bee culture

Fourteen-year-old Lily and Rosaleen, the African-American woman who has loved her like a mother since she was four, flee their home after Rosaleen is victimized by racist police officers and find a safe haven in Tiburon, South Carolina, at the home of three eccentric beekeeping sisters.

A manual for beekeepers covers such topics as hive managment, bee handling, pollination, swarming, bee anatomy, queen rearing, honey harvesting, and diseases and pests.

In rhyming text, a child describes the work Grandpa does to take care of honeybees and harvest the honey they make.

Traces the natural history of bees and honey, focusing on how they have impacted the lives of humans from prehistory to the present.

Traces the history of honey bees, exploring the alchemy of bees, flowers, and honey, discussing the threats to the world's bee population, and describing how roughly a third of the average U.S. diet would disappear without honey bees.

A guide to beekeeping that covers bee anatomy, castes, life cycle, communication, and hive life and discusses equipment, location, laws, ordinances, timing, working the hive, safety, selling products, and other related topics.

Provides an introduction to bees, explaining why bees are farmed, looking at the anatomy and life cycles of bees, describing different breeds, and discussing fish as sources of honey and wax.

Describes the physical characteristics, habits, and natural environment of honeybees and Africanized bees. Also discusses beekeeping and includes recipes using honey.

Explains what a beekeeper does, where the bees live, and how they make the honey.

A young boy explains how he and his grandfather care for their bees, the hives, and honey.