{"id":58602,"date":"2019-06-20T14:13:28","date_gmt":"2019-06-20T18:13:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/?p=58602"},"modified":"2019-06-20T14:13:51","modified_gmt":"2019-06-20T18:13:51","slug":"queenspotting-in-the-beehive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/2019\/06\/from-the-library\/queenspotting-in-the-beehive\/","title":{"rendered":"QueenSpotting in the Beehive"},"content":{"rendered":"

Esther Jackson<\/a> is the Public Services Librarian at NYBG<\/a>\u2019s LuEsther T. Mertz Library<\/a> where she manages Reference and Circulation services and oversees the Plant Information Office. She spends much of her time assisting researchers, providing instruction related to library resources, and collaborating with NYBG staff on various projects related to Garden initiatives and events.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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\"Cover<\/a>QueenSpotting: Meet the Remarkable Queen Bee and Discover the Drama at the Heart of the Hive<\/a> <\/em>(2019) is a new book by Hilary Kearney, creator of Girl Next Door Honey<\/em><\/a>, an educational beekeeping business based in San Diego, California. QueenSpotting <\/em>is written in a very accessible manner, mostly in first and second person, and is extremely engaging.<\/p>\n

In the \u201cHow to Use This Book\u201d introduction, Kearney notes that readers do not have to be beekeepers to read or enjoy the book. The text is broken into three main sections, each comprised of technical beekeeping information, the author\u2019s personal stories about beekeeping adventures, and \u201cspot the queen<\/a>\u201d photographs, of which there are 48. Although I am not a beekeeper, I can appreciate that the book\u2019s detailed exploration of one particular aspect of beekeeping\u2014the queen\u2014would be informative and useful for those who do keep bees. That said, my feeling is that the book best works as an educational resource for those who are not already beekeepers, and that more advanced readers might wish to supplement with additional resources for beekeeping tasks. One such task would be \u201crequeening,\u201d referring to when a beekeeper removes an older queen, replacing her with a new queen, preventing the colony from doing so naturally for the purpose of increased honey production.<\/p>\n

For readers who would like to learn more about beekeeping, readers who would like to read some entertaining and charming stories about beekeeping adventures, and for those who love visual \u201ceye-spy\u201d games<\/a>, QueenSpotting <\/em>is sure to please. Both adults and more advanced younger readers will find Kearney\u2019s enthusiastic and clear manner of writing to be entertaining, infectious, and well worth reading.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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