Kim Wood, our January speaker recommends Beyond Honey by Tierney Monahan, New Degree Press, 2021.

Modest in size, this book is packed full of information. Beyond Honey focuses on the many ways honey bees are important to the entire world. It includes several engaging stories that describe the honey bee’s enormous environmental and economic impact on our daily lives.

The stories spell out exactly why bees are essential to our planet, as well as describing the lives of beekeepers around the world. Chapter 1 opens with an extensive list of traits, qualities and behaviors of honey bees, from which humans could learn (a lot!).

Chapter 9 focuses on the beneficial healing properties of the “products of the hive.” As our culture moves toward more “natural” healing, beekeepers have known and used many of these remedies for centuries!

This is a useful book to have in your library, especially because it is a great read for non-beekeeping friends.