Bee Books

Stories that lead you to the bees

You don’t have to keep bees to be drawn to them.
Sometimes it starts with a story—a honey tree, a mystery, a memory.
These are a few of the books that stayed with me, and what they get right (and sometimes wrong) about the bees.

Little House in the Big Woods

Laura Ingalls Wilder

The honey tree that stayed with me—and what it looks like through a beekeeper’s eyes.
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The Bee Sting

Paul Murray

Not every ā€œbee bookā€ is really about the bees—but this one made the New York Times list and sparked a different kind of reflection.
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