Speaking, Teaching, and Workshops

2023

Bees (always). It is a profoundly interesting honeybee year with swarms, wild bee nesting habitat projects, poetry (and more bee poetry), apian conversations (with two-leggeds and wing-eds), travels to India (more bee conversations and many sightings of Apis dorsata aka the rock bee or giant honeybee), and ongoing virtual sacred bee circles (poetry, teaching, speaking, mentoring). I continue to flower my life with gratitude and loving, creative service on the Good Bee Road, out in the wider world and at home with the precious honeybees in our bee sanctuary. Blessed be, blessed bees.

2022

Bees, poetry, apian conversations (with two-leggeds and wing-eds), a bees and tree nesting project, travels to India (more bee conversations), and ongoing virtual sacred bee circles (poetry, teaching, speaking, mentoring). Continuing to flower my life with gratitude and loving, creative service on the Good Bee Road, out in the wider world and at home with the precious honeybees in our bee sanctuary. Blessed be, blessed bees.

2021

Poetry found me across this last year, inspired by the bees and then blooming in other directions. I invite you to visit my Debra Roberts: On Bees and Being Youtube channel.  Also:

• Turkey and India (once travel opens up again).
• Ongoing virtual sacred bee circles (poetry, teaching, speaking, mentoring).
• Continuing to flower my life with gratitude and loving, creative service on the Good Bee Road, out in the wider world when possible and at home with the precious honeybees in our bee sanctuary.

2020

Literal travel slowed to a halt due to the pandemic. Virtual travel increased. Trips to Turkey, India and Greece were cancelled. Other Zoom and Skype circles increased (teaching, speaking, mentoring). I continue to flower my life with gratitude and loving, creative service on the Good Bee Road (here, there and everygoodwhere). More time at home with the precious honeybees in our bee sanctuary has given me a deeper opportunity to study at the feet of these great ones.

2019

• The Sacred Path of Bee, an online series for bee lovers and appreciators worldwide. (Ongoing, pre-recorded, no beekeeping experience required.)
• Turkey, March and early April.
• Various speaking and teaching events around the U.S.
• Ongoing Skype and Zoom sacred bee circles (teaching, speaking, mentoring).
• Continuing to flower my life with gratitude and loving, creative service on the Good Bee Road (here, there and everygoodwhere) … and when home, with the precious honeybees in our bee sanctuary.

2018

• The Sacred Path of Bee, an online series for bee lovers and appreciators worldwide. (Ongoing, pre-recorded, no beekeeping experience required.)
• India (Pune, Ahmedabad, Bhuj, Tiruvannamalai) in the autumn / early winter. Various engagements in the US throughout the year. Please contact us for details.
• Continuing to flower my life with gratitude and loving, creative service on the Good Bee Road (here, there and everygoodwhere) … and when home, with the precious honeybees in our bee sanctuary.

2017

• The Sacred Path of Bee, an online series for bee lovers and appreciators worldwide. (Ongoing, pre-recorded, no beekeeping experience required.)
• Bees and Being: The Sacred Path of Bee at OUR Ecovillage, August 25- 27; Shawnigan Lake, BC, Canada. (Also, Natural Approaches to Beekeeping, August 23 in Victoria. Contact us for details.)
• India (various places) in the autumn. Contact us for details.
• Continuing to flower my life with gratitude and in loving, creative service on the Good Bee Trail (here, there and everygoodwhere) and on retreat, when home, with the precious honeybees in our bee sanctuary.

2016

• The Sacred Path of Bee, an online series for bee lovers and appreciators worldwide. (Ongoing, pre-recorded, no beekeeping experience required.)
• Year of our holy house fire. We stayed close to our land and the bees as we rebuilt our own hive home. So many blessings abound, no matter life’s weather. Gratitude to everyone in the world who supported our transition and infinite thanks to so many people for their flexibility and understanding about 2016’s world travel plans being offered up in smoke (as sacred prayers). Looking forward to stepping out on the Good Bee Road again in 2017. Thank you.

2015

• The Sacred Path of Bee, an online series for bee appreciators worldwide. (Ongoing, pre-recorded, no beekeeping experience required.)
• Sylvia Plath’s Bee Poetry with Laura Hope-Gill for the Masters writing program at Lenoir-Rhyne University. February 23, Asheville, NC.
• Following the Bee Trail: A Woman’s Adventure with Bees. NC State Beekeepers Association, summer conference. July 11, Lake Junaluska, NC.
• The Sacred Path of Bee presentation for the Mari Festival (video conference). July 18, San Paulo, Brazil.
• Sacred Bee presentation for Trance Reunion, Living the Legacy conference. July 24, Prama Institute, Marshall, NC.
• A Gathering of Bee Luminaries, August 21 – 23, Washington state.
• Leading the Children’s Bug Parade with Bee City USA at Asheville’s Organicfest. August 30, Asheville, NC. (This year’s theme: Bee Organic!)
• Blessed bee retreat (October 13 – November 10).

