beekeeping

Follows a beekeeper as he raises honeybees in hives in his backyard, uses special care in handling the bees, and jars their sweet honey to share with family and friends.

Describes the physical characteristics and habits of honeybees and how they are raised on farms across the United States.

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

Follows six-year-old Oliver and his young friends over the course of a year as they discover the world of honeybees under the guidance of a local beekeeper.

Recounts the experiences of John Miller, one of the foremost migratory beekeepers, who, despite mysterious epidemics that threaten American honey populations--and the nation's agribusiness--forges on and moves ahead in a new natural world.

Explains how bees produce honey, as well as the commercial process of producing and marketing honey as a food and for use in other products.

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

Fourteen-year-old Lily and her companion, Rosaleen, an African-American woman who has cared for Lily since her mother's death ten years earlier, 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 beekeeping sisters, May, June, and August.

Discusses the strange disappearance of honey bees from hives around the world beginning in 2006, a condition called colony collapse disorder, examines the efforts of scientists to discover the cause of the problem, and includes information about bees, their hives, and their honey.