A Book of Bees Audiobook

Weaving a vivid portrait of her own life and her bees lives Sue Hubbell lovingly describes the ins and outs of beekeeping on her small Missouri farm where the end of one honey season is the start of the next With three hundred hives Hubbell stays busy yearround tending to the bees and harvesting their honey a process that is as personally demanding as it is rewarding Exploring the progression of both the author and the hive through the seasons this is a book about bees to be sure but it is also about other things the important difference between loneliness and solitude the seasonal rhythms inherent in rural living the achievement of independence the accommodating of oneself to nature Philadelphia Inquirer Beautifully written and full of exquisitely rendered details it is a tribute to Hubbells wild hilltop in the Ozarks and of the joys of living a complex life in a simple place