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Summary: A delightful book
Review: A friend lent this book to me and I waited a while before I picked it up, but when I did, I could hardly put it down. Sue Hubbell's writing style is engaging and just fun to read.I learned a lot about bees and beekeeping, a little about the author and a little about myself when I read this book. She lays it on the line about what is involved in beekeeping. If you have any inclination to keep bees, Sue Hubbell will dispell any romantic myths you may have about the process. But she also paints a picture of idyllic days in fields surrounded by forests, observing the wondrous life of bees. Sue Hubbell's real contribution to the beekeeping literature is that she tells about her own special ways with bees, based on many years working with them, some of which counter common theories about them. I would think that a beekeeper would find this information very useful, and I found it simply fascinating.
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Summary: enjoyable
Review: A nice book, easy to read, and it has lots of good facts in it. I don't plan to be a bee keeper but it has info that willhelp you understand what you're looking at when you see bees "doing their things"
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Summary: enjoyable
Review: A nice book, easy to read, and it has lots of good facts in it. I don't plan to be a bee keeper but it has info that willhelp you understand what you're looking at when you see bees "doing their things"
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Summary: What's not to like.
Review: Admittedly I've few favorite writers who're women. Sue Hubble is an exception. I'm facinated by the person she emotes through her writing. This is not just a book of bees. It is instead a narrative of life in tune with the natural world. Sue Hubble is accurate in her observations and true in her depictions. And, I am a beekeeper.
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Summary: Great nature writing and commentary on contemporary life
Review: As an avid reader and enthusiast of the "nature writing" genre', I became an immediate fan of Sue Hubbell's after reading this book. Like the other commentator here, I've bought several copies only to end up giving my current one away again. Hubbell has a genuinely unique insight into nature that is fresh and original while her writing is well crafted. Being a beekeeper of over ten years, I was attracted to the book for that reason but came away with much more. Hubbell's musings on life in general and her backwoods alternative to the modern drum on the digital age is a good escape. An insightful read for anyone interested in a deeper perspective on one aspect of rural life. Enjoy.
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Summary: Great nature writing and commentary on contemporary life
Review: As an avid reader and enthusiast of the "nature writing" genre', I became an immediate fan of Sue Hubbell's after reading this book. Like the other commentator here, I've bought several copies only to end up giving my current one away again. Hubbell has a genuinely unique insight into nature that is fresh and original while her writing is well crafted. Being a beekeeper of over ten years, I was attracted to the book for that reason but came away with much more. Hubbell's musings on life in general and her backwoods alternative to the modern drum on the digital age is a good escape. An insightful read for anyone interested in a deeper perspective on one aspect of rural life. Enjoy.
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Summary: Bee Knees
Review: Back in early April, I mentioned one of Sue Hubbell's other books, A Country Year: Living the Questions on my blog, where she writes about her time living in the Ozarks and raising bees as a profession. While A Country Year was meant as entertaining reading, this book is Hubbell giving you clean and excellent information on the keeping of bees, along with some of the poetic language from A Country Year. Just like that book, I will finish this book in a day or two, as it pulls me through the various seasons of the beekeeper. Winter is prep time. Spring brings hard work and maintenance. Fall is harvest and preparing the hives for Winter. I get fixated on ideas somehow, and Hubbell's books are feeding my current fixation on bees. My neighbors hive, clearly visible from my back yard, has grown more interesting. It gives me a life model to explore my newly gained knowledge without completely suiting up in bee gear. It is heartening to know that the flowers and trees in my garden benefit from these bees, as much as the bees benefit from them.
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Summary: The days in the life of a year of bee keeping
Review: Buffalo Sue says this book is delightful. I'd like to find a different word to be original but I can't.
It is delightful in the way Sue Hubbell somehow manages to be both down to earth as somebody making a living with bees must yet is also as bright eyed as a kid experiencing something wonderfully new every day which is in fact what you get with bees.
If you are into bees buy it.
If you are not into bees but enjoy the idea that even today there is a satisfying way to live that does not require destruction of the environment or the death or discomfort of your charges you would enjoy it.
Rating:
Summary: Great nature writing and commentary on contemporary life
Review: Hubbell has a genuinely unique insight into nature that is fresh and original while her writing is well crafted. Being a beekeeper of over ten years, I was attracted to the book for that reason but came away with much more. Hubbell's musings on life in general and her backwoods alternative to the modern drum on the digital age is a good escape. An insightful read for anyone interested in a deeper perspective on one aspect of rural life. Enjoy.
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Summary: A book about how to live fully, with expert bee info. extra!
Review: I first read this book several years ago and bought and gave away three copies. I'm so glad it has been republished. Sue Hubbell recounts a year in her life as a beekeeper, with musings on nature, and with a loving portrait of her honeybees. Bees are wondrous and if you don't think so, Hubbell will help you see the light. I have finally succumbed to the urge to keep bees myself, and now I value the book for it's information and wisdom on beekeeping. One thing, though. The insect pictured on the cover...is not a honeybee! I bet she was not pleased! This is a peaceful read, a good summer book, and a keeper.
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