In this podcast I talk about bee swarm season on our little bee sanctuary and nursery. Our Warré hives, developed by Frenchman Émile Warré to allow bees to build comb naturally and as they see fit are sometimes referred to by conventional beekeepers as 'swarmy hives' because bees do tend to follow their natural pattern of swarming each spring if the hives are left to themselves.

There is an art and beauty to bees that we cannot really touch. We can sometimes perceive it, but it is beyond us, as we cannot quite imagine the unity consciousness they experience. Swarm season allows us to participate a little more directly in that experience...

The second topic today is seed snails. Practiced, perfected and tested by Farida Sober, this method of seed propagation may be ancient, no one really knows for sure. Wherever it comes from, it is fa ...