#FridayFollow: the amazing inner city bee keepers/honey makers/artists of @honey_fingers. Nic and his team produce the most delicious urban honey in my neighbourhood and around the inner north of Melbourne. They also collaborate with some of amazing Melb creatives on the most inspiring and interesting projects (@allarewelcomebakery, @hattiemolloy and @metchantroadmelb are just some).
The project @honey_fingers are currently working on, Bee Bread, will be unveiled next weekend at M Pavillion. It explores how BOTH humans and bees ferment their food to control rates of decay and how Bee Bread (its a thing!) and Human Bread (sourdough) are created using the same form of lactic acid fermentation! So freaking cool!!!!!! And so beautiful too!!!!
My time as a member of the Bee Keeping Team at the British Museum a couple of years ago (they had hives on the roof tops) introduced me to the world of bees. I’ll never forget learning how remarkable these tiny, flying filtration systems are. They can turn pollen from the dirtiest, ugliest, most neglected city tree into pure, sterile honey.
Certainly, honey has to be one of the most magical foods in the world. I love how ancient it is, how long we have been harvesting and cooking with it - many, many thousands of years. Such historic connections make me feel more alive, more rooted to this earth, more adamant in my fight to protect the world and planet from the devastation it currently faces.
Bees are our barometer- listen to them, they are telling us something.