Honey labelling at its finest!

 

Bee-Skep Making: Heritage, folklore and how to make and use your own skeps

Though I am not a fan of skeps, this new book by Chris Park looks superb:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Bee-Skep-Making-Heritage-folklore-skeps/dp/1789943302/

Conflict leaves Lebanese beekeeper cut off from most of his hives

Excellent, if sad, photostory here: https://apnews.com/photo-gallery/lebanon-border-bees-photo-gallery-80dac1d43c5dfd645799a2cdd218d76b#:~:text=Since%20the%20conflict%20between%20Israel,near%20his%20hometown%20of%20Hasbaya.

Millions of bees get loose after truck carrying 400 hives crashes in Texas

For some reason, the second pic makes me think of "Where's Wally?"

Reported here and in many other places: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/bees-escape-truck-hives-crashes-texas/

Back in stock! The Beekeeper's Dictionary

The perfect gift for a beekeeper, available from Amazon, Thorne's, and Northern Bee Books

• https://www.amazon.co.uk/Beekeepers-Dictionary-Compendium-Definitions-Explanations/dp/1836884168/
• https://www.thorne.co.uk/books-education-gifts/books-magazines/uk-books/beekeepers-dictionary.html
• https://www.northernbeebooks.co.uk/ (except I cannot find it on the site!)

Apparently, honeybees can recognize human faces

Apparently, honeybees can recognize human faces — they can be trained to distinguish between individual humans by face and continue to recognize them across different viewpoints, despite having a brain smaller than the head of a pin!

https://spacedaily.com/d-honeybees-can-recognize-human-faces-they-can-be-trained-to-distinguish-between-individual-humans-by-face-and-continue-to-recognize-them-across-different-viewpoints-despite-having-a-brain-sm/

From Struggle to Success: One Beekeeper’s Story

For some reason, this story really appeals: beekeeping in Liberia.

https://gnnliberia.com/amp/from-struggle-to-success-one-beekeepers-story/

Dead Bees Still Sting

Published 28 May by Greystone Books https://greystonebooks.com/

“I loved every gorgeously-written and surprising page.”—Sy Montgomery, author of The Soul of an Octopus

“Come for the bees, stay for these beautifully written observations.”—Booklist, STARRED review

“Evocative and lyrical.”—Publishers Weekly, STARRED review

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Dead-Bees-Still-Sting-Nature/dp/1778402011/