Mademoiselle Bee

01/07/2024

Drove 15 hours there and back to Melbourne just to get my " happy people achieving goals" fix!

2 days of head judging, great memories, and sore feet! See you all in Sydney!




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30/05/2024

Let's talk healthy weight !

I put on weight, to be honest, my BMI calls me obese, at the moment when I never felt so much healthier in my MS life, more than ever!!

When I was at a lighter weight, my BMI told me I was at a healthy weight, but my MS kicked my ars with flares after flares !

So what's going on?

Are we influence and feel like fitting in this standard that does not make sense, " don't be skinny, but don't be obese, don't look muscly, but don't look unfit, have a bit butt, but not too big, make sure you get the hourglass body shape, don't look lile a stick" and so on .... is a good idea?
But does this make sense?

The way someone looks, thin or thick, has nothing to do with a healthy weight! A healthy weight means we can manage to go through life without having to lose ourselves to society norms(ps nothing normal) and not make ourselves sick or even sicker than we already are.
Because when we mask or try to be something that does not suit us, it impacts our wellbeing so much more, and this is when anxiety, depression kick in even harder! And then you are left having to deal with more and feel like an issue!
Today I feel so healthy and happy with my health it isn't a ride in a park, it will never be but it definitely not as difficult as it was when my weight was not healthy for me....

So check in with yourself... how do you feel ?

How can I assist you?

24/05/2024

Two and half years later, Peanut still enjoys doing beekeeping with me ! She just barely fits in my veil now !!!

21/05/2024

This pyramid is up for sale !

She took me 3 months to make,
36 hours of work,
A total of 1.3 litre of resin, dead drones carefully hand picked and dead bees carefully hand picked,
Gold leaf, new and old comb, flowers, native buds, and native seeds.

She is as big as my head !

If you feel like she is calling you message me for details !

19/05/2024

Happy world bee day !

I see you this Saturday, the 25th of may, seed bomb making, and mini bee hotel making activities. From 9.30 am to 10.30 am

See you there!

15/05/2024

Pollen,

Akak bee bread.... a mixture of pollen and nectar that the bees collect and stick onto their neck legs when they go foraging .
This is a good amount of pollen on this frame, and youd5want a ratio of 15 to 20 per cent of pollen in your all hive to know they will have enough in there to help their brood grow.

The bee bread is used as protein to make the babees grow stronger! The nurtient in the pollen influence their growth!

Just bit like us when we est protein to help with muscle growth. Can you relate ?

12/05/2024

PERSONAL POST ON MOTHER'S DAY!

Being a mother,

Is one very hard job, but also oh so rewarding!

Knowing I raise kids with a vision of love, kindness, and empathy towards this crazy world we live in!

Just like in a hive, we all have this job to make our environment flourish,
that just like bees, we need to work collectively for our world to feel like a safe place to be!
Just like a bee, we don't judge each other, but we help one another!

Being a mother is my greatest achievement!
I take pride in being a mum,
And I love acting like a mum for those who need it at times!

So, for today, on Mother's Day, I send love to all of you beautiful mothers. And acknowledge all of you missing your mother on this day !

17/04/2024

My favourite place to be !

Next to my bees, meditating on how important they are. But also the lessons learnt from them, selfless creatures!

13/04/2024

Bees and nectar,

Another long video

12/04/2024

It's an oldie, but a goodie.

A.beeee Road, beekeeper version!

As Australia transitioning to autumn, we are looking at getting no bees ready for winter.

Need help with that ?

Dm me and i will send you my mentoring sessions availabilities.

09/04/2024

Nursing bee tending to the broad.

The larvae will get fed about 1300 times a day, meaning they get visited about every 43 seconds. Every larvae get 10,000 nurse bee feed visits meanwhile developing!

How crazy is this !

07/04/2024

What's your colour?

Different flowers different colour pollen !

Can you guess which is what ?

02/04/2024

Little bees short cuts in the middle of a frame !

Genius!

01/04/2024

Honey bees, just cleaning the spilled honey on top of the frames !

Qorking together for the benefit of the hive !

Wish my kids were that efficient at cleaning ! Lol 😆 🤣

29/03/2024

Magic too on this side!!!
Could watch it on loop for hours!

29/03/2024

Miracle flying... and not so good at landing!

Few crashes there !

21/03/2024

Throw back to this big, bad ass open natural beehive!!

They started in a bird box, and 2 Yeats later, they were all out! Running out of room!

This removal took 4 hours! And it happened. Meanwhile, Adelaide went in lock down !

Have you seen something that huge before ?

19/03/2024

I have 3 healthy hive to move on !
Not rent, not give away, but sell!

If you're keen, here is one of them... or more so their messy yummy, lid !

15/03/2024

Slow and steady bee entrance !

13/03/2024

Apologies to all my clients,

I have been hit very hard with a multiple sclerosis flare on Saturday with this massive heat. 😕 it annoys me so much that the only few things that make my MS worse are the things I have no control over. And I feel so helpless. It can be quiet physically and mentally damaging.

All message phone calls and appointments from then and for the next week will need to wait and be postponed.
My health will always come first!

Thanks for understanding 🙏

See you all very soon !

08/03/2024

On this day, I stand, with billions of other women,
With them, I feel grateful for all the hard work our past generation of females have achieved to gain recognition, equality, equity, and rights.

We are warriors, we are loved, we are celebrated !

Let's remember this day as a celebration of our strength! Let's celebrate each other's achievements!
Let's celebrate our past, present, and future generations of women!
Much love to you all, 🩷🩷🩷

27/02/2024

Bees gets hot, especially on days like today...

What does this look like?

The video shows a congregation of bees at the front of your hive. "Bearding" some or all of the hive!

Nope, they are not getting ready to swarm. There are just too many of them inside, so they go out ! Some will be fanning their wings others won't!

25/02/2024

I LOVE this video so much !

Staring at the entrance of a hive is always so fascinating to watch! Bees landing on their landing board coming back into their hive, coming back from, who knows where?! , and bees leaving the hive to do and go where very!

No one will ever exactly know!

21/02/2024

This queen runs quickly !

Had to get replaced, but God, she was an Olympic runner!

18/02/2024

Just can't get enough !!

17/02/2024

So simply, so yummy, so simply yummy!

Order your raw honey, Adelaide!

14/02/2024

The millions of stories these honey jars hold are remarkable!

Flowers diversity with stories to share, every spoonfuls are memories from others, shared by our messengers our pollinators, the honey bees !

From a tree planted 20 years ago by a beloved member of a family, to flowers plants grown by school kids, to your garden lavender gifted to yiu by tour mother in law 💜 ♥️ ❤️ 💕 our Adelaide honey are your stories! You name them !

Our honey is often cold press, holding pollen and propolis!

Every kilos with a jar is worth $20, and $15 if you bring your jar.

DM TO PUT YOUR ORDER IN !

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13/02/2024

This amazing feeling when the swarm just walks into the hive!

10/02/2024

A view from the top...

When bees, are not disrupted, this is what it looks like..

For this this occasion this is a bird box filled with a colony that made it's way in about 2 months ago.

I will wait for cooler weather to extract them as you can imagine the beeswax is so soft !

07/02/2024

I think that catching gentle swarm is much more fun than getting stung on your privates part by a defensive colony of bees... doy ou agree ?