bee culture

An introduction to the importance of honey throughout history and around the world, including discussions of its composition and how it is produced, gathered, sold, and used. Includes a number of recipes for cosmetics and food dishes.

Describes the process of making honey, from a bee's collection of nectar to honey production on a beekeeper's farm.

Explores the strange and wonderful things humans have believed about bees and their society throughout history, the impact honeybees have had on food and human ritual, and the social and natural history of bees.

The son of a beekeeper, Jonathan is not sturdy enough to do some of the work, but with the support of his mother, he finds a way to help the family and form a bond with his father. Includes bee facts.

Describes the characteristics and behavior of honeybees and how honey is made and harvested.

Follows a beekeeper through the four seasons, showing how bees and humans work together to make honey. Includes three honey recipes.

Describes how bees turn flower nectar into the honey which the beekeeper extracts from the hive.

Introduces bees and beekeeping, covering such aspects as pollination, the making of honey, and beekeeping equipment and practices.

Describes bees and their hives, the role of bees in the environment, and beekeeping.

Covers the physical characteristics of honeybees, as well as how they live in colonies, produce honey, and are managed by beekeepers.