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The life of man is of no greater importance
to the universe than that of an oyster.


Love

11/6/2021

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Love this sooooo much. Even thinking about getting a tattoo.

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Why?

10/6/2020

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​ If I'm really honest with myself, why am I here? 
I'm a wild thing. Tamed and muted by education, anxiety and capitalism. Society, crazy and deep. Destroying our home.

I'm a worker bee caught between adventure and duty. Inspired by the brilliance of each flower, snowflake, seed gathering life's elixir. Mystery. Beauty. Grief. Keeping it together. Propolis. One with the hive. Unique. Like everyone. One. Temporary.

What longing am I moving towards? 
Giving my inner child what it needs to be happy. Playing in the forest with friends. Wondering. Creating space for magic. Dazzle. Enchantment. Desperate for connection. I want to feel home wherever I go.
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Cedar loft

9/12/2020

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​I moved into Cedar Loft at Linne Doran. I created a little nature table on my book shelf, stuffed with all the Naturalist books, I brought along. My roomies are fun and we will have a great time together.
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my anake intro

9/9/2020

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My name is Christine (she/her) or Biene. I'm very excited to join
Anake this year as my longing for more connections with the natural
world and other people has steadily increased during the pandemic.

Growing up I roamed the woods in the Bavarian alps, climbing my
favorite spruces, observing the little creek, falling in and breaking
my collarbone (ask me about the fish), playing house under the hazel,
snacking on dock and purple dead-nettle with my best friend, chasing
dandelion seeds, picking grapes, apples and berries, in awe with
Nature. In 4th grade I finished my school's scavenger hunt first. It
was held in my woods, a home game for me.

After college I worked in Marketing and Internet StartUps, produced an
Astrology show and sold wine and delicacy online. I moved to West
Seattle in 2004, where I raised my Climate Action Family, built the
West Seattle Bee Garden, started the West Seattle Coworking space, and
work as a bookkeeper for the Community School of West Seattle,
currently closed during Covid, which allows me to join the Anake
program.

In 2016 I got my mind blown attending Art of Mentoring at WAS, rolling
in mud, chasing the Golden Elixir (GE) with a bunch of fun Canadians
that I made say 'about' a lot. It was the highlight of my summer,
being playful, rekindling with my childhood passions and the following
year I wanted to do Anake, but there was just too much going on in my
life, so I joined the Tracking Intensive and the Wild Plant Intensive
the following year, became a Native Plant Steward and Master Forest
Steward. I volunteer for the Green Seattle Partnership, the Bee
Garden, South Sound Nature School and Seattle Tracking Club. I love
learning, becoming more humble with each day and hanging out with
other Nature nerds.

I am fascinated by all things Nature and a few of my favorites are
chickadees, mason bees, huckleberries, nettles, deer mice, madrones,
hoverflies, crows, maidenhair fern, lupines, ghost pipes, spittlebugs,
racoons (we Germans call them 'wash bears'), sphagnum moss, oaks,
horsetail, yarrow and thimbleberries. My all time favorite pastime is
going on wanders and foraging with friends.
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warrior plant

8/8/2020

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Harvesting Mason bees

10/27/2019

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Welcome home, Survivors

5/4/2019

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inviting bees

4/27/2019

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Save the buzz

4/18/2019

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Mason Bees

4/5/2019

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No bees @ Fairmount Park

9/14/2018

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​ Missing out this summer. No bees around. No swarm caught. No magic bees moved in. It's sad to have an empty hive around.
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Pollinator friendly Plants @ bee Garden

8/8/2018

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black eyed susans @ Bee Garden

6/16/2018

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Lovin' my Bees @ West Seattle Bee Garden

6/13/2018

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Bumble Bee Bunker

5/22/2018

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6th Annual Bee Fest

5/19/2018

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bee wagglers

5/19/2018

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My long time dream of having a swarm of bees dance at the Parade finally came true. We waggled our tiny tails to Dancing Queen and some cute nursery song.
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Youngstown P-Patch

5/18/2018

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Covered in bees

3/16/2018

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Did my Hive check today

11/2/2017

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and look what I found. A varroa mite in it's glory. Unfortunately I lost most of my testing sample and could not really count them. 

Also, the bees are doing okay, but not as great as I was hoping. I took pictures of each frame but haven't uploaded them yet. They got really angry with me after frame 4 and also didn't seem to like the powdered bees I put back in the hive. They kicked out at least 2 of them. I am not sure if they kicked them out because they didn't clean themselves up or if they didn't like the smell. I thought it would be fantastic for them to be covered in sugar and to find a punch of sugar in their home.
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Frame, busy

11/1/2017

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Zombie Bees

11/1/2017

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Mason BEE BOX

10/5/2017

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Bee on Lavender

10/3/2017

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Hungry Bees

10/3/2017

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