Did you know that the largest honey bees in the world only build a single honeycomb? Or that honey wine is the national drink of Ethiopia? That beekeepers in Germany send their queen bees to an island for a wedding and that heather honey is so viscous that it has to be cut out of the honeycomb? These and other exciting topics are covered in the illustrated book "Von Menschen und Bienen.

Twenty stories tell of wild bee colonies, untouched natural landscapes and traditional beekeeping. They are a selection of the best reportages from the German Bee Journal. More than two hundred photographs provide insights into people's lives with bees and show the insects and honey from extraordinary perspectives.