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Mar

11

2021

By Any Means Necessary by Candice Montgomery

Torrey, a Black San Francisco State University student in his first year, is looking for a new start and is happy to be away from his home in LA. He misses terribly his late uncle with whom he operated an apiary, or bee farm. Torrey saw his uncle as one of the few positive forces …

Sep

24

2020

Show me the Honey: Adventures of an Accidental Apiarist by David Doroghy

The light went off as I watched a proud grandson selling honey from his sidewalk stand that he had collected from his dad’s hive. Figuring that creating my own hive might ramp me up in his eyes, I turned to this book. If a guy living on a houseboat in the Fraser River just south of …

Sep

17

2020

Pea, Bee, & Jay: Stuck Together by
Brian “Smitty” Smith

A pea, a strawberry, and a cherry roll into the garden… and dare the pea to see what lies beyond the farm’s fence. On his quest, Pea befriends the studious Bee and shy bird Jay. What an unlikely trio! This short graphic novel is the first in a new series, and it’s delightfully punny. I …

Jan

2

2019

Buzz: The Nature and Necessity of Bees

2019 Pacific Northwest Book Awards Shortlist: “Buzz: The Nature and Necessity of Bees” by Thor Hanson

In Buzz, Thor Hanson takes us through the fascinating lives and history of bees, from when the first bees split from the wasps to offering them protection now. Hanson’s narrative style makes the information flow in an easily digestible way, and readers will come away knowing and appreciating more about bees than they ever thought …

Oct

24

2014

Valerie Geary photo by Briana Moore

Sweet Inspiration

A few months after I started writing Crooked River, I signed up for a Backyard Beekeeping class through Portland Community College. The first part of the class was a lecture on the basics of beekeeping and the equipment needed to start a new hive. Later the class met at the instructor/beekeeper’s house a few minutes’ …

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