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Hello and welcome to For the Wild Podcast. I'm Ayanna Young. Today I'm speaking with Andrew.

When I think about what is happening, sort of the magic of possibility inside of a hive,

the very first thing that I noticed as someone who has a basic biological understanding of the honey

beehive is that in the hive, like ritual is work, everything is ritualized, everything is seasonal,

and everything is contingent on the expansion and contraction of light, which if I look into the

bulk magic of my own people is also true. And role they then is a beekeeper facilitator

and writer who lives and works on the east coast of the U.S. or Turtle Island. They are the founder

and lead beekeeper at they keep bees and a consultant with main spring change consultants.

And his work with bees includes cultivating queen bees who are adaptive to ever changing climates

in their consulting work they support organizations and making lasting change by shifting power

structures and creating effective collaboration. In both of these roles and seeks to build resilient

collaborations designed to stand the test of these traditional and transformative times.

Oh and I am so delighted to have you here to share your wealth of wisdom with us today so

thanks so much for being on the show. Thanks for having me. Awesome. Well I wanted to start off by

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