Books to Read for National Honey Month—September

September is National Honey Month, and I wondered what books I could find to read about bees or honey.

Here’s what I dug up while searching. Take a peek at these lovely books.

Meant To Bee Storm Shultz

He Should Have Told The Bees Amanda Cox

The Enlightenment of Bees Rachel Linden

The Bird and the Bees Neena Gaynor

How to Charm a Beekeeper’s Heart Candice Sue Patterson

Keeper of the Bees Gene Stratton Porter

The Bee Tree Patricia Polacco

Honeybee : The Busy Life of Apis Mellifera Candace Fleming & Eric Rohmann

UnBEElievables: Honeybee Poems and Paintings Douglas Florian

The Honey Makers Gail Gibbons

H is for Honey Bee A Beekeeping Alphabet Robbyn Smith van Frankenhuyzen

The Life and Times of the Honeybee Charles Micucci

Winter of the Bees Angela R Watts a middle grade book

The Bee Man of Orn Frank R Stockton illustrated by Maurice Sendak 

I couldn’t find the illustrated version online, but perhaps you’ll have better luck.

 

My favorite cough recipe using honey. This stuff works!

Honey recipes from Taste of Home

Your turn! Do you have any favorite books about bees or honey? What about recipes? I’d love to hear–leave a comment, pretty please.

 

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