{"product_id":"nine-lectures-on-bees","title":"Nine Lectures on Bees","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn 1923 Rudolf Steiner predicted the dire state of today's honeybee. He stated that, within fifty to eighty years, we would see the consequences of mechanizing the forces that had previously operated organically in the beehive. Such practices include breeding queen bees artificially.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe fact that over sixty percent of the American honeybee population has died during the past ten years, and that this trend is continuing around the world, should make us aware of the importance of the issues discussed in these lectures. Steiner began this series of lectures on bees in response to a question from an audience of workers at the Goetheanum.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrom physical depictions of the daily activities of bees to the most elevated esoteric insights, these lectures describe the unconscious wisdom of the beehive and its connection to our experience of health, culture, and the cosmos.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e8 Lectures in Dornach, Nov 26, to Dec 22, 1923 (CW 351);\u003cbr\u003e1 lecture in Dornach, February 3, 1923 (CW 348)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"RSA Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"Like New","offer_id":47062080192770,"sku":null,"price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Very Good","offer_id":47062080225538,"sku":null,"price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Good","offer_id":47062080258306,"sku":null,"price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Acceptable","offer_id":47062080291074,"sku":null,"price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0675\/4766\/0546\/files\/Nine_Lectures_on_Bees_1964-2.png?v=1764016115","url":"https:\/\/shop.rsarchive.org\/products\/nine-lectures-on-bees","provider":"Rudolf Steiner Archive Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}