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SUMMARY:Arboreal Apiculture Salon #29 (no live event - podcast only)
DESCRIPTION:Our guest speaker in October will be Maggie Shanahan. We met with her for an interview in early October and will publish the podcast asap.  Maggie (she/her) is a beekeeper\, researcher\, and parent currently based in Chiapas\, Mexico\, where she works with her extended family to manage a variety of bee-related farming projects. She holds a Ph.D. in entomology from the University of Minnesota\, where she studied the strategies that honey bees and stingless bees use to keep their colonies healthy and the agricultural systems that impact bee health. Maggie’s most recent project involves surfacing conversations both within and beyond the bee research community around the ways in which research narratives normalize and perpetuate harmful agriculture systems. She is interested in helping shift those narratives to create opportunities for transformation. You can read more about her work here. \nThe Arboreal Apiculture Salon is an opportunity for a global arboreal apiculture community to connect and meet for exchange and symbiotic learning\, to share innovative ideas\, and to be a resource for each other. Listen to or chat with arboreal apiculture experts and enthusiasts from around the world and develop a deeper connection to Arboreal Apiculture & Apiology. \nCo-hosted by Cheyanna Bone (Apis Arborea)\, Jonathan Powell (Natural Beekeeping Trust)\, and Michael Joshin Thiele (Apis Arborea). \nThe Salon is a free event\, serving communities around the globe. If you would like more info or have a suggestion for a topic/ speaker\, please send an email.
URL:https://apisarborea.org/event/arboreal-apiculture-salon-29-4/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Salon
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230930T093000
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SUMMARY:Wilding Honeybees / Field Trip to the Galbreath Wildlands Preserve
DESCRIPTION:New research on the impact of climate change on global ecosystems continues to send our thinking in new directions. One of those sacred principles being challenged is the notion that nativeness is the gold standard in conservation biology. That isn’t necessarily so. Naturalized wild honeybees in remote landscapes are part of novel ecosystems. A Sonoma County nonprofit\, Apis Arborea\, has begun a seven-year research project on the Galbreath Wildlands Preserve to investigate the life cycles of wild honeybees and their role in a diverse pollinator community. Come visit several bee trees on the preserve with us\, and learn about a successful bee-tree-locating technique called beelining.\nLeaders:\nMichael Thiele is the founder and president of Apis Arborea. His pioneering approach to apiculture and honeybee conservation has appeared in national and international magazines\, books\, and films. Cheyanna Bone is the program director of Apis Arborea and is part of the Galberath research team.\nDetails:\nMichael and his team have been using the beelining technique to locate nests of wild honeybees on the Galbreath Preserve for the past year. We will see a few of those bee trees – including nests with internal sensors\, talk about the importance of wilding\, learn about beelining\, and the plans ahead for this project. We will also talk about opportunities for you to volunteer on the preserve with this project.  For registration click here.
URL:https://apisarborea.org/event/wilding-honeybees-field-trip-to-the-galbreath-wildlands-preserve/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230928T080000
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SUMMARY:Symposia Series: "Sharing Is Caring: Unraveling Data Sharing"
DESCRIPTION:As researchers potentially entering into a collaborative global study\, what are our general concerns regarding data rights\, sharing\, and publishing? What role does open-source play? How have others addressed and resolved this topic?\nWe’ll discuss all of these questions and more with these panelists\, who are involved in collecting data from free-living colonies in Luxembourg\, Italy\, and beyond\, and who have dealt with data-sharing issues before: To register\, send an email with your name and which session(s) you’d like to attend to ambeessadors@gmail.com. Registrants will receive materials to review in advance. More info is available here. The Symposia series is organized by Honey Bee Watch.
URL:https://apisarborea.org/event/symposia-series-sharing-is-caring-unraveling-data-sharing/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230921T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230923T170000
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SUMMARY:Fall Equinox Festival at Spikenard Farm
DESCRIPTION:Spikenard Farm invited Apis Arborea to join their annual Fall Equinox Festival. We are excited to collaborate on the programming and be part of a gathering for mutual learning and communal connection with the cycles of the year\, including special lectures\, deepened apiculture and observational experiences\, artistic work\, stirring the preparations\, and a festival celebration. For more info and registration\, please click here.
