• Publisher: Haupt
• Hardcover, 129 pages

Blurb

If you want to keep bees, there is no getting around finding the queen among the teeming workers and drones: Whether it's starting a new colony, capturing a Swarms, observing bees or harvesting honey. Even though she rarely leaves the hive, the life of the queen bee is characterized by fascinating events: from the fight to the death with other queens for supremacy in the swarming season to the wedding flight and mating by dozens of drones - after all, the queen is the only one who can ensure reproduction. Follow beekeeper Hilary Kearney on her journey into the hive, find the queen and explore her kingdom.