The New York Times Book Review - Anne Sverdrup-Thygeson
One by one, Doroghy makes all the mistakes a rookie beekeeper possibly could…His detailing of the practical challenges and his attempted solutions are honest and often witty…Knowledge of bees and beekeeping is worked so naturally into the story that it never becomes didactic…All in all, this is a light read on the pleasures and pains of a beekeeper that will give you new respect for all the work—by two- and six-legged laborers alike—that goes into producing the spoonful of honey you stir into your tea.
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Winner of a Gourmand World Cookbook Award for Best Book on Honey in Canada
An April 2020 Loan Stars Buzz Book
"If you think beekeeping is a quick and easy shortcut to wealth, this book will set you straight. . . honest and often witty . . . a light read on the pleasures and pains of a beekeeper that will give you new respect for all the work—by two- and six-legged laborers alike—that goes into producing the spoonful of honey you stir into your tea." —New York Times
"Beauty and joy, for sure, bees do offer. But Doroghy is differently compelled. He continues because of knowledge, but not the typical sort . . . By 'carefully observing and respecting their world as an accidental apiarist might,' he finds he can discover from bees 'how to navigate the complex, much more dysfunctional hive of humans swarming over Planet Earth.' . . . He learns about himself and what he could be." —New York Journal of Books