URL:https://apisarborea.org/event/https-spikenardfarm-org-product-fall-equinox-festival/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230909T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230909T140000
DTSTAMP:20230531T001532Z
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SUMMARY:Re-imagining Apiculture through Wilding
DESCRIPTION:Contemporary research documents the resilience and longevity of wild honeybees in remote landscapes that are sheltered from agricultural and apicultural practices. How can we integrate the qualities and conditions that allow honeybees in the wild to thrive into our backyards and beekeeping? One approach Apis Arborea (www.apisarborea.org) has taken is to incorporate the biomimicry of arboreal nest conditions and to promote natural population dynamics. Honeybees as novel wildlife in the Americas have become a rich and pioneering field of research that can serve our quest for a sustainable apicultural framework. Environmental challenges such as climate emergency and the 6th mass extinctions are new emerging compass points for apian conservation (and that of all species) that invite us with utmost urgency into the development of truly sustainable systems. \nThe topics of the presentation will include a 7-year research study of wild\, unmanaged honeybees in a Wildlands Preserve\, the ancient craft and science of beelining as a tool to track bees and locate BeeTrees\,  our Apian Networks program and a project that introduces a wild honeybee framework into a diverse community in Oregon that includes farmers\, a Tribal Nation\, and the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife. \nMore info here.
URL:https://apisarborea.org/event/re-imagining-apiculture-through-wilding/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230628T080000
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SUMMARY:Symposia Series: "The Case for Protocol Standardization: Monitoring"
DESCRIPTION:The kickoff symposium tackles protocols\, namely which data points we request citizen scientists and research partners collect when monitoring free-living nests and untreated colonies in apiaries\, the two types of naturally surviving honey bee populations that we’re studying. Intending to become the world’s greatest repository of data on survivors\, Honey Bee Watch strives to standardize protocols to a great degree\, then share them far and wide in order to ensure parity of data globally. But how do you converge monitoring protocols from projects with different research goals\, that have spanned varying time frames\, that do or do not involve citizens\, and with origins in countries as diverse as Serbia\, Ireland\, UK\, US\, and beyond? To register\, send an email with your name and which session(s) you’d like to attend to ambeessadors@gmail.com. Registrants will receive materials to review in advance. More info is available here. The Symposia series is organized by Honey Bee Watch.
URL:https://apisarborea.org/event/symposia-series-the-case-for-protocol-standardization-monitoring/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230603T113000
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SUMMARY:Arboreal Apiculture Salon #29
DESCRIPTION:Our Guest will be Grace McCormack. She is a Professor of Zoology at NUI Galway\, Ireland. Her interests lie in evolutionary biology and particularly in using molecular data to understand how organisms are related to each other and the impacts this may have on the conservation and the evolution of organismal traits. Grace has been beekeeping for seven years and currently manages 15 colonies. She became interested in free-living colonies in 2015 and has been investigating their survival\, diversity\, and distribution since. She is interested both in the conservation of Apis mellifera mellifera and the resilience of untreated bees to Varroa and other challenges introduced by humans \nThe Arboreal Apiculture Salon is an opportunity for a global arboreal apiculture community to connect and meet for exchange and symbiotic learning\, to share innovative ideas\, and to be a resource for each other. Listen to or chat with arboreal apiculture experts and enthusiasts from around the world and develop a deeper connection to Arboreal Apiculture & Apiology. \nCo-hosted by Cheyanna Bone (Apis Arborea)\, Jonathan Powell (Natural Beekeeping Trust)\, and Michael Joshin Thiele (Apis Arborea). \nThe Salon is a free event\, serving communities around the globe. If you would like more info or have a suggestion for a topic/ speaker\, please send an email.
