You can also find Beekeeper Confidential on Facebook and Instagram. I was head to toe thrilled when she said yes! She was delightful to talk with and I think you will love her as much as I do - meet Meredith May, author of The Honey Bus!Ĭheck out our new website at our community forum! It was only after I finished the book that I decided to invite our guest on for an interview.

I read The Honey Bus over the summer, after winning a copy of it and 2 jars of Honey Bus Honey from an instagram giveaway from one of my favorite beekeepers, Roda Shope of Indigo Acres Apiary.

The smells and sounds of the hive, and the emotional restoration that we find when we are working with our beloved insects. Meredith May recalls the first time a honeybee crawled on her arm. Nicknamed 'The Beekeeper of Big Sur' by his customers, he drove his retrofitted former military bus to tend to his 100 hives along the coast and provided May a fascinating education, teaching her about how bees. A captivating coming of age family story.' Noah Wilson-Rich, Ph.D. Everyone will leave this book with much more knowledge about bees and humanity, and the compassion that lives at the intersection of the two. For someone who works with bees, the rich details knitted into this memoir are both comforting and familiar. An extraordinary story of a girl, her grandfather, and one of nature’s most mysterious and beguiling creatures: the honeybee. But May bonded and found safety, first with her kind step-grandfather, and later with the bees he kept to produce his prized honey. The Honey Bus is a rare treat for true storytelling deeply rooted in science. Sign in to filter reviews 2,110 total ratings, 326 with reviews There was a problem filtering reviews right now. Her most recent work, The Honey Bus, tells the story of a girl growing up in a dysfunctional family who finds solace in learning about bees and beekeeping from her grandfather. Part memoir, part beekeeping odyssey, The Honey Bus is an unforgettable story about finding home in the most unusual of places, and how a tiny, little-understood insect could save a life. Honey Bus might be on the short list as a Noble Prize contender, but it was an unhappy bus ride for me. Today’s guest is an author, a journalist, a teacher, and a 5th generation beekeeper.

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