Reimagining Apiculture in a Time of Crisis

The challenge: In the midst of climate collapse, our bee populations are collapsing as well. These creatures are the backbone of our ecosystems; if they perish our world will be transformed beyond recognition.

Michael’s pioneering approach to apiculture and honeybee conservation has appeared in national and international magazines, books and films. He has presented his work at Harvard University & New York University, consulted for the USDA, and in 2006 developed the organization Gaia Bees to advance biodynamic practices in apiculture. In 2017 he founded Apis Arborea to preserve the life and resiliency of honeybees through wilding, that is, the promotion of self-willed ecological processes, and the use of a holistic, system- and science-based framework in working with bees.