URL:https://apisarborea.org/event/arboreal-apiculture-salon-29/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Salon
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230520T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230525T150000
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SUMMARY:Eastern Cascades Community Honeybee Conservation Project
DESCRIPTION:Parts of the followng training and activities are open to the public. For more info and how to sign up\, please use this link. The Eastern Cascades Community Honeybee Conservation Project – (ECCHCP) is a collaborative community-led conservation initiative. Apis Arborea serves as an intermediary facilitator for entomological research and compassionate conservation and collaborates with a diverse group of local stakeholders\, including small family farmers\, a tribal nation (Sweet Water Springs)\, Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife\, community organizers\, and apiculturists. Apis Arborea’s goal is to assist the Eastern Cascades community to increase their ecological capacity and reach\, and to co-create a diverse palette of educational programs that include hands-on fieldwork. This project is an extension of our Apian Networks Program and is centered on meta-populations that focus on the honeybee populations in local watersheds. It promotes a symbiotic narrative and a vision for the collaboration of landscape\, honeybees & humans. It supports the conditions necessary for populations of honeybees to thrive and it will generate baseline data for habitat and nesting sites. The framework of Apian Networks follows the natural life gestures of honeybees and integrates cutting-edge research in life sciences\, biomimicry\, and traditional practices. The Apian Networks Program integrates ‘wilding’ principles to promote self-willed ecological processes of ‘living landscapes’ (long-term\, minimum intervention\, natural process-led area). This community-led project will pioneer new ways of conservation\, and has the opportunity to create programs for the protection and assessments of honeybees in non-cultivated landscapes.
URL:https://apisarborea.org/event/eastern-cascades-community-honeybee-conservation-project/
LOCATION:ECCHCP
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230509T073000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230509T210000
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SUMMARY:Presentation at ACBA
DESCRIPTION:Contemporary research documents the resilience and longevity of wild honeybees in remote landscapes that are sheltered from agricultural and apicultural practices. How can we integrate the qualities and conditions that allow honeybees in the wild to thrive into our backyards and beekeeping? One approach Apis Arborea (www.apisarborea.org) has taken is to incorporate the biomimicry of arboreal nest conditions and to promote natural population dynamics. Honeybees as novel wildlife in the Americas have become a rich and pioneering field of research that can serve our quest for a sustainable apicultural framework. Environmental challenges such as climate emergency and the 6th mass extinctions are new emerging compass points for apian conservation (and that of all species) that invite us with utmost urgency into the development of truly sustainable systems. \nApis Arborea is a non-profit organization in Sonoma County and was founded to preserve the life and resiliency of honeybees through ‘wilding’ and the use of a holistic framework of apian ecologies for conservation and apiculture. Michael will share the different aspects of the work of Apis Arborea. The topics of the presentation will include a 7-year research study of wild\, unmanaged honeybees in a Wildlands Preserve in Mendocino County\, which is owned by Sonoma State University\, and associated collaborations with Texas A&M and also UC Riverside. So far\, we could document 100% winter survival (with a small initial data set). We will publish a white paper in 2023\, once survival figures are in from this current winter. \nMichael will talk about the ancient craft and science of beelining as a tool to track bees and locate BeeTrees\, with some of the new revelations of beelining\, including tips and challenges. He will also ask about some of our current programs\, like Apian Networks programs and a project that introduces a wild honeybee framework into a diverse community in Oregon that includes farmers\, a Tribal Nation\, and the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife.
