2015 Bee Tour

Aiming High!
Research Trip & Findhorn November 2015!

Our Mission:
To bring the practice of Beekeeping into ethical and resonant harmony with the bees, world-wide.

Goal: Research, Networking, bring bee-centric beekeeping and bee history to the world-stage

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The College of the Melissae; Center for Sacred Beekeeping is an international school based in Ashland OR that has developed a revolutionary new curriculum for the study of the Bee. Through exploration into the Six-Fold Path: Science, Sacred, History, Mystery, Art/Medicine & Activism, the College Students become highly informed and capable beekeepers who can speak to the sovreignty of the Bee and model animal-harmony in the context of the modern apicultural and agricultural landscape.

Science: The College of the Melissae teaches bee-centric methodology that focuses on providing shelter, robust diverse forage, sensitive handling and natural selection.

Activism: An important element of the college's work is a focus on great forage and activism: This year has shown tremendous progress as we were able to donate seeds, irrigation and hundreds of hours of labor to our Community Garden Project.


We are in deep service to the bee and are fortunate that our work is beginning to be recognized:
Huffington Post: World-Changers to Watch, 2014
Bee Luminaries Award, 2015
E-town E-Commerce Award, 2015
Findhorn Weeklong Bee Immersion, August 6, 2016

This Fall Laura Bee is going to visit Findhorn for a week to meet with the administrators to discuss the College of the Melissae's future work with their prestigious institution.  She will spend her extra time networking,  researching for a Sacred Sites Tour of Great Britain to follow her Aug 6-12th 2016 Findhorn Workshop,  collect special honeys, and teach in several cities: Glastonbury, Budapest and Asheville on the way home.

We are raising money for the plane ticket and fees to attend a course at Findhorn November 2015.
Should more be raised, funds will go toward winterizing our 19 Hives and start-up for some great product ideas.

For more information about this program, please look to our webpage: collegeofthemelissae.com

Funding this trip will help get the timely message of treatment-free, bee-centric beekeeping out into the world.  Being prepared for her future teaching at Findhorn is essential as this gives our  message an incredible boost in world-wide exposure..

Additional Service Laura Bee has volunteered in pursuit of our Mission:

*Taught organic beekeeping methodology for one-month in Jamaica, 2014

*Taught Organic beekeeping and business development in Peru for one month, 2014

*Honey Culture Radio: 2+ years of shows on beekeeping ethics, history, practice and news.  Kskq.org

*On-going Beekeeping education, mentorship and Weekly Bee Club

*Worked with multiple organizations in the last year including Pollinator Project Rogue Valley and Bee City USA: Talent OR and Ashland OR to develop awareness about bee health, forage and the dangers of pesticides.

*Spoke at several events and conferences in the last year including the Arizona Organic Beekeeping Conferece '14 & '15, Bee-Centric Beekeeping 2015, Synchronicity; Psyche & Matter Symposium, '14, Rogue Valley Seed Exchange

*Laura and her team performed multiple bee rescues including complicated extractions, high swarm and colony retrieval and two full size in tact tree hives.  

Supporting this Tour will help boost Laura Bee and the College of the Melissae to the world stage.

Thank you!

For more information about Laura Bee and her Program:
Curriculum Vitae
College of the Melissae; Center for Sacred Beekeeping