We need a BIG BUZZ around this one

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Artists at the Gallery of Modern Art are exhibiting living beehives to explain the precarious state of bees in the world and the disastrous consequences of living in a world without bees. They remind us to look at our relationship to the natural world and to warn of impeding climate changes and extinction of so many of the species. Bees are essential pollinators of plants.

The BBC has just published an interesting article http://www.bbc.com/capital/story/20190117-the-young-woman-who-wants-to-put-bees-in-your-office on one woman's efforts to do something constructive about this problem. 

Books have been written and poems have been recited but the decimation of bees seems to continue unabated. Is this something we can stop or reverse? The Hubby got a Beehive for Xmas. He is in the process of building it and varnishing it before we go out to get the swarm, but in the meantime we are heading to a workshop on the FLOW HIVE an Australian invention that has met with great success https://www.honeyflow.com.au

On the 11th of February we are heading to Ipswich to listen to Darryl Ryan who is an expert on Flow Hives and who will talk to us about the benefits of a beehive in an urban environment and the impact of bees on our lives. He will also demonstrate bee handling and honey harvest and provide us with Bee hats to allow us to get close to the bees.

There will be delicious honey to buy and morning tea provided. The fee is $50 which is a bargain for the expert know- how that Darryl is kind enough to share with us. If you are interested in joining a small group which is going on Monday the 11th of February 2019 from 10 -1pm please email me at marina.marangos@gmail.com or send me a message on Facebook.