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In this system, honeybees are exploited as a labor and a cost of doing business, which

doesn't create a relationship with any reciprocity or care or tending within it because

it just can't, because it's extractive by nature.

And so yes, like one in four bites of our food is pollinated by honeybees, but at what cost in the

system that we are in now? And how could that look different if our agriculture was more

localized, regionalized, and sustainable?

You're listening to Green Dreamer, and I'm your host, Kamehashane.

Today we are speaking with And Roel, a facilitator, thought leader, and dreamweaver.

They reside in the Connecticut River watershed watershed where they co-operate,

they keep bees, which raises Varroa resistant queen bees,

conducts research, facilitates skill shares, builds collaborative networks,

and teaches people about bees.

I don't feel like this is something that we talk about enough when we talk about honeybees.

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