Spring is here, flowers are blooming, fruits are ripening… and it’s all thanks to the bees! Check out the buzz-y books below to dive into a honey-soaked world or learn how to keep your own happy hive.
And if you want to learn more about backyard beekeeping, we are hosting the Hampden County Beekeepers Association on June 2nd at 6:30 in the Lang Auditorium! Reserve your spot here: https://zcu.io/DWww
Fiction About Bees & Beekeeping
Clade by James Bradley
Little Beach Street Bakery by Jenny Colgan
Honey roasted by Cleo Coyle
Queen bee by Dorothea Benton Frank
The secret life of bees by Sue Monk Kidd
The beekeeper of Aleppo by Christy Lefteri
The history of bees by Maja Lunde
The beekeeper’s daughter by Santa Montefiore
The Beekeeper’s Ball by Susan Wiggs
Nonfiction – Beekeeping How-to’s
The backyard beekeeper: an absolute beginner’s guide to keeping bees in your yard and garden by Kim Flottum
The beekeeper’s handbook by Diana Sammataro
Bees: a natural history by Christopher O’Toole
Buzz: urban beekeeping and the power of the bee by Lisa Jean Moore
Honeybee hobbyist by N. E. Gary
Keeping bees and making honey by Alison Benjamin
Natural beekeeping: organic approaches to modern apiculture by Ross Conrad
What bees want: beekeeping as nature intended by Susan Knilans
