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Publisher
Oscilloscope Laboratories
Pub. Date
2016, 2014.
Edition
DVD.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (110 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Italiano
Description
It centers on a family of beekeepers living in stark isolation in the Tuscan countryside. The dynamic of their overcrowded household is disrupted by the simultaneous arrival of a silently troubled teenage boy taken in as a farmhand and a reality TV show intent on showcasing the family. Both intrusions are of particular interest to the eldest daughter, who is struggling to find her footing in the world, and Rohrwacher conveys her adolescent sense of...
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
[1999]
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
Follows a beekeeper as he raises honeybees in hives in his backyard, uses special care in handling the bees, and jars their sweet honey to share with family and friends.
24) Ulee's gold
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[1999]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (113 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A Florida beekeeper escapes one battle only to find himself in another as a long-buried secret threatens his family and his livelihood.
25) Beekeepers
Author
Publisher
Boyds Mills Press
Pub. Date
1998.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
28 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
A young girl helps her grandfather tend his bee hives one morning in spring.
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
Large print edition.
Physical Desc
233 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
In a quiet village far from the noise of Victorian London, Sydney Silchester lives the life of a recluse. But when his honey supplier is found stung to death, the search for a new beekeeper takes him to the most interesting man in England--a man whose brilliant mind will lure Sydney into a life-threatening adventure. When Mycroft Holmes learns of the tragic death of the village's other beekeeper, he senses the bloody hand of murder. But what villain...
27) The Beeman
Author
Publisher
National Geographic Society
Pub. Date
2002.
Physical Desc
29 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
In rhyming text, a child describes the work Grandpa does to take care of honeybees and harvest the honey they make.
Author
Series
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Pub. Date
2003.
Physical Desc
198 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Moving from Massachusetts to Kansas in 1855 with his new wife and a group of German carpenters, Gordon McKay is dead set on making his fortune raising bees - undaunted by Missouri border ruffians, newly-minted Darwinism, or the unsettled politics of a country on the brink of civil war."--BOOK JACKET.
Author
Publisher
Harper Perennial
Pub. Date
[2011]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
269 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Recounts the experiences of John Miller, one of the foremost migratory beekeepers, who, despite mysterious epidemics that threaten American honey populations--and the nation's agribusiness--forges on and moves ahead in a new natural world.
30) Sweet as honey
Author
Series
Honeybee sisters volume 1
Publisher
Zebra Books
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
379 pages ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
Smart, kind, and good-hearted, the three Christner girls are affectionately known as The Honeybee Sisters in the beloved Wisconsin Amish community where, under the care of their aunt, they've grown into skilled beekeepers--and lovely, sought-after young women.
Author
Language
English
Description
In The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, prose magician Michael Chabon conjured the golden age of comic books, interwining history, legend and story-telling verve. In The Final Solution, he has condensed his boundless vision to create a short, suspenseful tale of compassion and wit that re-imagines the classic 19th-century detective story.
In deep retirement in the English countryside, an 89-year old man, vaguely recollected
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Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
1st William Morrow paperback ed.
Physical Desc
345, 11 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"In the vein of Amelie and Chocolat, Sarah-Kate Lynch's The wedding bees is a ... novel about finding new love, letting go of the past, and the magic of rooftop honey in New York City"--
34) Ulee's gold
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (113 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Having to fight his son's dastardly cohorts, a beekeeper slowly pulls his dysfunctional family back together.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Lily Owens is a young girl who lives on the peach farm that her abusive father owns. Rosaleen is a black woman hired by Lily's father to be a stand in mother for Lilly. Rosaleen insults some of the biggest racists in their town. Lily and Rosaleen run away to a town Lily believes that her mother once lived in. They go to live with the three Boatwright sisters on their honey farm. She finds solace in their mesmerizing world of beekeeping.
37) Stolen honey
Author
Series
Ruth Willmarth mysteries volume 4
Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Minotaur
Pub. Date
2002.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
viii, 258 pages : geneological table ; 22 cm
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xvi, 295 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Andrew Coté has one of the most intriguing, challenging, and unique jobs in New York City--maintaining millions of honey bees atop some of the city's most iconic buildings. His apiaries have crowned the Waldorf Astoria and the Museum of Modern Art; reside on the North Lawn of the United Nations; reign above stores, hotels, restaurants, schools, churches, and synagogues; and are situated in community gardens, and even cemeteries, throughout the five...
Author
Publisher
Park Row Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
318 pages : 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"Meredith May recalls the first time a honeybee crawled on her arm. She was five years old, her parents had recently split and suddenly she found herself in the care of her grandfather, an eccentric beekeeper who made honey in a rusty old military bus in the yard. That first close encounter was at once terrifying and exhilarating for May, and in that moment she discovered that everything she needed to know about life and family was right before her...
Author
Series
Publisher
Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
Large print edition.
Physical Desc
439 pages (large print) ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Seeking an escape from her dark past, Carissa Taylor heads to Silver Creek to build a new life. For Cari, landing a job at a historic ranch just outside town is a dream come true, and a chance to put her beekeeping expertise to work. Not only does she feel at home in the ruggedly beautiful landscape, but she's intensely drawn to rancher Chase Bishop, whose strong, steadfast nature quiets her unease. Maybe here she can finally be more than a hunted...
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