Robbing the Bees
A Biography of Honey--The Sweet Liquid Gold That Seduced the World
Introductions
For he on honey-dew hath fed,
And drunk the milk of Paradise.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Kubla Khan Everyone should have two or three hives of bees.
Bees are easier to keep than a dog or a cat.
They are more interesting than gerbils.
Sue Hubbell, A Book of Bees
Nobody disputes the role of dogs as man's best friend, but a convincing argument can also be made for the honey bee.
Martin Elkort, The Secret Life of Food
Until six years ago, I had no acquaintance with bees or honey. No childhood memories of painful stings while playing in the yard or climbing a tree, nor neighborhood friends who could boast of such a dramatic experience. There were no eccentric suburban beekeepers to spy on in my early days, no busy oozing tree nests, and never an ounce of honey in the kitchen of the house where I grew up. Preferring the Hardy boys and Nancy Drew to Winnie-the-Pooh, I had not learned to appreciate bees or honey. Bees were a vague, ... read full excerpt from: Robbing the Bees: A Biography of Honey--The Sweet Liquid Gold that Seduced the World ebook
