College of the Melissae
Center for Sacred Beekeeping
Network
Our College includes a vast network of supporters, innovators and movers and shakers. We would like to give a shout out to a few of our incredible team members that continue to provide such wonderful visionary and foundational energy toward our growing program.
"Laura you are receiving confirmation of your path with Synchronicities.
Melissae is attending you and your work.
You are a leader and a visionary...and have gifts to offer.
Keep bringin' it!"
~ G. Marchese
Debra Roberts
A Beekeeping Bigwig in Asheville NC, Debra's joyful relationship with the Honeybee has brought worldwide interest into her celebratory style of beekeeping.
One of the "Founding Mothers" of the College of the Melissae; Center for Sacred Beekeeping, Debra provides us with mentorship, support and inspiration.
"I have been privileged to bear sacred witness to the birth and wild flowering of the College of the Melissae, Center for Sacred Beekeeping. Laura Ferguson’s incredible Vision is clearly destined for these exact times. The College has (wo)manifested from a twinkle in her eye to a confluence of astonishing bee-loving people: teachers and stewards of breathtaking caliber and an awesome student body who harken from all over the world. I know in my bee-loving DNA that the College is one of the great epicenters of holy bee good. For anyone feeling the Call, please take the opportunity to enliven your own profound connection with the honeybees by flying the College’s way. Blessed be, blessed bees, blessed College of the Melissae."
Check into Debra's work including a video series of interviews with revolutionary bee-thinkers! holybeepress.com
Les Crowder
Les, a published author, regularly shares energy, tips and networks with the College as he believes that our culture has a need to hear the true voice of the Bee. With over 30 years of experience including Queen Breeding his beautiful stock of treatment-free bees, Les shares his vast knowledge and provides a great touchstone on the culture of beekeeping in our country. Les's powerful comprehension of the world of bee-centric and natural beekeeping has brought him into an international level and he is regularly invited abroad to share his teachings. Laura was fortunate to work alongside with Les for over a month in California and Jamaica and received his excellent mentorship.
"Laura Bee gave a talk a few years ago that led me to the conclusion that our troubles with bees and the environment in general
are rooted more deeply than the industrial age or the “green revolution”.
They are rooted in a loss of ability to see ourselves in the biology that we live in.
When Laura works to relate to bees in an old/new way and to bring the feminine energy back to beekeeping,
she is asking us to advance out of patriarchy and into respect;
to transform extractive capitalism to socially and environmentally healing businesses;
to move from competition to cooperation."
To learn more about Les Crowder's work,
Sharon Schmidt
is a passionate and informed Bee Spokesperson and offers the College of the Melissae regular network consulting and keeps us up to date on the important local issues! Sharon is also Volunteer Director, Oregon Honey Festival via Cascade Girl Organization whose motto is: "Connecting People with the Bee-Culture and Science through Taste" Oh! Yummy!
Laura Bee is honored to be speaking alongside
an incredible line-up at the 2015 Oregon Honey Festival.
Sharon has this to say about Laura Bee's work:
"Laura is an inspirational leader with a heart as big as the sky!
Helping people and creatures has been her mission for decades.
She incorporates Anthropology, Biology, Sociology and the Sacred in her Beekeeping mission and is spreading the word that
Bees need our support to counteract the troubles visited upon them.
She has taught both Traditional and Bee-Centric Beekeeping and
founded the College of the Melissae to focus on the latter.
People from all walks of life have learned from her
and she has always found a way to accomodate people without means.
She is a wise and fascinating speaker and a true ecological activist.
Recently named as a "2015 Luminary" by Jacqueline Freeman, author of The Song of Increase, she also received the E-chievement award from the nonprofit E-town radio program in Boulder, Colorado.
Laura draws knowledge from everywhere to bring together
a cohesive picture of how we can help Bees and restore Hope."
To find out more about Sharon Schmidt,
facebook.com/OregonHoneyFestival
https://www.OregonHoneyFestival.com
Ashland Oregon
Ashland Oregon is a unique semi-rural small town that celebrates the arts and forward thinking. With incredible talent in the world of green energy and technology, organic farming and the Temple Arts (Sacred dance, drumming, meditation, ceremony, yoga, and more) the cultural climate here regularly supports eachother with shared ideas, energy and resources. The community is deeply spiritual and this is reflected in group conscious behaviors such as taking our county GMO-free via ballot, and other informed and revolutionary activism.