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the secret life of bees
Set in 1964, the coming-of-age story acknowledges the predicament of loss and betrayal. It received critical acclaim and was a New York Times bestseller list. It won the 2004 Book Sense Book of the Year Awards (Paperback), and was nominated for the Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction. -
Bees made
It all begins on a flower in a field. Bees collect nectar from flowers and bring it to the hive where it becomes either beeswax or honey. A bee's diet consists primarily of honey, and any honey not consumed by the bees or in the raising of brood is stored as surplus and is ultimately consumed in the winter months when no flowers are available. However, it is honey's other use that interests us, its conversion into beeswax. -
BEES
A honey bee (or honeybee), in contrast with the stingless honey bee, is any bee member of the genus Apis, primarily distinguished by the production and storage of honey and the construction of perennial, colonial nests from wax. Honey bees are the only extant members of the tribe Apini, all in the genus Apis. -
honeybees
honeybees are social inse cts and live in colonies each colony is a family unit comprising a single egg laying female or queen operate in the food gathering nest building and reared only at times of year when their presence is required. -
important things
Lily meets Zach, August's godson. They soon develop intimate feelings for each other. They share goals with each other while working the hives. Both Lily and Zach find their goals nearly impossible to meet but still encourage each other to attempt them. Zach wants to be the "ass-busting lawyer", which means he would be the first black lawyer in the area.[3] Lily wants to be a short story writer. -
life of bees
The Secret Life of Bees tells the story of a 14-year-old white girl, Lily Melissa Owens, whose life has been shaped around the blurred memory of the afternoon her mother was killed. She lives in a house with her abusive father, whom she refers to as T. Ray. They have a no-nonsense maid, Rosaleen, who acts as a surrogate mother for Lily. -
chapter 3
new beekepers are told that the way to find the elusive queen is by first location her cicle of attendants. -
honey
sweet food made by bees foraging nectar from flowers. Honey production in 2013 from producers with five or more colonies totaled 149 million pounds, up 5 percent from 2012. The average producer price per pound was $2.121, up 6% from $1.992 in 2012. The 2013 crop was valued at $317.1 million.2 -
bees
Bees are flying insects closely related to wasps and ants, known for their role in pollination and, in the case of the best-known bee species, the European honey bee, for producing honey and beeswax. -
The secret life of bees
the secret life of bees tells the story of lily owens whose life has been shaped around the blurred memory of afternoon her mother was killed and an eccentric trio of black beekeeper sisters lily is introduced to the mesmerizing world of bees honey and the black madonna.
