Inspiring Conversations with Samantha Halbrook of Honey Bee You

Today we’d like to introduce you to Samantha Halbrook.

Hi Samantha, we’re thrilled to have a chance to learn your story today. So, before we get into specifics, maybe you can briefly walk us through how you got to where you are today.
At a time in my life when I thought I had no direction and no purpose, I prayed. To God, to the Universe, to Source, to whoever or whatever is out there catching all of our requests and matching them with shooting stars. Well, that’s exactly what happened to me. I was introduced to beekeeping when my parents had a swarm of bees make a home of their barn and had to have them removed.

Over the next several years I built up an apiary and tended my honeybees with care and passion. Eventually, I wanted to bring joy, calm, and love for the bees to my community – my friends were my first clients to experience the magic of the bees! Along the way, a family member started to severely struggle with bouts of depression and anxiety and was actively reaching out for help. I sent her to my beloved reiki practitioner because “it can’t hurt to try!”

They were quickly referred to a shaman for deeper work – removing and crossing over a spirit that had attached itself to my family member. This exploded my ideas of our world and made me realize just how much MORE was out there to explore. I started the journey of finding a teacher who felt at home and began my work with the Medicine Wheel to become a shamanic practitioner.

Fast forward to 2022 when my sister was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. An internal wave of “fix it” washed over me as I watched my sister struggle through her new diagnosis, loss of eyesight, and one horrible doctor visit after the other where she was originally told her loss of eyesight was in her head before finding a doctor that correctly diagnosed her.

I found myself asking, why do we struggle to find the support we need on more than a physical level in our times of crisis? I wasn’t a doctor, a therapist, or a neuroscientist, but I was a beekeeper and there was nothing stopping me from bringing my knowledge to her aide. I committed my time and energy to finding out how the honeybees could help – and they can. We spent a summer building a Bee Bed where a person can lay above hives to capture and experience the healing portal that the honeybees create.

I intertwined my shamanic practices and the healing portal of the bees to create a one-of-a-kind experience that allows for the expansion of thought, creativity, problem-solving, healing and so much more. My summers are spent in the bee yard giving tours to visitors, performing energy healings on clients, and soaking up the healing vibrations of the honeybees.

Can you talk to us a bit about the challenges and lessons you’ve learned along the way? Looking back would you say it’s been easy or smooth in retrospect?
The road has been anything but smooth! The main struggles showed up when I questioned how it was going to work. How was I going to intertwine my shamanism and beekeeping into something that could pay my bills? Imposter syndrome shows its head from time to time, as a reminder that there is always an opportunity to grow. I think that the faith that there has to be a guiding hand behind it all keeps me going because this life is so much better than I could have ever dreamed and yet I get to live it.

Thanks – so what else should our readers know about Honey Bee You LLC?
Honey Bee You provides an in-person beekeeping experience that combines shamanic practices, sustainable beekeeping, and the beautiful Colorado sunshine to guide and teach people how to tap into the healing portal of a honeybee hive to elicit healing, expansion, presence, and joy.

We provide incredible and individualized beekeeping tours for those who want to be a beekeeper for a day, spiritual healing opportunities through my shamanic work using honeybee medicine, and Bee Bed Immersion sessions where you lay above 80,000 honeybees to tap into their healing portal. We don’t use any chemical treatments to manage hive health which means there are no chemicals getting into our hives, wax, or honey aside from what the bees bring in on their feet.

I am most proud of the outstanding community and clients that participate in my tours and events – they are the most courageous, self-led, inspirational people who always feel like friends. I would love for people to know that you don’t have to be a beekeeper to get the benefits of the hive! We provide seasonal sound baths, tea parties, and Bee Bed Immersion sessions – no suiting up required!

What quality or characteristic do you feel is most important to your success?
Consistent faith and the ability to see each obstacle as a gift rather than a challenge. It would be so easy to say it isn’t working at any given point and throw in the towel but my faith that things are always working for me keeps me moving forward. It allows me to move past the hard parts and relish in the good because… it just keeps getting better.

Pricing:

• Hive Tours: $85/person
• Shamanic Energy Clearing: $60/ 1 hr
• Bee Bed Immersion: $45

Contact Info:

• Website: HoneyBeeYou.info
• Instagram: @HoneyBee.You
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HoneyBeeYouLLC
• Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoj7sgesWd-DfI1-piwkU3w

Image Credits
Kelsey Ray Imagery