2014

• Urban Oasis Project, Natural Beekeeping workshop at The Kampong; February 1 & 2; Coconut Grove, FL.
• Natural Beekeeping workshops (beginners and intermediate); February 15 & 16; Istanbul, Turkey.
• Natural Beekeeping workshops (beginners); February 22 & 23; Bodrum, Turkey.
• Natural Beekeeping workshop in Malta (beginners); March 15 and 16.
• Asheville Wordfest, May 2; Honoring the Beekeepers: The Honey Bee Narrative with Master Beekeeper Debra Roberts
• Following the Bee Trail:  A Woman’s Journey with Bees. Forsyth County Beekeepers Association.  May 3;  NC.
• Following the Bee Trail:  A Woman’s Journey with Bees. Davie County Beekeepers Association.  May 8;  Mocksville, NC.
• Trance Reunion: Continuing the Teachings (of Layne Redmond).  Guest presenter on Sacred Path of the Bee. July 16 – 20, Prama Institute (NC).
• Organicfest, Asheville, September 7. Leading the children’s Bug Parade.
• Following the Bee Trail: A Woman’s Wild and Wonderful Journey with Bees; K2 Studio, Asheville, NC; September 20.
• Honey talks for Anavarza Bal, Istanbul, Turkey (for online food bloggers, food journalists, media); October 17 – 24.
• Bee Love, Be the Love retreat at Matematik Village, Sirince, Turkey for college students; October 30 – November  2. In association with TOG, Turkey.
• College of the Melissae:  Center for Sacred Beekeeping.  Remote faculty, ongoing. Ashland, ORE.

2013

• Bee Here Now (podcast / interview with Marilyn Ball of “Speaking of Travel”, WZGM radio; December 10).
• The Sacred Path of Bee.  November 23; Laughing Heart, Hot Springs, NC.
• Following the Bee Trail:  A Woman’s Journey with Bees. The Piedmont Beekeepers Association.  November 19;  Greenville, SC.
• Ashevillage Institute’s Food Immersion Program. November 5; Asheville, NC.
• Following the Bee Trail in Turkey. Buncombe County Beekeepers Chapter. November 4; Asheville, NC.
• French Broad River Garden Club. October 11; Asheville, NC.
• Westminster School first-graders. Teaching bee sessions by Skype. September 26; Atlanta, GA.
• Ashevillage Institute’s Urban Farm School.  Mini-bee school.  September 10; Asheville, NC.
• 8th Annual Asheville Organicfest.  Leading the children’s Bug Parade!  September 8; Asheville, NC.
• GOLA:  8th Annual Green Yayla Culture, Arts and Environment Festival Program, Black Sea region, Turkey.  Traditional beekeeping practices; August 16 – 18.
• Natural Beekeeping workshop in Ankara, Turkey; August 13 – 14.
• Hosting Master Beekeeper Les Crowder. Topbar workshops and public talk. August 2 – 4; Asheville, NC.
• 4th Annual FRAME DRUM INTENSIVE RETREAT with Layne Redmond; talk on The Contemporary Sacred in the Bee Yard; July 10 – 14. Asheville, NC.
  
• Natural Beekeeping workshops in Istanbul and around Turkey. Month of May.
• The Sacred Path of the Bee, ancient traditions of the bee priestesses awakening in our lives today. Free online Video Webinar with Layne Redmond.
• The Center for Honeybee Research, annual Natural Beekeeping School; The Zen of Keeping Bees; March 23 and 24 (Asheville, NC)
• What the Bees Are Telling Us, Talk for Connestee, NC women’s group; March 13 (Brevard, NC)
• Organic Grower’s School, Natural Beekeeping for BEEginners; March 9 and 10 (Asheville, NC)
• Ashevillage Institute’s Bee City USA Bee Immersions, Designer (Asheville, NC)
• College of the Melissae:  Center for Sacred Beekeeping.  Remote faculty, ongoing. Ashland, ORE.

Prior years

• Technicians of the Sacred: The Awakening of the Ancient Bee Priestesses in Contemporary Bee Sanctuaries with Layne Redmond (Asheville, NC).
• The Spirit of Bee events with Pueblo elder Larry Littlebird, Director of Hamaatsa (an indigenous learning center in NM) and at The Museum of Indian Arts and Culture (Santa Fe, NM).
• The Spirit of BeeKeeping. Laughing Waters Retreat Center (Gerton, NC).
• What the Bees are Telling Us. Appalachian Dowsers Society (Asheville, NC).
• Natural Beekeeping for Be(e)ginners. Organic Grower’s School (Asheville, NC).
• The Buzz About Bees. OLE: Outdoor Learning Environments Institute for Early Childhood Educators (The NC Arboretum, Asheville, NC).
• WNC Bee School (annual)
• Hendersonville Bee School (Hendersonville, NC)
• Spartanburg Bee Club (Spartanburg, SC)
• Women, Bees and Consciousness. Spartanburg Women’s Group (Spartanburg, SC).
• Bee classes and bee club presentations (various, annual).
• The Honeybee Project: Various honeybee presentations for children (and their teachers and families) at festivals, summer camps, state fairs, food stores, and in classrooms.

To contact Debra Roberts about speaking or teaching, please find her at:  debra@holybeepress.com or (828) 712-0880.