Our vision and commitment is to create a place of beauty and harmony in a biodynamically invigorated landscape in which the human beings, plants and animals create. The main focus of his honey bee sanctuary is the care. Gunther hauk of spikenard farm created a honeybee sanctuary before ccd appeared. Like green label organic, spikenard is headed up by yet another successful husbandwife team, gunther and vivian hauk. Introduction to biodynamic and sustainable beekeeping.
In his lectures steiner spoke of the unconscious wisdom contained in the beehive and how this. Gunther hauk, spikenard farm, author of toward saving the honeybee. After three days as an egg, and six days as a larva, the queentobe pupates on the ninth day, as do the workers and the drones. Gunther hauk of spikenard farms offers biodynamic beekeeping courses and general biodynamic courses. Real causes and solutions, will be held on friday, october 12, 7. As executive director, gunther serves in a variety of roles, i. Alex tuchman and gunther hauk from spikenard farm honeybee sanctuary. He has been a waldorf school teacher of languages, religion, and gardening for twentytwo years and is a cofounder and the program director of the pfeiffer center. Toward saving the honeybee revised and expanded 2nd edition. Spikenard honeybee sanctuary, 445 floyd hwy, floyd, va 2020. Towards saving the honeybee by gunther hauk spikenard farm. Honeybee sanctuary now located in the blue ridge mountains on 25 acres near floyd, virginia.
The spikenard farm honeybee sanctuary is located in floyd, va and was featured along with gunther hauk in the documentary film queen of the sun. Gunther hauk, author of toward saving the honeybee. At the beginning we couldnt get an appointment with gunther, being only for the last 6 months near floyd in virginia, he does have much to do to restart the farm in. Spikenard farm honeybee sanctuary virginia holy terroir. Gunther hauk has been a beekeeper for more than thirty years. In this book, esteemed natural beekeeper gunther hauk of spikenard farm, invites the reader to experience the innate intelligence and wonder of the natural world. After reading gunthers book and following spikenards progress online, we. Together with vivian he cofounded spikenard farm honeybee sanctuary in 2006. Gunther hauk has been a teacher, lecturer, biodynamic gardener, and.
All photographs appearing on this site are the property of spikenard farm honeybee sanctuary. Towards saving the honeybee in this book, gunther hauk invites the reader to experience the innate intelligence and wonder of the natural world. Spikenard farm honeybee sanctuary biodynamic association. In 1996 he cofounded the pfeiffer center in chestnut ridge, ny and, together with his wife, he founded spikenard farm honeybee sanctuary in 2006. In his book toward saving the honeybee 2002 he calls for a radical change from current approaches to beekeeping. Dont miss this unique opportunity to learn from gunther hauk in boone nc. Gunther hauk shared spikenard farms recommended reading list on general beekeeping. In his book toward saving the honeybee first published in 2002 he called for a radical change in beekeeping methods to help avert a great crisis. Gunther hauk, cofounder and director of spikenard farm honeybee sanctuary toward saving the honeybee was first published in 2002, four years before the term colony collapse disorder was coined to describe the widespread and growing crisis of honeybee population loss. And in 2006, gunther and his wife, vivian, founded spikenard farm. Free lodging in a doublewide trailer adjacent to the farm. Gunther hauk from an egg which would otherwise be a worker. At the height of the earths great yearly exhale, a group of beekeepers from throughout the united states and canada arrived to spikenard honeybee sanctuary in floyd, virginia, to explore sustainable practices in beekeeping. Gunther was a waldorf teacher for 23 years and was cofounder of spikenard farm in 2006 and the pfeiffer center in 1996.
The spikenard honeybee sanctuary is located in floyd, va. Gunther hauk toward saving the honeybee floris books. Gunther hauk has been a teacher, lecturer, biodynamic gardener and beekeeper for over 40 years. Well, gunther hauk of spikenard farm doesnt think so. Friday, march 21, 2014 7 9 pm watauga county agricultural conference center 252 poplar grove rd, boone.
