The Buzz About Bees

I've read about a dozen books about bees. I'm a beekeeper. This is the most interesting book about bees I've read. It's not about how to keep bees, but delves were other books don't venture. Easy to read and gives a new perspective or parading shift on this topic! A must read for a beekeeper and eas......more

More like 3.5 stars, but I rounded up because I love bees. This book is very accessible, but also a little light on detail. Nonetheless, I learned a lot. I was fascinated, enchanted, and sometimes grossed out a little. The best thing about this book is that it is chock full of excellent photographs......more

Started reading this for work ages ago and since finishing it, I think it's a great read for any beekeeper or non-beekeeper alike. The photos are amazing (!!!) and the topics discussed cover so much of the bee realm! This is a cross between a great textbook and a fable or novel. I feel much more kno......more

I have enjoyed parts of chapter 7. Things I learned: there's chemical memory in the wax cells; cell vibration is a communicational channel, with mechanical filtering (Klarreich, 2001); mouse mummy by propolis. But other than that, I mostly have criticisms for the book. Even as a work of pop-science,......more

There is so much to say about this book. It's full of lovely pictures that illustrate most of the points in the book. The book is about bees and not bee keeping, but it gave me a lot of things to think about while managing our hives. Because I know how important bees are, I wish everyone would read th......more