Holley Bishop provides a history of bees and beekeeping in this fascinating look inside the hive, but she also details her own involvement with bees that began when she bought a country house in Connecticut. Rapidly becoming obsessed with the details of honey production, Bishop installed beehives on her property and set out to learn all there was to know. Her adventures as a beginner and, gradually, an expert add up to an intriguingly memoir-like book about beekeeping and all its ramifications. Copyright (C) Muze Inc. 2005. For personal use only. All rights reserved.