My head, almost literally, is abuzz with honey bee information!
Unfortunately, if you could look into my brain you would not see cross indexed neuronal file cards, but rather a colorful untidy pile of facts and fancies resembling instead what a five year old pushes under their bed when cleaning up!!!Here is some of what littered my house before I committed to the idea of getting bees...
By the way, the Amazon links I give you benefit my old elementary school's PTA, not me :-)
- While A Sting in the Tale is not about honeybees, it is a super book! I loved it.
- Kim Flottum's Backyard Beekeeper is a great go-to book that was given out as part of my "bee school".
- And that reminds me that, much to my surprise, Beekeeping for Dummies is really good for beginners, too!
- The University of Georgia's book Honey Bees & Beekeeping: A Year in the Life of an Apiary, 1996, by Keith S Delaplane is nice and goes along with many, many videos the university has on YouTube. How cool is that?!
Honey and Dust: Travels in Search of Sweetness Fascinating travels of a man obsessed by exploring the honey of the world. One of my favorites.
- Clan Apis is absolutely genius. Really! A must see graphic scientific/graphic novel. Read Modern Farmer's review and interview with the author to see what it is.
- Sue Hubbell's Book of Bees is a new classic. A nice read.
- Karl van Frisch's book is an old classic! In fact you can't buy it for a good price on Amazon. Go to Abebooks to check out used book dealers. Keep you eyes open and you can get good deals. Pay attention to the condition descriptions.
That's it for today.
- I haven't read The Way to Bee...I just fell for the title and the price.
I am a sucker for the gmail bees...can you tell? :-)
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