URL:https://apisarborea.org/event/presentation-at-acba/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230429T113000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230429T130000
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SUMMARY:Arboreal Apiculture Salon #28
DESCRIPTION:Salon #28 will be a special meeting. We will discuss various topics that were part of the programming of the Learning from the Bees Conference in the UK earlier this month. We will provide more information in the coming days and are planning on a lively discussion in break-out rooms. Stay tuned for more updates. \nThe Arboreal Apiculture Salon is an opportunity for a global arboreal apiculture community to connect and meet for exchange and symbiotic learning\, to share innovative ideas\, and to be a resource for each other. Listen to or chat with arboreal apiculture experts and enthusiasts from around the world and develop a deeper connection to Arboreal Apiculture & Apiology. \nCo-hosted by Cheyanna Bone (Apis Arborea)\, Jonathan Powell (Natural Beekeeping Trust)\, and Michael Joshin Thiele (Apis Arborea). \nThe Salon is a free event\, serving communities around the globe. If you would like more info or have a suggestion for a topic/ speaker\, please send an email.
URL:https://apisarborea.org/event/arboreal-apiculture-salon-28/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Salon
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230412T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230503T193000
DTSTAMP:20220614T024344Z
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SUMMARY:Re-envisioning Beekeeping in a Time of Crisis
DESCRIPTION:The accelerating loss of animal species and biodiversity reflects the urgency with which we need to move towards the preservation of honeybees. This 4-evening course is an introduction to a system-based approach to beekeeping. We will combine contemporary entomological research\, the study of natural wild beehive environments\, and cutting-edge trends in life sciences to better understand the complexities of the life and needs of honeybees. We will study regenerative practices that create sustainable apian ecologies and explore ways that are conducive to their health and dignity. The instructor will share insights from his work as the executive director of Apis Arborea (www.apisarborea.com). For all levels of beekeeping\, beginners are welcome. To register\, please click here.
URL:https://apisarborea.org/event/re-envisioning-beekeeping-in-a-time-of-crisis-2/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230403T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230404T170000
DTSTAMP:20221220T023553Z
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SUMMARY:Learning from the Bees Conference
DESCRIPTION:Apis Arborea is honored to be one of the many wonderful speakers at the ‘Learning from the Bees’ conference. It will be an intimate contemplative gathering of 150 people at Sheepdrove organic farm and conference center\, Hungerford\, UK. For this third conference dedicated to learning from the bees\, we will converge in a spirit of reflection\, celebration\, and inquiry as we acknowledge the honey bee’s place in this world as a creature worthy of respect and protection. More info here.
URL:https://apisarborea.org/event/learning-from-the-bees-conference/
LOCATION:England
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230310T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230312T170000
DTSTAMP:20230215T033257Z
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SUMMARY:The Nature Talks
DESCRIPTION:Apis Arborea is honored to be part of the 3rd ‘The Nature Talks’. This year’s gathering will be guided by a team of leading-edge teachers and wisdom keepers on a journey to activate the life-changing power of wonder and awe in our relationship with Nature all around and within us.  Join expert teachers in participatory workshops and engage directly with the Earth from wherever you are.  For more information and sign-up click here.
URL:https://apisarborea.org/event/the-nature-talks/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230225T113000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230225T130000
DTSTAMP:20221111T160640Z
CREATED:20221111T160640Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221111T160640Z
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SUMMARY:Arboreal Apiculture Salon #27
DESCRIPTION:Our Guest will be Ph.D. Benjamin Rutschman from Germany. He works on honeybee ecology with a special focus on colonies living in the wild\, their foraging resources\, and their nesting sites. \nThe Arboreal Apiculture Salon is an opportunity for a global arboreal apiculture community to connect and meet for exchange and symbiotic learning\, to share innovative ideas\, and to be a resource for each other. Listen to or chat with arboreal apiculture experts and enthusiasts from around the world and develop a deeper connection to Arboreal Apiculture & Apiology. \nCo-hosted by Cheyanna Bone (Apis Arborea)\, Jonathan Powell (Natural Beekeeping Trust)\, and Michael Joshin Thiele (Apis Arborea). \nThe Salon is a free event\, serving communities around the globe. If you would like more info or have a suggestion for a topic/ speaker\, please send an email.
