In a story that includes facts about bees, Jonathan, the son of a beekeeper, is not sturdy enough to do some of the work, but with the support of his mother he finds a way to help the family and form a bond with his father.

Sometimes it takes a barren landscape to see the beauty of God’s creation. Phineas King knows better than to expect anything but shock and pity wherever he shows his face. Horribly scarred from the tragic accident that claimed his mother’s life, he chooses to keep his distance from everyone, focusing his time and energy on the bees his family raises. If no one sees him, no one can judge him. So why does he start finding excuses to seek out Deborah Lantz, the beautiful new arrival in town? Deborah can’t get out of Bee County, Texas, soon enough. Once her mother and younger siblings are settled, she is on the first bus out of this dusty town. She is only waiting on the letter from Aaron, asking her to return to lush Tennessee to be his fraa. But that letter never comes. As she spends time getting to know Phineas—hoping to uncover the man beneath the scars—she begins to realize that she no longer minds that Aaron hasn’t sent for her. As both Deborah and Phineas try to come to terms with lives that haven’t turned out the way they imagined, they discover that perhaps Gott’s plans for them are more extraordinary than they could have dreamed. But they need to let go of their own past sorrows and disappointments to find the joy and beauty that lies just ahead for them both.

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"Eccentric and unusual with an appealing, gentle charm," raves Kirkus Reviews, in a starred review.Every morning, Fred climbs three flights of stairs—up to his rooftop in Brooklyn, New York—and greets the members of his enormous family: "Good morning, my bees, my darlings!" His honeybee workers are busy—they tend the hive, feed babies, and make wax rooms. They also forage in flowers abloom across Brooklyn... so that, one day, Fred can make his famous honey, something the entire neighborhood looks forward to tasting. Lela Nargi's beautifully written story—accompanied by Kyrsten Brooker's collage-style illustrations—offers an inside look at the life of an endearing beekeeper and the honey-making process.A Junior Library Guild Selection, a Bank Street College of Education Best Book of the Year, a Cook Prize Honor Book, and a NSTA-CBC Outstanding Science Trade Book.

In the Ethiopian mountain village of Lalibela, famous for its churches and honey, a young girl named Almaz determines to find a way to be a beekeeper despite being told that is something only men can do.

Deep in the rural English countryside, an eighty-nine-year-old beekeeper--and one-time famous detective--becomes involved with nine-year-old Linus Steinman, a young refugee from Nazi Germany whose sole companion, an African grey parrot, spews out a mysterious series of German numbers that could hold the key to a dangerous secret. Reader's Guide available. Reprint. 100,000 first printing.

A young girl helps her grandfather tend his bee hives one morning in spring.

The Aldens help a farmer whose honeybees have stopped producing honey and discover a sabotage scheme.

Three years after the death of her mother, eleven-year-old Maddie finds a note attached to a popped balloon, leading to a correspondence with a mysterious fourteen-year-old girl who helps Maddie understand that life must go on.

While watching over her neighbor's beehives, Sara-Jane, Titus, and Timothy find an important clue to the location of a missing stongbox which contains a valuable recipe (view table of contents)

On a visit to her grandmother's farm, Jessie discovers the secrets of beekeeping that will allow her to carry on her grandmother's work

Eager to escape from the oppressive foster home in which she has been placed, Cat Kincaid decides to put her plans to run away on hold when she meets Hooter Lewis, a seventeen-year-old farmboy. Reprint. PW. K.