I think if you spend a long time
with any species in the wild,
you are encountering the species
as they truly are.
And that allows for the understanding
to be much, much greater.
I describe it as wild wisdom.
But that can only be acquired
if you spend a lot of time with bees.
I'm allergic to bee stings.
So instead of being afraid of bees,
I had to learn how to be with bees.
We spend up to eight hours a day,
at least five days a week,
with bees in the wild.
We found out that we're the only people
studying bees in this way.
They're fascinating,
understanding that they're talking to one another.
It's a mystery
trying to unpack what it is that they do and get up to.
Globally, bee populations are crashing.
It's a huge concern, and many people know about it.
There are many factors that contribute to that.
Habitat loss, pesticides,
the stresses that we put bees under.
So to enhance our relationship with bees,
we need to respect that they are wild
and they have specific needs.
One should understand what they do in the wild
and try and mimic that.
So the number one thing that has to change
is how we house them.
Square boxes are not healthy for bees.
There are all these cold corners.
There's fibreglass, there's plastic...
The moment you use. synthetic material
the health starts to go wrong
and the whole natural order starts to fragment.
There are an amazing amount of
traditional ways of keeping bees.
Log hives,
skep hives,
tree bee keeping...
those are beautiful homes.
The world needs more habitats for bees.
I don't often see bee keepers
producing food for bees... planting...
and planting enough forage for them all year round.
I think the world needs wild spaces,
so the bees can be free to be wild.
And those need to be protected
as the number one priority.
Bees should not be move around from area to area.
You need to get bees from your local area
that are genetically sound.
So they will live and know
the conditions of your area and survive well.
If you're wanting to have bees,
you create the garden, the home, and see what comes.
When we start mimicking nature's genius
we can definately create sustainable farming practices
that are healthy not only for bees
but for ourselves, and the environment.
But we have to start looking at nature's genius to do that.
My dream would be for people to start
realising that we have to free our thinking
and our way of being, on so many levels,
from the production of food,
to how we keep bees,
to our inner relationship with ourselves,
and our outer relationship with the world.
From that place you are strengthened,
and from that place you are kinder,
and from that place you're a better person,
for yourself and for others.
To all of you who have contributed,
for those of you who've shared our films,
for those of you who have written out comments,
this journey is just beginning.
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