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English
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Gail Anderson-Dargatz's evocative novel of one woman's simple but passionately lived life reminds of us of the pleasure to be found in human contact and simple, natural things.
Raised by her silent but companionable father and a mother who kept bees, headstrong Augusta marries shy, deferential Karl, twelve years her senior, and goes to live with him on his father's remote farm. Terrified that she will literally die from loneliness and isolation,...
Raised by her silent but companionable father and a mother who kept bees, headstrong Augusta marries shy, deferential Karl, twelve years her senior, and goes to live with him on his father's remote farm. Terrified that she will literally die from loneliness and isolation,...
Author
Publisher
Rockridge Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Easy beekeeping for new-bees. Wouldn't it be great to raise your own bees, have a fresh supply of honey, and bring thousands of healthy pollinators into your yard? Beekeeping for Beginners is a simple, step-by-step guide that helps you learn the fundamentals of modern beekeeping. You (and your bees) will be buzzing with delight. From picking the right hive and bringing your bees home to surviving winter and collecting honey, experienced beekeeper...
7) The original-- Langstroth on the hive and the honey-bee: the world's foremost bee keeper's manual
Author
Publisher
s.n
Pub. Date
2009?]
Language
English
Description
The how-to book for beekeeping. Not just how to build hives, but on bee management too. The book explains the reasons behind the bees behaviour - this invaluable information, for just like training a dog or a horse, if you can understand what is motivating your bees you can be in better shape. Highly recommended for both novice and experienced beekeepers
Author
Series
Little Beach Street Bakery volume 1
Language
English
Description
Polly Waterford flees to the Cornish coast to escape a ruined relationship. To keep her mind off her troubles, she throws herself into her favorite hobby: making bread. But her relaxing weekend diversion quickly develops into a passion. As she pours her emotions into kneading and pounding the dough, each loaf becomes better than the last. Soon, Polly is working her magic with nuts and seeds, chocolate and sugar, and the local honey--courtesy of a...
Author
Publisher
Stewart, Tabori & Chang
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Overview: The Beekeeper's Bible is as much an ultimate guide to the practical essentials of beekeeping as it is a beautiful almanac to be read from cover to cover. Part history book, part handbook, and part cookbook, this illustrated tome covers every facet of the ancient hobby of beekeeping, from how to manage hives safely to harvesting one's own honey, and ideas for how to use honey and beeswax. Detailed instructions for making candles, furniture...
Author
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Description
"In Letters from the Hive, Professor Stephen Buchmann takes us into the hive - nursery, honey factory, queen's inner sanctum - and out to the world of backyard gardens, open fields, and deserts in bloom, where the age-old sexual dance between flowers and bees makes possible life on earth as we know it. Hailed for their hard work, harmonious society, and (mistakenly) for their celibacy, bees have a link to our species that goes beyond biology. Letters...
Author
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins publishers
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Every spring Sugar Wallace coaxes her sleepy honeybee queenpresently the sixth in a long line of Queen Elizabethsout of the hive and lets her crawl around a treasured old map. Wherever the queen stops is their next destination, and this year it's New York City.
Author
Publisher
Dover Publications
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
Description
Hilda Ransome's well-documented and copiously illustrated study of bees points out that no creature has provided man with so much wholesome food; nor has any inspired so many beliefs and superstitions. Illustrations depict bees, hives, and beekeepers as they appear in paintings and sculpture, on coins, jewelry, and Mayan glyphs; and carved into African tree trunks. Chapters cover the folklore of bees and bee culture - from Egyptian, Babylonian, and...
15) The honey makers
Author
Publisher
Morrow Junior Books
Pub. Date
c1997
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Covers the physical structure of honeybees and how they live in colonies, as well as how they produce honey and are managed by beekeepers
Author
Language
English
Description
"Olivia McAfee knows what it feels like to start over. Her picture-perfect life-living in Boston, married to a brilliant cardiothoracic surgeon, raising a beautiful son, Asher-was upended when her husband revealed a darker side. She never imagined she would end up back in her sleepy New Hampshire hometown, living in the house she grew up in, and taking over her father's beekeeping business. Lily Campanello is familiar with do-overs, too. When she...
18) Honeyland
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
Türkçe
Description
"Hatidze lives with her ailing mother in the mountains of Macedonia, making a living cultivating honey using ancient beekeeping traditions. When an unruly family moves in next door, what at first seems like a balm for her solitude becomes a source of tension as they, too, want to practice beekeeping, while disregarding her advice"--Container.
19) Grey bees
Author
Publisher
Deep Vellum Publishing
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Sergey Sergeyich is one of the last residents of a Ukrainian village in the "Grey Zone," a no-man's-land between loyalist and separatist forces in Crimea. Sergeyich's one pleasure in life is taking care of his bees. As spring approaches, he knows he must move the bees to a place they can safely collect pollen. On his journey, he will meet people on both sides of the battle lines in a country torn by war and chaos
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