Labor Songs Will Rise From Bee and Birth
Posted on: July 29, 2016 | Labor Doula
There is an eighty-year-old German beekeeper in Bellingham who swears his bees know his voice. He’s been singing to his bees once every seven to ten days for 73 years.
The first time I opened my own hive all I could hear was the agitated hum and buzz of 30,000 angry bees. I’m a beekeeper; I’m also a caretaker. The modern mama honey bee has a lot she’s up against and a skilled beekeeper can be the difference in the hive’s survival or failure. read more…