Bees in America: How the Honey Bee Shaped a Nation

"Integrates history, technology, sociology, economics, and politics with this remarkable insect serving as the unifying concept" (Buffalo News).

The tiny, industrious honey bee has become part of popular imagination—reflected in our art, our advertising, even our language itself with such terms as queen bee and busy as a bee. Honey bees—and the values associated with them—have influenced American culture for four centuries. Bees and beekeepers have represented order and stability throughou...