." She also brings light to Pope Francis' recent statements advocating for environmental consciousness and forewarning tragedy if environmental degradation continues.
Jacqueline Freeman's Song of Increase
6-11-2015
Laura Bee hosts Jacqueline & Joseph Freeman, biodynamic farmers with gifts of animal communication. Jacqueline speaks on her work in communicating with bees and the knowledge they impart to her. Jacqueline is author of
The Song of Increase: Returning to Our Sacred Partnership with Honeybees.
Bumblings on the Seasoning of a Novice Beekeeper
6-4-2015
Laura Bee speaks on the archetypal warrior and the reclaiming of that archetype in people's current works of activism. She reads a piece of her own, reflecting on her seasoning and growth as a novice beekeeper to her current level of knowledge and involvement with the honeybees.
(Photo Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drone_(bee))
The Intrinsic Value of Drones
5-28-2015
Laura Bee validates with scientific and aesthetic evidence the significance of male honeybees, drones, whom are often viewed by Western beekeepers as expendable. She breaks down drone genetics and how they support the wellbeing of the hive.
Honeybee Nutrition
5-14-2015
Tis' the season when swarms are buzzing in the neighborhood and beekeepers see queen cells in the hive. It's also time for planning forage that will bloom throughout the season for honeybees. Laura Bee discusses honeybee nutrition and the importance of variety and forage continuum.
Cultural Changes in Community
5-7-2015
Laura Bee talks of the cultural changes as she sees it in her community and how these changes have a rippling affect on the surroundings.
The College of the Melissae & The Goddess Temple of Ashland
4-30-2015
Laura Bee hosts KSKQ's Rogue GMO Watch Gregg Marchese, and The Goddess Temple of Ashland's Graell Corsini. Graell and Laura share the birth stories of The Goddess Temple and The College of the Melissae, emphasizing the interconnectedness of the two, forming a sovereign collective.
Bees & Magick
4-23-2015
Laura Bee begins with current news of the recent highway disaster involving an overturned semi-truck full of migrant beehives; she offers proactive solutions to the problem. Laura then shares her experience of total embodiment during a challenging bee extraction, where the bees guided her into a subtler realm, leaving her with clarity and profound emotional understanding of the bees.
Beekeeping Biosecurity Practices
4-16-2015
Laura Bee begins by offering information on bee swarms as the season approaches. She later shares a document on Australia's Biosecurity Codes for Beekeeping drawing cross-cultural parallels and proposing similiar practices to be applied in this country to reduce the spread of disease amongst bees.
Expanding Your Apiary
4-9-2015
Laura Bee shares ways to expand your apiary without necessarily purchasing colonies. She explains how to gather swarms and perform extractions and cut-outs, referencing her most recent swarm catches, including some complicated projects.
Locust Log Hive & Ancient Greek Apiculture
4-2-2015
Laura Bee shares the story of her recent Locust log hive rescue and announces upcoming mushroom master, Paul Stamets', arrival in town. She later touches upon ancient Greek apiculture.
Ancient Egyptian Apiculture
3-26-2015
Laura Bee travels back in time to explore historical roots of apiculture in the ancient Egyptian beekeeping practices. Culturally, bees and honey were revered symbols to the Egyptians, whom regarded the bees as celestial beings and treated them as such.
Articles on Chinese Apiculture
3-19-2015
Laura Bee discusses current and historical Chinese apiculture and explores references of beekeeping through this cultural paradigm.
(Photo Source: english.cri.cn)
Agribusiness' Affect on Food Products & Pollinators
3-12-2015
KSKQ host Gregg Marchese fills in for Laura Bee, discussing statistics of GMO and chemical contamination in food products including honey. Gregg takes a phone call from Kristina Lefever, member of the Hive Steering Committee from Pollinator Project Rogue Valley.
(Photo source: http://blog.wvco.com)
Less Recognized Varieties of Bees
3-5-1015
Laura Bee sheds light on the vast array of pollinators, including lesser known types of bees, their life cycles, what they pollinate and identification clues.
(Photo Credit: http://www.beyondpesticides.org)
Ethical Concerns with the Flow Hive
2-26-2015
Laura Bee shares her insight and opionions as a bee-centric, biodynamic beekeeper against the use of the highly marketed Flow Hive; including ethical concerns of overharvesting honey, the increased use of plastic in the hive and compromising the health and socialized immunse system of the honeybee.
Mushroom Forage as Bee Medicine
2-19-2015
Laura Bee brings new discovers to the table, including those by mushroom expert Paul Stamets, and discusses how these discoveries positively impact the socialized immune system of the honeybee.
(Photo Credit: http://www.alicewebb.com)
The Almond Debacle, Part 2
2-12-2015
Laura Bee continues last week's show, highlighting the devastating effects on the honeybee when pollinating a monocultural crop such and shares listeners' feedback on almonds and the industry following last week's show.
(Photo Credit: http://thedemiurge.com)
The Almond Debacle, Part 1
2-5-2015
Laura Bee exposes the unfavorable aspects of the almond industry in relation to the honeybee. Almonds are completely honeybee dependent for pollination and the practice of migratory beekeeping is necessary to sustain the almond industry. With the booming industry's common use of GM crops & pesticides, our great pollinators are suffering.
(Photo Credit: https://deepresource.files.wordpress.com)
How to Get Started in Beekeeping
1-29-2015
Laura Bee differentiates the species of bees used in beekeeping and guides the aspiring beekeeper in options of where to get bees, what tools are needed and recommended hive bodies, or bee boxes.
The Socialized Immune System of the Honeybee
1-15-2015
Laura Bee discusses the honeybee's socialized immune system, and how various diseases affect colony health and behavior. Laura Bee talks about propolis, a honeybee product with tremedous medicinal functions for humans and bees alike.
All About Honey
1-8-2015
Laura Bee talks all about honey, including harvesting, honey's properties and what honey is to the bees. She shares documented cultural and historical references on apiculture and bees, as well.
(Note: show starts at 4:35).
Who Else Pollinates the Crops?
12-18-2014
Laura Bee sheds light on insects that pollinate crops which aren't pollinated by honeybees, including the leaf cutter bee, a pollinator of alfalfa. This segues into a discussion with Gregg Marchese who calls in to discuss GMOs, specifically Roundup ready alfalfa in Jackson County and the ordeals with cross-contamination & cross-pollination on surrounding organic farms.
Winterizing Behavior of Honeybees and Recent Articles
12-4-2014
Laura Bee speaks on the "winterizing behavior" of honeybees, including their ability to produce heat and moderate hive temperature. Laura also shares some articles including one on the Africanized "killer bee" and another on climate change disrupting pollination of flowers. Laura helps differentiate pollinator friendly forage to plant in preparation of spring.
(Photo Credit: http://jailstojobs.org)
Busy as a Bee
11-20-2014
Laura Bee praises the work ethic of the bees, and references an article that highlights a dramatic drop in recidivism rates where an organic gardening program was introduced to the prison; participants were inmates and staff alike. Laura also references an Indian article that draws parallels between a strong human work ethic and that of the bees.
Corporate Sociopathy
11-6-2014
Laura Bee plays some bee-themed tunes and takes a phone call from KSKQ's Rogue GMO Watch, Gregg Marchese, who shares the latest on GMO labeling. Later, Laura reads an article by Sarah Jones, on Corporate Sociopathy. As the Supreme Court rules in favor of giving corporations the rights of a person, her article concludes that corporations would be categorized as sociopaths, under the latest DSM criteria.
(Photo Credit:
http://drcarlenewentworth.com/bottomlinemorality/)
(Photo Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk)