URL:https://apisarborea.org/event/arboreal-apiculture-salon-27/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Salon
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230128T113000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230128T130000
DTSTAMP:20221017T221257Z
CREATED:20221017T221257Z
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SUMMARY:Arboreal Apiculture Salon #26
DESCRIPTION:Our Guest will be Chelsea Batavia. She is an Environmental Scientist with the Delta Stewardship Council. She researches how human ethical values and beliefs affect environmental management and conservation. She uses social scientific methods to ask and answer questions informed by scholarship in environmental ethics and moral philosophy. Her overarching interest is in understanding what it means for humans to conduct themselves responsibly toward human and nonhuman life on Earth\, and to learn how such responsible human conduct can be achieved. \nThe Arboreal Apiculture Salon is an opportunity for a global arboreal apiculture community to connect and meet for exchange and symbiotic learning\, to share innovative ideas\, and to be a resource for each other. Listen to or chat with arboreal apiculture experts and enthusiasts from around the world and develop a deeper connection to Arboreal Apiculture & Apiology. \nCo-hosted by Cheyanna Bone (Apis Arborea)\, Jonathan Powell (Natural Beekeeping Trust)\, and Michael Joshin Thiele (Apis Arborea). \nThe Salon is a free event\, serving communities around the globe. If you would like more info or have a suggestion for a topic/ speaker\, please send an email.
URL:https://apisarborea.org/event/arboreal-apiculture-salon-26/
CATEGORIES:Salon
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230111T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230111T113000
DTSTAMP:20221227T182059Z
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SUMMARY:Bees without Borders
DESCRIPTION:Bees without Borders is a collaborative project of FreeTheBees (Suisse)\, Honey Bee Wild (Luxembourg) & Apis Arborea (USA). The language of the events can be German\, English\, or French (depending on the topic and presenters). \nOur guest will be Bigna Zellweger from Switzerland. She lives in the small mountain village of Tenna in the pristine Safiental. She is a qualified beekeeper and zoologist as well as a companion for the dying. People and animals – especially bees – enrich her life very much. She is currently setting up a Zeidler project in Tenna. Honeybees have developed various defense strategies against pathogens during their millions of years of evolution. Many of them work thanks to the honey bees’ social way of life. What do these strategies look like\, what does the natural habitat\, the tree cavity in the forest\, contribute to the bees’ health and why does our current way of life counteract many of these developments?  This presentation will be held in German language\, recorded\, and made available on our YouTube channel.  \nAccess to the conference is free of charge. Sign up here to receive the link and be informed about our next events:
URL:https://apisarborea.org/event/bees-without-borders-2/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221130T083000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221130T113000
DTSTAMP:20221102T180305Z
CREATED:20221102T180305Z
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SUMMARY:The Biggest Little Honeybee Tour
DESCRIPTION:Join us at Apricot Lane Farms along with our farm friend & honeybee expert\, Michael Thiele of Apis Arborea for an educational honeybee workshop\, tour\, and an up-close look at some of Michael’s work taking place at the farm! \nHoneybees are one of the MVP pollinators on the farm\, and we’re always striving to better understand them in order to truly support and protect them. Michael Thiele of Apis Arborea is a honeybee expert and educator who can help us gain a deeper understanding of honeybees and learn how we can all take action to support them in our own ecosystems. For more information and registration click here.
URL:https://apisarborea.org/event/the-biggest-little-honeybee-tour/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221114T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221114T203000
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SUMMARY:Presentation at the Sonoma County Beekeepers Association
DESCRIPTION:The talk will be about our 7-year research study of wild\, unmanaged honeybees in a Wildlands Preserve in Mendocino County that is owned by Sonoma State University. We started the project in 2021 and will conclude around 2028. We envision a multidisciplinary project that allows for multiple stakeholders to collaborate. Currently\, we are working with Texas A&M and also UC Riverside. We use beelining as a tool to track bees and locate BeeTrees. Topics will include some of the new revelations of beelining\, including tips and challenges. After an initial assessment phase (locating Beetrees)\, monitoring\, sampling\, and other activities will take the lead. So far\, we could document 100% winter survival (with a small initial data set).\nHow can we integrate the qualities and conditions that allow honeybees in the wild to thrive into our backyards and beekeeping? One approach we have taken is that we are exploring ways to incorporate the biomimicry of natural nest conditions and developed TreeNests as a novel tool for conservation. Honeybees as novel wildlife in the Americas is a rich and pioneering field of research. Environmental challenges such as climate emergency and the 6th mass extinctions are new emerging compass points for apian conservation (and that of all species) that invite us with utmost urgency into the development of truly sustainable systems.
