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LOTS OF NEW TITLES
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described in 332 pages of full color with 22 chapters
by the Spirit Weavers Community
Tamara has been attending the Spirit Weavers Gathering for the past 8 years and was honored to write the “Skillshare Chapter” in this recently released and gorgeous publication “When Women Gather” telling the story of the last decade of gatherings.
… Heritage Techniques to Mitigate Mites, Preserve Locally Adapted Genetics, and Grow Your Apiary
by Eric and Joy McEwen
Foreward by Dr. Walter S. Sheppard
“Right from the start, this book takes you on a journey that is fascinating and thought-provoking. . . The McEwens demonstrate creative, out-of-the-box thinking and challenge traditional ways of keeping bees.”—American Bee Journal
With over 100 color photographs and illustrations, Raising Resilient Bees is the comprehensive source for new and experienced beekeepers, offering a sustainable, natural, and repeatable model of care for hive health and production.
Global pests and diseases present an unprecedented challenge for the modern honey bee. Hobby and commercial beekeepers alike continue to experience troubling rates of mortality for their colonies, with potentially deleterious consequences for the stability of our wider ecosystems and overall food security. It is time for a global focus on restoring the health of the shared apiary through naturally reared, genetically diverse, and resilient lines of bees.
Raising Resilient Bees establishes these parameters and provides guidance for new and experienced beekeepers alike to translate these goals into real practice, thereby safeguarding the honey bee from the unknown threats of the future.
Authors Eric and Joy McEwen take two decades worth of beekeeping experience, experiments, and professional production to deliver groundbreaking methods in queen-rearing, varroa mite management, and Natural Nest hive design. Inside, you’ll discover:
Revived and adapted heritage Integrated Pest Management techniques
How to naturally rear queens and select for resilient, mite-resistant genetic lines without relying on swarming or grafting
Key tenets of apicentric beekeeping
Advice for establishing a flourishing and sustainable business with beekeeping at the center
How to naturally rear bees with distinctive characteristics suitable to their locale
As in large-scale agriculture, the trend toward genetic homogenization is having long-term implications for bees’ capacity to withstand diverse environmental stressors. With expert advice, enthusiasm, and easy-to-follow instructions, Raising Resilient Bees delivers important and timely information for every beekeeper to create a healthier future.
“Vivid, practical, evidence-based . . . . Biodynamic and organic beekeepers will applaud the authors’ use of ‘natural nest hives’ with single-size boxes and vertically uninterrupted brood nests, populated with locally adapted bees and naturally reared queens.”—David Heaf, author of The Bee-Friendly Beekeeper; bee-friendly.co.uk
“The McEwens look at every aspect of a honey bee’s life in this book—pest and disease issues, living space, the genetics of resistance and tolerance, qualities of successful queens, optimal feeding, and seasonal management that fits the bee above the beekeeper.”—Kim Flottum, author of The Backyard Beekeeper; podcast producer, Growing Planet Media
272 pages
published July 20, 2023
Tamara first met Joy McEwen when the Spirit Weavers Gathering moved to her home town of Cave Junction, OR.
This book “Raising Resilient Bees” was released in July of 2023 and is a culmination of decades of experience in the world of bees.
Both Woniya Dawn Thibeault & Lynx Vilden have been longtime colleagues and friends whose work in the Ancestral Skills Community is legendary.
With a magical sort of synchronicity at work, their memoirs were released within months of one another and they are both beautifully written in easy to read styles which share their experiences in deeply personal ways.
“Never Alone: A Solo Arctic Survival Journey” is Woniya’s experience on Alone: Season 6.
“Return: A Journey Back to Living Wild” is Lynx’s story of finding deep connection with the natural world and her experiences of leading others in stone age immersion workshops.
Both are highly recommended!
by Lynx Vilden
The inspiring story of how Lynx came to embrace her role as an ancestral skills instructor is told in this beautiful memoir where she weaves in experiences from many different periods of her life including one among many seasons leading a group expeditions using only stone tools.
Lynx is a longtime colleague and friend from over 30 years ago and it is a pleasure to read the details of her personal story, much of which has been shared around the campfire and some of which is new. Her writing style and subject are both engaging and easily draw the reader into this lifestyle and give glimpses of what these experiences might be like.
Highly Recommended
published April 11, 2023
288 pages, Hardcover
Live Like a Hunter Gatherer…. Discovering the Secrets of the Stone Age
by Naomi Walmsley
Illustrated by Mia Underwood
Hardcover
55 pages in full color
After offering Ancient Skills Programs to grade school youth for the past 20+ years, it was a pleasure to discover this recently released children’s book “Live Like A Hunter Gatherer” which so beautifully illustrates and shares so much of what we talk about at our programs.
by Markus Klek
Tanning with Fats & Smoke,
Chemical Free Tanning,
Preservation & Storage,
Salting, Freezing & Drying
plus 6 Step by Step Leather Projects
136 pages
Hardcover in Full Color - A Beautifully Crafted Book All Around
published June 28, 2023
After meeting and working with Markus Klek when he lived in the US, we stayed in communication with him when he returned to Germany and it has been awesome watching everything that he has been doing in that time.
This brand new book “Natural Leather Tanning” shares much of that experience.
One Woman’s Quest for Ancient Human Answers to 21st Century Problems
by Jessica Carew Kraft
304 pages
Hardcover & Paperback
Tamara first me Jessica Carew Craft through the Ancestral Skills Gatherings and the story of her experiences in that community are shared here in “Why We Need To Be Wild” in a deeply personal and insightful way.
We feel fortunate to have spent time with Larry Dean Olsen in person and his classic book “Outdoor Survival Skills” was one of the first skills books that we used regularly over 20 years ago.
Those old copies are well worn and it is about time to now have the latest edition available for all.
A Handbook for Vacation Campers and for Travelers in the Wilderness
Volumes 1 & 2 Combined
by Horace Kephart
A veritable bible of old style high impact camping.
First published in 1916, it contains a plethora of old do-it-yourself info on staying alive and comfortable in the woods.
If you've ever thought about ditching the goretex, you'll want this book.
list price $26.99
(Doublebit Press - Unabridged Legacy Edition)
Published March 18, 2021
Our original copy of Horace Kephardt’s “Camping and Woodcraft“, printed on super thin paper and bound like an old school bible, is still among the treasures of our library.
This new Unabridged Legacy Edition is just the opposite, a thick durable tome which still keeps the old layout so it feels like your are reading the original.
Highly Recommended!
The Classic Manual on Outdoor Kitchens, Camping Recipes, and Cooking Techniques with Game, Fish and Other Vittles on the Fire
by Horace Kephart
Legacy Edition
Originally published in 1910
154 pages
Paperback
In addition to the larger “Camping and Woodcraft”, Horace Kephardt also published this smaller pocket sized cookbook all about “Camp Cookery”, which has also been re-published as a Legacy Edition.
