The Calm Before the Swarm
Dear Friend of the Bee, Pollinator Week is almost here, and this spring I’ve been spending more time than usual with bees. A lot more
Whatever You LOVE…Thank a BEE
Summer is here. Farmers markets are filling up again. Backyard gardens are waking up. Roadside blackberries are beginning to bloom. Families are grilling outside, pouring
5 Things You Can Do This Summer to SAVE the BEE
Memorial Day has passed. The grills are out. Gardens are filling in. Kids are out of school. Summer has unofficially arrived. But for bees, this
What One Bee Actually Does All Day – World Bee Day (May 20) Series
A worker bee begins her day before most of us are awake. And as tomorrow, May 20, is World Bee Day we thought “a day
The Silence We Don’t Notice Until It’s Gone – World Bee Day (May 20) Series
There’s a sound that belongs to spring. You hear it in gardens before you really notice it. A soft hum moving between blossoms. Bees drifting
The Drive That Feeds America
I left Eugene in early March before sunrise on my way to Anaheim, California and the 2026 Natural Products Food Expo, or Expo West. It
The Light Bulb Moment: What 1000+ Conversations About Bees Taught Us at Expo West
For four days at Natural Products Expo West we stood beside a living colony of bees and invited people to stop, take a look, and
We’re Bringing Live Bees to Expo West. Here’s Why It Matters.
In March 2026, something unprecedented will happen at Expo West, the world largest natural foods conference. For the first time (to our knowledge) in the
When Bees Have Rights, We All Do
Something just happened in the Amazon for the first time. Stingless bees became the first insects on Earth granted legal rights. Not symbolic ones. Real
For the Bee and the Beekeeper, Giving Isn’t a Season
You know that moment when the year starts to wind down and everyone talks about “the giving spirit” like it suddenly switched on with the