URL:https://apisarborea.org/event/presentation-at-the-sonoma-county-beekeepers-association/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221015T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221015T120000
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SUMMARY:TreeNests for Honeybees – an online tutorial for design & construction
DESCRIPTION:During this live stream event\, Michael will go step by step through the process of building natural TreeNests (aka log hives) and share lots of video footage\, necessary tools\, and other resources. This lifestream event will explore various arboreal hive/nest designs and integrate groundbreaking research data and fundamental changes in life sciences as resources for a paradigm shift for apiculture strategies in the Anthropocene. \nWe also will look at the reemergence of ancient and traditional ways of apiculture\, such as the “Zeidler-craft” of caring for bees in living trees. The rewilding of honeybees and nest restoration are becoming increasingly essential for honeybees to survive. As wild bees survive in non-managed ecosystems and nest sites\, they represent a resource for new strategies for contemporary apiculture and a fundamental shift in bee stewardship. \nThis live stream gathering will provide a meeting environment that allows for interactive learning and discussions among participants. For all levels of beekeeping.
URL:https://apisarborea.org/event/treenests-for-honeybees-an-online-tutorial-for-design-construction/
LOCATION:Apis Arborea\, 686 Snow Road\, Sebastopol\, CA\, 95472\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221005T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221005T093000
DTSTAMP:20220826T143728Z
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SUMMARY:Bees without Borders Event
DESCRIPTION:This is the fourth event of the “Bees without Borders” conference series and features the work of Apis Arborea. It is organized by FreeTheBees\, a nonprofit organization in Switzerland. For more information click here.
URL:https://apisarborea.org/event/bees-without-borders-event/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220910T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220911T120000
DTSTAMP:20220826T001642Z
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SUMMARY:2022 - Bee Health Conference at UC Riverside
DESCRIPTION:The Center for Integrative Bee Research (CIBER) is pleased to announce the 2022 Bee Health Conference\, to be held on September 10th and 11th in person at the beautiful UCR campus. Please join us for a weekend of workshops and discussions. Meet the researchers behind our work\, as well as other notable members of the beekeeping industry. Apis Arborea is part of the schedule of presenters. To learn more\, click here.
URL:https://apisarborea.org/event/2022-bee-health-conference-at-uc-riverside/
LOCATION:UC Riverside\, 900 University Avenue\, CA\, 92521\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220820T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220820T160000
DTSTAMP:20220614T032604Z
CREATED:20220614T032604Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220614T032604Z
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SUMMARY:Beelining – the craft and science of locating wild honeybees
DESCRIPTION:Beelining is the craft and science of locating wild honeybees. The pursuit is old as humankind and has gained new relevance in a time of the accelerating mortality of managed honeybees. Wild (unmanaged) honeybees on the other hand have evolved as self-sustaining populations and are an essential focus for conservation and research. This hands-on workshop will allow participants to learn and practice all essential tasks of beelining at a location in Sonoma County\, CA. We also will provide background info and resources for sourcing all necessary tools. This in-person workshop is limited to 14 people. Info & registration here.
