February 11, is Feast Day for St Gobnait, patron saint of bees and beekeeping
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Article: UN science report warns of fewer bees, other pollinators
Many species of wild bees, butterflies and other critters that pollinate plants are shrinking toward extinction, and the world needs to do something about it before our food supply suffers, a new United Nations scientific mega-report warns.
The 20
Read more…Loss of the Divine Feminine
Metaphor for the loss of the divine feminine in our culture...and the deep need for its return?...
"A queenless colony is a pitiful and melancholy community; there may be a mournful wail or lament from within. . . . Without intervention, the colony
Read more…Bonnie Bright Interviewed by Dr. Michael Conforti on "Patterns We Live By" radio
Hi everyone. I wanted to invite you to check out my interview on “Patterns We Live By” radio hosted by Alliance member and Jungian analyst Dr. Michael Conforti, as we discuss Jungian psychology, honeybees, consumerism, and the underlying patterns at
Read more…Last night I had the most marvelous dream
Last night as I was sleeping,
I dreamt—marvelous error!—
that I had a beehive
here inside my heart.
And the golden bees
were making white combs
and sweet honey
from my old failures.
12 million bees dead!
Albert Einstein said If the bee disappears from the surface of the earth, man would have no more than four years to live.
Read more…Audio Presentation: Between Honey & Pain: Colony Collapse Disorder & Colonization of the Wild
I wanted to share the audio version of my recent presentation "Between Honey & Pain: Colony Collapse Disorder & Colonization of the Wild" from the anthology "Rebearths: Conversations with a World Ensouled".
This book was the vision of editor (and Dep
Read more…Worldwide Mass Honeybee collapse
For several decades, colony collapse disorder (CCD) -- a mysterious condition where entire bee colonies die for seemingly no obvious reason -- has been inflicting bee populations across both Europe and the US. But scientists from the United Nations (
Read more…Symbolic...Did you notice?--Depth Psych Alliance Has a New "Image"
If you look closely at the icon associated with the Depth Psych Alliance header, you’ll see it’s actually a beehive viewed in a series of layers (representing the psyche) or lenses (referring to Depth Psychology methods of inquiry), and the subject i
Read more…Disturbing Trend as Die-offs Increase
I added this comment in the EcoPsych Group here on the Alliance, but I think its important enough a topic, I wanted to post it here in the general Forum as well:
It's a new year, but the trend we are seeing with the collapse of ecosystems and the i
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