Join us at Spikenard–Classes Begin March 5th!
As the bees anticipate the dandelion, and begin to bring in pollen (from who knows where!), we too are preparing for the coming season! Thinking of having bees this year but have never kept bees before? Have you had bees before but want to start again? Come join us on March 5th for our famous, […]
Spikenard Wishing You A Wonderful New Year
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Spikenard featured in local PBS special – Virginia Farming
Nice piece on Spikenard and the bees by journalist Amy Roscher. Click HERE to see the video!
Gunther’s talk at the 2014 International Biodynamic Conference in Switzerland at the Goetheanum
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The Honeybee Crisis: A Curse or a Blessing?
From Natural Awakenings, September 2013 Why is it that bees, and foremost, the honeybees, touch our heart so deeply? It can't only be because we love honey, or because the pollinator crisis is threatening our very food supply. Even before the present crisis, more books were written about the honeybee than any other animal, and […]
Floyd County bee farm seeking ways to preserve pollinators
From the Roanoke Times: The bees sounded angry. But after a few moments, she gave up looking for someone to sting and flew away. It had not been a good day to open the honey bee hives at Spikenard Farm Honeybee Sanctuary, said Gunther Hauk, executive director of the organization. Read more
Floyd county farm dedicated to saving the bees
From WDBJ7: Floyd County, VA: 50 to 90 percent of given bee populations are disappearing as beekeepers lose their hives at alarming rates. One Floyd County farm is dedicated to reversing trends to save the bees. For many of you, bees are pests. For Gunther Hauk they're like his children. Read more
Concerns about Nuclear Radiation and our Honeybees
Spray the BD preps #500 and #501 around the hives and surrounding area; i.e. first the soil spray,#500, in the afternoon, and the silica spray #501 in the morning next day. With Chernobyl we experienced a rapid improvement of the radiation after the sprays (not completely gone, but milder). In spiritual language: we are engaging […]
Responce to: Next Mass Extinction an Eyeblink Away: Scientists
Believe it or not: it is only here on Earth that we can fulfill our goal in evolution; and the other kingdoms' evolution is tied into our own! Our materialistic, bottom-line oriented mindset is the underlying cause: get what you can out of the earth, the animals, plants and your fellow human beings whatever you […]
On the Honeybee
From Lilipoh Magazine We are seldom aware of the subtle interrelationships of life, for they are hidden within the facts that jump out at you. For example, we all know that the buffalo provided meat, hides and bones for the American Indians. And yet, these gifts are almost a side effect, compared to its critical […]