URL:https://apisarborea.org/event/beelining-the-craft-and-science-of-locating-wild-honeybees/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220806T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220806T170000
DTSTAMP:20220614T012846Z
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SUMMARY:Building TreeNests for Honeybees
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an in-person workshop in Sonoma County\, CA\, and learn how to build a natural nesting site (TreeNest) for Honeybees. We will use traditional and contemporary tools for the construction process and learn about principles for the design and set-up of TreeNests. The workshop will combine hands-on practical work on logs with an introduction to an arboreal apiculture paradigm.  \nThe departure from normalcy due to climate emergencies and accelerating extinction rates of all species opens the door to a re-evaluation and re-conceptualization of core belief systems and practices in beekeeping. As wild Apis Mellifera survives in non-managed ecosystems and nest sites\, they represent a resource for new strategies for contemporary apiculture and a fundamental shift in bee stewardship. Arboreal apiculture explores new ways of animal stewardship and conservation in a time that calls for out-of-the-box thinking. \nTickets are sliding scale. Your contribution will support the work of Apis Arborea. For an additional fee\, participants can take home one of the TreeNests we build together during the event. Please indicate your interest at registration. Info and tickets here.
URL:https://apisarborea.org/event/building-treenests-for-honeybees-2/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220625T113000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220625T130000
DTSTAMP:20220528T214617Z
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SUMMARY:Arboreal Apiculture Salon
DESCRIPTION:The Arboreal Apiculture Salon is an opportunity for a global arboreal apiculture community to connect and meet for exchange and symbiotic learning\, to share innovative ideas\, and to be a resource for each other. Listen to or chat with arboreal apiculture experts and enthusiasts from around the world and develop a deeper connection to Arboreal Apiculture & Apiology.\nCo-hosted by Cheyanna Bone (Apis Arborea)\, Jonathan Powell (Natural Beekeeping Trust)\, and Michael Joshin Thiele (Apis Arborea).\nThe Salon is a free event\, serving communities around the globe. If you would like more info or have a suggestion for a topic/ speaker\, please send an email.
URL:https://apisarborea.org/event/arboreal-apiculture-salon/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220604T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220605T160000
DTSTAMP:20220409T201132Z
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SUMMARY:Building TreeNests for HoneyBees
DESCRIPTION:We are inviting land stewards who are interested in restoring habitat for pollinators. Bee-lovers\, forest-tenders and those interested in permaculture and ecological balance will particularly enjoy this weekend. This gathering will have time to engage mind (learning)\, body (building)\, spirit (intention/prayer)\, as well as fun community connection time.  In this 2-day experiential weekend workshop\, we will: Learn to design\, build\, and install a beautiful wildlife arboreal nest for honeybees; celebrate with a circle of like-minded people in this forest we call home; have fun doing something positive for the earth in these crazy changing times; learn about free-living honeybees as members of pollinator communities and new ways we can support them thriving; leave with instructions\, materials lists\, and know-how to build your own arboreal nest for wild honeybees; enjoy the spiritual connection with sacred honeybees\, pollinators\, and each other; \nConservation – This is a permaculture-based offering to enhance the biodiversity of our lands\, mitigate the loss of natural nesting habitat for unmanaged\, free-living honeybees\, and contribute with love to our local forests. Climate change\, fires\, tree clearing due to beetle infestation\, and tree-fall caused by drought have all reduced wild habitat for our pollinators. Working with pine logs from our own forests\, we can replace lost log homes for free-living bees\, bats\, and other precious pollinators. 
URL:https://apisarborea.org/event/building-treenests-for-honeybees/
LOCATION:Nevada County\, CA\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220604T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220604T111500
DTSTAMP:20220419T034005Z
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SUMMARY:Bees without Borders
DESCRIPTION:The Bees without Borders conference series aims to help promote knowledge\, awareness and understanding around honey bees and other pollinators\, with each online conference simultaneously translated into German\, French and English.  A platform for bee researchers\, experienced practitioners and enthusiasts. The conference series hopes to illuminate the complexities of honey bee ecologies and also its relationships with and its role in the wider pollinator communities. After a very successful start on 21 November 2020 with Bees without Borders as a full-day event\, a new conference format is planned\, starting in March 2022\, with monthly conferences. Each month a different topic is planned with one or two speakers who will enrich you during two hours with their expertise and experience\, and answer your questions. These conferences are organized by FREETHEBEES in Switzerland\, in collaboration with Honey Bee Wild (Luxembourg)\, Apis Arborea (USA)\, and the Natural Beekeeping Trust (UK).
