Bees in America:  How the Honey Bee Shaped the Nation.  Honey bees have been quietly influenced American values for centuries.  This book enlightens readers to the cultural history of bees and beekeeping in the United States.

Bently, Dawn.  Buzz-Buzz, Busy Bees.  Simon & Schuster, 2004.  This touch-and-feel book shows a bee buzzing around visiting his farm animals.

Cheng, Andrea.  When the Bees Fly Home.  Tilbury House Publsihers, 2002.  Jonathan learns how his family earns a living from beekeeping.

Cole, Joanna and Bruce Degen.  The Magic School Bus:  Inside a Beehive.  Scholastic Inc., 1998.  When the Magic School Bus turns into a beehive, Ms. Frizzle's students change into honey bees.  They must gain entry into a hive so they can see firsthand just how the workers, drones, and queen bee live together.

Gibbons, Gail.  The Honey Makers.  HarperTrophy, 2000.  Learn how thousands of bees work together to make hives and honey.

Heiligman, Deborah.  Honeybees.  National Geographic Society, 2002.  Learn about the fascinating lifecycle of the honeybee through scientific text and easy-to-follow diagrams and pictures.  Includes a few experiments.

Jose, Isabella.  From Hive to Home.  National Geographic, 2003.  Enjoy the colorful photographs and simple text that describe how honey gets from the hive to the jar.

Kalman, Bobbie.  Hooray for Beekeeping!  Crabtree Publishing Company, 1997.  Learn about bees, beekeeping and honey in this book with nonfiction text and colorful photographs and illustrations.

Loewen, Nancy.  Busy Buzzers:  Bees in Your Backyard.  Picture Window Books, 2003.  Scientific information is interspersed with primary-level text to explain interesting and important facts about bees.

Micucci, Charles.  The Life and Times of the Honeybee.  Houghton Mifflin, 1997.  Depicts the life cycle and habits of the honeybee, describing the organization of the hive and the making of honey.

Schaefer, Lola.  Honey Bees and Flowers.  Capstone Press, 2000.  With color photographs and simple text, this emerging reader describes a bee's visit to a flower.

Schaefer, Lola.  Honey Bees and Hives.  Capstone Press, 2000.  With color photographs and simple text, this emerging reader describes what happens in a beehive.

Schaefer, Lola.  Honey Bees and Honey.  Capstone Press, 2000.  With color photographs and simple text, this emerging reader describes how honey is made by bees and is then gathered.

Tagliaferro, Linda.  Bees and Their Hives.  Capstone Press, 2004.  Through colorful photographs and simple text, imagine living in a home with 20,000 other bees.

THE HONEY FILES:  A BEE'S LIFE (National Honey Board - www.honey.com)

Welcome to Our Hone Farm:  Designed specifically as a honey farm visit handout, this color book is informative and entertaining and discusses the life on a honey farm.  Other color books available.  Pyramid Publishing, Attn:  Tom Kaiser, 9 Greenwood Court, Racine, WI  53402 Phone 262-752-0184 Fax 262-752-0185