Reports from spikenard farm honeybee sanctuary globalgiving. His is cofounder and director of spikenard farm and honeybee sanctuary in floyd, virginia, in the blue ridge mountains. In addition to being a guide to the care and protection of the honeybee, that invaluable member of our life sustaining agroecology, this popular text demonstrates how the ills plaguing our honeybees proceed from the ills in our manner of living. Featured in the documentary, queen of the sun, he shares his wisdom, expertise and deep caring for the natural world. Gunther hauk has been a teacher, lecturer, biodynamic gardener and beekeeper for more than thirtyfive years. We didnt know until the last minute if we were going to meet up with gunther hauk, a biodynamic beekeeper and cofounder of spikenard farm, based originally in illinois. The form will be sent to the officer in charge of the soil and health library, steve solomon. Our mission is to promote sustainable and biodynamic beekeeping through education, experiencebased. Hauk recoginzes the current bee crisis as a call to action. He cofounded the pfeiffer center in chestnut ridge, new york in 1996 and, together with his wife vivian, spikenard farm, inc. This little book brings a big and important message that foes beyond bees and their crisis.
Over these decades, he has given many workshops on the successful use of biodynamic principles in gardening. Gunther hauk consciousness of economics tv show december. His work was featured in two fulllength documentary films about the honeybee crisis queen of the sun 2010 and vanishing of the bees 2009, and he also produced his own educational film hour. His book toward saving the honeybee was first published in 2002. Biodynamic sustainable beekeeping workshop by gunther hauk. This june began the first of a unique twoyear training in biodynamic beekeeping led by gunther hauk and his wife vivian.
Spikenard farm and honeybee sanctuary, in floyd va, offers training, classes in beekeeping, seed saving and more. Gunther hauk, cofunder and director of spikenard farm. Meet gunther hauk, retired waldorf school teacher and founder of spikenard farm, a honeybee sanctuary located in floyd va. The book encourages you to look with new eyes, listen with new ears, and develop the understanding of honeybees required for having the right to say, i love them. In this book, esteemed natural beekeeper gunther hauk of spikenard farm, invites the reader to experience the innate intelligence and. Spikenard farm honeybee sanctuary by gunther hauk reprinted from spikenard farms winter 20 newsletter january 31 cold wind drives a dust of snow over the stark winter landscape, whistling around the hives, which stand like sculptures between the trees, adding a bit of culture to the frozen nature. In 2006, gunther and his wife vivian founded spikenard farm and honeybee sanctuary in. An opportunity to transform destructive agricultural practices and real food for thought and stomach. An introduction to biodynamic agriculture is one of the central inspiring figures in queen of the sun.
His work was featured in two fulllength documentary films about the honeybee crisis queen of the sun 2010 and vanishing of the bees 2009, and he also produced his own educational film hour of decision 2015. He teaches many classes and is a part of the documentary. He cofounded the pfeiffer center in chestnut ridge, ny in 1996, and, together with his wife vivian, spikenard farm, inc. A monk in the beehive is both personal as well as political, an. Writing in march, founder of spikenard, gunther hauk, republished his book towards saving the honeybee with an updated chapter on bee forage to increase awareness and education on what can be planted for the bees, and how landscapes can be managed. Gunther hauk has been a waldorf gardening teacher, biodynamic gardener, and beekeeper for over 40 years. Spikenard farm honeybee sanctuary was founded in the certainty that there can be a better future for the honeybee. A sanctuary is a place that wholly supports the health and positive transformation of the being for whom the. This location chosen by the organization with much consideration, after being displaced previously from land because of a neighboring farms use of agricultural chemicals. In 2006, gunther and his wife vivian founded spikenard farm and honeybee sanctuary in the virginia blue ridge mountains. And since that time he has been invited to teach around the world. Your name or your organizations name in a top listing on the films website as a contributer. He is the founder of spikenard farm, honeybee sanctuary, located.
In 1996 he cofounded the pfeiffer center one of the first biodynamic training programs in the us. Gunther has been immersed in steiners work for over 40 years and he is a fabulous teacher. Gunther hauk has been a teacher, lecturer, biodynamic gardener, and beekeeper for more than 35 years. Together with his wife, vivian, he founded spikenard farm, inc. He began the nonprofit spikenard farm as a honeybee sanctuary in 2006 and he is committed to ensuring that the knowledge and practice of sustainable, biodynamic beekeeping continues to grow. Biodynamic beekeeping workshop with gunther hauk maine. Since then, he has been invited to teach around the world. In 2006 gunther and his wife vivian cofounded the spikenard farm, inc. In 1996 he cofounded the pfeiffer center for biodynamic studies in chestnut ridge, new york, where he developed a successful biodynamic parttime training and taught at sunbridge college. Toward saving the honeybee by gunther hauk bee built. The sanctuary was founded by gunther hauk and vivian struvehauk who are legends to those that know of them. Biodynamic beekeeping at spikenard honeybee sanctuary.
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