[D66] queen of the sun

[Antid Oto]

http://www.queenofthesun.com/


Whoever looks at a beehive should actually say with an exalted
frame of mind, “Making this detour by way of the beehive, the
entire cosmos can find its way into human beings and help to make
them sound in mind and body.”

–Rudolf Steiner, from a lecture on honey bees

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.

–Opening lines of Antonio Machado’s Last Night as I was Sleeping

Drawing upon the canary in the coal mine narrative, one might say
that the honey bee serves the same purpose for humanity as a
whole. Disappearing honey bees are an omen of our disappearance as
well. But the honey bee is more than an early warning system or an
alarm. This humble creature that has been on the planet for 150
million years is responsible for pollinating at least forty
percent of the fruits and vegetables that are part of our diet.

In 2007 the media was all abuzz (excuse the pun) over disappearing
honey bees, something that was posited as a kind of mystery. After
seeing the powerful documentary “Queen of the Sun: What the Bees
are Telling Us?”, the only mystery will be why the mainstream
media could not have uncovered the source of the looming disaster
without delay. Its failure to do so reminds us of the need for
alternative sources of information, starting with the experts and
activists who are featured in this film directed by Taggart
Siegel. Featured prominently in “Queen of the Sun”, beekeeper
Gunter Hauk states that the crisis of the disappearing bee is
“More important than global warming. We could call it Colony
Collapse of the human being too.”

full:
http://louisproyect.wordpress.com/2011/06/10/queen-of-the-sun-what-are-the-bees-telling-us/