URL:https://apisarborea.org/event/bees-without-borders-wild-pollinators-and-honey-bees-in-pollinator-friendly-agricultural-landscapes-2/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220601T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220601T200000
DTSTAMP:20220203T232819Z
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SUMMARY:Rewilding: Self-willed ecological processes
DESCRIPTION:A talk at the Santa Cruz Beekeeping Guild
URL:https://apisarborea.org/event/log-hive-building-workshop/
LOCATION:Santa Cruz Bee Guild\, CA\, California
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220522T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220522T130000
DTSTAMP:20220204T003001Z
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SUMMARY:Wilding Honeybees: A field trip to Galbreath Wildlands Preserve
DESCRIPTION:New research and impacts on global ecosystems caused by climate change continue to contribute to a change of thinking\, where nativeness is not anymore considered to be the only directive principle in conservation biology. In addition\, new concepts such as the holobiont (Scott Gilbert)\, deep ecology\, and current conservation biology (Peter Kareiva\, Arthur Shapiro\, Mark Davis) are contemporary inquiries that challenge default dichotomies.\nNaturalized\, wild honey bees in remote landscapes are part of novel ecosystems. We have begun a 7-year research project at GWP that investigates their life cycles and status as a co- constituent of a diverse pollinator community. During this field trip\, we will visit several bee trees that are dispersed throughout the preserve\, and that we located through beelining. We will share priority area foci of our research study and discuss questions of conservation in the time of the Anthropocene. For registration click here.
URL:https://apisarborea.org/event/re-wilding-honeybees/
LOCATION:Galbreath Wildlands Preserve\, Yorkville\, California
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220513
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220515
DTSTAMP:20220204T000853Z
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SUMMARY:Log Hive Building Workshop/ Rewilding Honeybees
DESCRIPTION:This in-person weekend workshop was originally scheduled for 2020 and has been rescheduled again due to COVID. More info will be posted as soon as the new logistics have been settled. You can email us to be notified with further updates.
URL:https://apisarborea.org/event/log-hive-building-workshop-rewilding-honeybees/
LOCATION:near Chicago
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220409T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220409T120000
DTSTAMP:20220215T211327Z
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SUMMARY:‘Wilding’: Creating Regenerative Apian Networks
DESCRIPTION:The departure from normalcy due to climate emergency and accelerating extinction rates of all species opens the door to a re-evaluation and re-conceptualization of core belief systems and practices in beekeeping and conservation. \nThis workshop will explore new vantages of the pioneering arboreal apicultural field and will outline a framework of innovative practices and strategies. It promotes the re-alignment of apiculture with the fundamentals of wild apian ecologies and ethics.  With a focus on self-willed ecological processes\, wilding becomes a driver of change for the science of ecology and conservation.   \nWe will introduce the innovative concept of LocApiary (local watershed apiaries) and show how it can serve as a powerful resource towards a life-sustaining shift within apiculture. The workshop will provide resources for a deeper understanding of honeybees as a naturalized species and as a co-constituent of the wider pollinator community\, and tools for designing apian networks with ecological and ethical integrity. It is a compass point for strategies beyond sustainability. \nThe ecological integrity of wild populations of honeybees (Apis Mellifera) is transforming the fundamentals of apiculture and initiating a radical shift in thinking for beekeepers\, conservationists\, and scientists alike. As an evolving new reality within the apicultural field\, wilding has become a driving force of an inquiry into and the creation of a new\, holistic paradigm of apiculture and conservation. For beekeepers\, conservationists\, and anyone interested in a shifting apicultural paradigm. \n“In Wildness is the preservation of the world.” H.D. Thoreau
URL:https://apisarborea.org/event/wilding-creating-regenerative-apian-networks/
LOCATION:Online
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