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We can teach anything through bees!

To us, beekeeping is fascinating partly because there are so many rabbit holes to go down. The honeybees' complex societies serve as a natural example of ourselves and how our world works. We can understand things like basic science concepts, all the way to the inner workings of societal structures. The bees are nurses, architects, guards, explorers, and we would be missing an incredibly great opportunity if we did not take a step back to gather lessons from the hive

Passed Workshops

Poetry

In partnership with O'Miami &
Oak Grove Park

During this workshop, we grounded ourselves in the secret wild places in Miami. A quiet waterway, a wild backyard, a community garden - we all know a place that is both in the middle of the city and tucked away from the hustle and bustle. For us, it's the Biscayne Gardens bee yard. Sitting less than a mile away our bees more than likely fly to Oak Grove Park (the location of our workshop) to pollinate, and they made some of the wax we would be using to create our luminaries. With our connections as inspiration, we wrote poems and embedded them in orbs of wax.

Candle Making

Bees and Candle Dipping was a workshop where we both made candles and followed the process of wax. From start to burn. We learned about how the bees make wax, how they use it, and how we acquire it. We opened up a hive and made candles together

Bees 101 for Writers

Bees 101 for writers was a trip through history, literature, and folklore. We explored many of the ways we've related to bees throughout history and talked about the cultural context of that relationship. Attendees got to open up a hive with us and get firsthand factual information about bees and then had some time to write in the garden