Bee Books | Stories That Lead You to the Bees

A collection of books that inspired a beekeeper to think more deeply about honey bees, honey, stewardship, purpose, and the world beyond the hive.

A collection of books that inspired a beekeeper to think more deeply about honey bees, honey, stewardship, purpose, and the world beyond the hive.

A chapter from A Honeybee Heart Has Five Openings reminded me that a hive is more than a wooden box. It's a home, a responsibility, and the beginning of a beekeeper's relationship with the wider world.

A single line about the sound of buzzing bees, buried in a war story, and why it stayed with me long after I closed the book.

I’ve never been to Wisconsin. And I’ve never harvested honey from wild bees. But I have read Little House in the Big Woods, the first of nine books in the Little House series by Laura Ingalls Wilder. The series was…