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

A simple introduction to bees.

"Following three lonely strangers in a rural Oregon town, each working through grief and life's curveballs, who are brought together by happenstance on a local honeybee farm where they find surprising friendship, healing--and maybe even a second chance--just when they least expect it"-- Provided by publisher.

A new homeowner describes her emotional and rewarding journey over the course of a year, after she was given a colony of honeybees as a gift and learned how to care for and live alongside the fascinating creatures.

Traces the story of the author's unconventional upbringing on Big Sur by her eccentric beekeeper grandfather and the bees that imparted lessons about community, survival and nature.

Set in a small southern town in 1964, fourteen-year-old Lily, haunted by the death of her mother, leaves home to escape her cruel father to live with their African American housekeeper and the Boatwright sisters.