Bee Teachings on Resilience + Consensus w— Ang Roell
In this episode, regenerative beekeeper Ang Roell talks with us about how bees teach us about consensus, planning to thrive and the parallels between bee health + human health within our current agricultural system.
we discuss
Their lineage + family history of beekeeping
The complexity of collaborating directly with the natural world to earn a living
White folk’s cultural displacement of heritage + assimilation of whiteness
The role of bees in ecosystems + why they are necessary
How bees were brought to the US and became part of our agricultural system
Parallels between the health of bees + the health of humans
Why bees don’t need saving
How we confuse consumerism with a solution
The connection between identity, resilience + place
The importance of meeting basic needs + collaborating to survive + thrive
How bees model consensus + planning to do better
Their proposal for a regenerative beekeeping school to re-skill folks for their own bee practices
links
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Ang’s website --> Get Ang's FREE e-book “Radicalize the Hive”
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Mentioned in the episode —
Honeybee Democracy by Thomas Seeley
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L I S T E N
We started this season reflecting on the house of the goddess, and now we end where we began — carrying water medicine and the wisdom of Her with us into the summer sun.