# Recommending a Bee Novel **URL:** \ **Category:** Bee Websites / Forums / Books\ **Created:** [October 19, 2015, 11:56pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/recommending-a-bee-novel/3620 "2015-10-19T23:56:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Valli](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.honeyflow.com/valli/32/159_2.png) [@Valli](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Valli)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2015, 11:56pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/recommending-a-bee-novel/3620/1 "2015-10-19T23:56:44Z")
I just finished reading this on Kindle for £1.99 cheap little read Life in a bee hive told by one of the workers… Some literary licence but a good understanding of bee hives and how they work - Some Anthropomorphism - portraying animals with human traits - but give a feel of the functioning of a hive > **[The Bees eBook: Laline Paull: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store](https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00GLGZVA6/ref=s9_al_bw_g351_i3?pf_rd_m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_s=merchandised-search-3&pf_rd_r=0EYT7WTQ979PD34KNPGE&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=718097927&pf_rd_i=8409123031)** > > Shortlisted for the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction 2015 Longlisted for the Desmond Elliott Prize for New Fiction 2015 Enter a whole new world, in this thrilling debut novel set entirely within a be ... ---
**Author:** ![Dee](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.honeyflow.com/dee/32/5840_2.png) [@Dee](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Dee)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2015, 2:31pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/recommending-a-bee-novel/3620/2 "2015-10-20T14:31:41Z")
If you are a dreamer you might find “The Bees” by Laline Paull an interesting read. It’s completely anthropomorphic and absolute rubbish but the end brought a tear to my eye. Much as the whole story is completely fantastic ( in the old meaning of the word) the author obviously knows about life in a hive right down to rare occurrences such as thelytoky. Daft…but I quite enjoyed it. oooops…I think that’s the valli is talking about ---
**Author:** ![Dee](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.honeyflow.com/dee/32/5840_2.png) [@Dee](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Dee)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2015, 3:49pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/recommending-a-bee-novel/3620/3 "2015-10-20T15:49:48Z")
PS it’s a lesson in what happens if you neglect your bees. ---
**Author:** ![kiwimana](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.honeyflow.com/kiwimana/32/1280_2.png) [@kiwimana](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/kiwimana)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2015, 8:41am UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/recommending-a-bee-novel/3620/4 "2015-10-21T08:41:03Z")
The Secret life of bees is pretty good as well, more about bad parents than bees. But still a great book…Gary ---
**Author:** ![sara](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.honeyflow.com/sara/32/696_2.png) [@sara](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/sara)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2015, 4:18pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/recommending-a-bee-novel/3620/5 "2015-10-21T16:18:47Z")
I would add in here that the book the Queen Must Die is also a good read. ---
**Author:** ![Barbara\_Gordon](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.honeyflow.com/barbara_gordon/32/7834_2.png) [@Barbara\_Gordon](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Barbara_Gordon)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2015, 4:37pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/recommending-a-bee-novel/3620/6 "2015-10-22T16:37:43Z")
Everyone should read “Confessions of a Bad Beekeeper: What Not to Do When Keeping Bees (with Apologies to My Own)” by Bill Turnbull . It’s hilarious and educational at the same time. ---
**Author:** ![Dee](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.honeyflow.com/dee/32/5840_2.png) [@Dee](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Dee)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2015, 5:34pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/recommending-a-bee-novel/3620/7 "2015-10-22T17:34:37Z")
He’s retiring, by the way and one of the reasons he gave was to spend time with his family and bees 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Barbara\_Gordon](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.honeyflow.com/barbara_gordon/32/7834_2.png) [@Barbara\_Gordon](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Barbara_Gordon)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2015, 2:45pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/recommending-a-bee-novel/3620/8 "2015-10-23T14:45:20Z")
I hope he will keep writing!