Arboreal Apiculture Salon

An Interactive Live Stream & Podcast

Exploring the science, beauty, and spiritual expression of Arboreal Apiculture & Apiology.

The Arboreal Apiculture Salon is an opportunity for a global arboreal apiculture community to connect and meet for exchange and symbiotic learning, to share innovative ideas, and to be a resource for each other. Listen to or chat with arboreal apiculture experts and enthusiasts from around the world and develop a deeper connection to Arboreal Apiculture & Apiology.

Co-hosted by Jonathan Powell (Natural Beekeeping Trust), Cheyanna Bone, and Michael Joshin Thiele (Apis Arborea).

The Salon is a free event, serving communities around the globe. You can join by using this Zoom link. If you would like more info or have a suggestion for a topic/ speaker, please contact us.

We recently created a Telegram Group as a forum to continue conversations beyond the live Salon events. It will provide a space to explore and share ideas and projects and will make it easier to organize locally. If you are interested, please feel free to use this link to join the Arboreal Apiculture Salon on Telegram.

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Arboreal Apiculture Salon #30

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The craft and wisdom of beelining and tracking honeybees will be the topic for a panel discussion at Salon #30. Beelining...

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Listen To Previous Recordings

  • Salon No. 29 with Maggie Shanahan
    by Natural Beekeeping Trust and Apis Arborea
    In Salon 29. we are joined by honeybee researcher Maggie Shanahan, and author of the 2022 paper  “Honey Bees and Industrial Agriculture: What Researchers are Missing, and Why it’s a Problem” –  Link. The conclusion of that paper offers a great introduction to our conversation with Maggie in this episode of the Salon: "When honey […]
  • Salon No. 28 with Grace McCormack
    by Jonathan Powell, Michael Joshin Thiele, Cheyanna Bone
    This salon features special guest  Grace McCormack. She is a Professor of Zoology at NUI Galway, Ireland. Her interests lie in evolutionary biology and particularly in using molecular data to understand how organisms are related to each other and the impacts this may have on the conservation and the evolution of organismal traits. In this […]
  • Salon No. 27 with Benjamin Rutschmann
    by Apis Arborea and Natural Beekeeping Trust
    Our special guest will be Ph.D. Benjamin Rutschman from Germany. Benjamin is a honeybee researcher who works on honeybee ecology with a special focus on colonies living in the wild, their foraging resources, and their nesting sites. He got his Ph.D. from the University of Würzburg in 2022 and is now continuing his studies on […]
  • Salon No. 26 with Chelsea Batavia
    by Natural Beekeeping Trust and Apis Arborea
    Our Guest will be Chelsea Batavia. She is an Environmental Scientist with the Delta Stewardship Council. She researches how human ethical values and beliefs affect environmental management and conservation. She is also a great cook as you will find out!
  • Salon No. 25 with Lars Chittka
    by Jonathan Powell, Michael Joshin Thiele, Cheyanna Bone
    Our special guest is Prof. Dr. Lars Chittka.  He is from the Research Centre for Psychology at the Queen Mary University of London, where he is a Professor of Sensory and Behavioural Ecology. His latest book “The Mind of a Bee” is a rich and surprising exploration of the intelligence of bees.
  • Salon No 24 The Salon Discusses Frederique Apffel Marglin podcast
    by Natural Beekeeping Trust and Apis Arborea
    In this podcast the hosts and attendees discuss Frederique Apffel Marglin Salon podcast No 23. Frederique is challenging the foundation of western thinking and promotes new ways of being in relationship with the agency and sentience of the non-human world. Join us in this open discussion.
  • Salon No 23 With Frederique Apffel Marglin
    by Natural Beekeeping Trust and Apis Arborea
    Our special guest is Frederique Apffel Marglin. She is Professor Emerita, Dpt. of Anthropology at Smith College and founded Sachamama Center for Biocultural Regeneration in Peru. Frederique is challenging the foundation of western thinking and promotes new ways of being in relationship with the agency and sentience of the non-human world. Her innovative research presents […]
  • Salon No. 22 With Thomas Seeley
    by Natural Beekeeping Trust and Apis Arborea
    Our special guest will be Thomas Dyer Seeley.  He is the Horace White Professor in Biology in the Department of Neurobiology and Behavior at Cornell University. He is the author of several books on honeybee behavior, including Honeybee Democracy and The Wisdom of the Hive.  He was the recipient of the Humboldt Prize in Biology […]
  • Salon No. 21 With Filipe Salbany
    by Natural Beekeeping Trust and Apis Arborea
    Our special guest for Salon No. 21 is Filipe Salbany. He has worked with honey bees for over 50 years in Africa, Europe, North America, and the UK. In November 2021 his work at Blenheim Palace (UK) received international attention when the Guardian published an article about the discovery of over 50 previously unknown honey bee colonies of […]
  • Salon No. 20 with special guest Prof. Dr. Scott Gilbert
    by Natural Beekeeping Trust and Apis Arborea
    Our special guest is Prof. Dr. Scott F. Gilbert from the Institute of Biotechnology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland; Department of Biology, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA, USA. Scott will talk about his pioneering work about Holobiome, radically new perspectives on what it means to be an individual, and the origins of novelty. His research is […]
  • Salon No. 19 Beelining with Cheyanna and Michael
    by Natural Beekeeping Trust and Apis Arborea
    Beelining is an ancient craft and science of finding wild honeybee trees/nests. The pursuit is old as humankind and has gained new relevance for the conservation and rewilding of honeybees. Cheyanna and Michael will give an introduction to the logistics and challenges and share how beelining is used in projects in their work at Apis […]
  • Salon No.18 with Matt Somerville
    by Natural Beekeeping Trust and Apis Arborea
    For Salon #18 we are delighted to have Matt Somerville from the UK as our special guest . He is a master carpenter and the founder of beekindhives. Matt has been a pioneer of arboreal apiculture and experimented with diverse hive designs. He has started to set up hundreds of log hives in the UK and is […]
  • Salon No. 17 with Frank Krumm
    by Natural Beekeeping Trust and Apis Arborea
    Our special guest is Dr. Frank Krumm from Switzerland. He is a scientific assistant WSL/SLF in Davos, a member of the Mountain Ecosystems group, a scientific advisor to freethebees.ch in this fascinating presentation he discusses tree-micro-habitats.
  • Salon No. 16 with Sabine Bergmann
    by Natural Beekeeping Trust and Apis Arborea
    Our special guest for Salon #16 is Sabine Bergmann from Germany. She is an advocate for traditional and historical apiculture and promotes the rewilding of honeybees in Europe. Sabine and her students have made over 300 log hives which have been placed in projects around Germany. The podcast covers how she got started and the schools, […]
  • Salon No. 15 with Ivan Pigarev
    by Natural Beekeeping Trust and Apis Arborea
    We are delighted to welcome Ivan Pigarev, the Executive Director of the Natural Beekeeping Association of Russia and author and director of the upcoming documentary “Point of Return". He is a pioneer within the Russian Zeidler community and promotes arboreal apiculture throughout Eastern Europe. This fascinating interview looks into the roots of Russian arboreal apiculture […]
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