Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction
"Questionnaire" by Wendell Berry

Part I: Year Two: What to Do?
1. Year Two: How Did We Get Here?
2. Swarming and Splitting, or...If You've Still Got Bees, You Are About to Have Even More Bees!
3. Why Are My Bees So Grouchy? Or...Is the Honeymoon Over?
4. Combining Hives for Overwinter Success
5. Honey — Sweetness and Light = Food!
6. About That Wax That It's All About
7. Year Two: Your Best Resource Is Natural Beeswax Comb

Part II: Smoke and Mirrors
8. What Is Really Going on with Bees? Or...Is It Time to Redefine the Crisis Vocabulary?
9. Are We Really Still Putting Chemicals in the Beehive?
10. Wait a Minute: Wasn't Nicotine a Bad Thing?
11. OMGs!! GMOs!! ABCDEs!! M-O-U-S-E!!
12. The Shamrock

Afterword
Glossary
Index
About the Author
A Note About the Publisher

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About the Author

Christy Hemenway is the owner and founder of Gold Star Honeybees, a complete resource for all things related to beekeeping in top bar hives. A passionate advocate for bees and the pivotal role they play in our food supply, she is a highly sought-after speaker, helping audiences to understand the integral connection between bees, food, human health and the future of the planet. Christy is the author of The Thinking Beekeeper: A Guide to Natural Beekeeping in Top Bar Hives.