Featured Product Archives - Beargrass Press

Honey-Maker: How the Honey Bee Worker Does What She Does

Honey-Maker takes us into the beehive for a look through the lens of a bee-loving biologist. Beginning with an overview of the colony, which includes the queen, workers, and drones, the book then divides into sections that reflect the design of an insect: Head, Thorax, and Abdomen. We learn how the worker, the familiar bee we find on our lawns and in our gardens, makes wax and constructs honeycomb, tends the queen, raises all of the colony’s young, forages for and collects nectar and pollen, makes honey and bee bread, dances, grooms, swarms, and stings. We also see the capacity of the honey bee worker to cooperate with other members of her colony and to alter her activities and physiology to meet the needs of her ever-changing colony. Honey-Maker further speaks to our age-old relationship with the honey bee and suggests ways in which we all might contribute to a more habitable landscape. Additional information is available in the Beargrass Press Portfolio.

215 pages | 6 x 8.75 inches | Perfect-bound paperback | 2012

$19.95 Add to cart

A Garden Journal

A Garden Journal is a journal/blank book for writing, sketching, planning, and dreaming in support of the care and attentive presence with which gardens thrive. Its pages offer space to track observations during the seasons of plantings and to record ideas that emerge from time given to reflection. The pages also let us have it both ways: pages with lines for writing and making lists are paired with pages free of the geometry. Additional information is available in the Beargrass Press Portfolio.

120 pages | 6 x 9 inches | Perfect-bound paperback | 2016

$9.95 Add to cart

Gran’s Bees

Gran's Bees is the story of a young person's unexpected first lessons in bees. We're introduced to basic tools of the trade, including supers, the smoker, and the hive tool, as Gran engages the youngster in a hive inspection one sunny afternoon. As the work begins, all that is seen is "too many bees"! Yet, events of the day lead to understanding of the work of the colony as well as the vital connection between the bees and the flowers that flourish in Gran's garden. Additional space is provided for personal observations. For photos of the text, visit the Beargrass Press Portfolio. 41 pages | 5.5 x 8.5 inches | Perfect-bound paperback | 2017

$8.95 Add to cart

Pocket Guide to the Honey Bee

This enchanting booklet tells it like it is—from the honey bee point of view! Informative and fun, its pages introduce the reader to the activities of the colony's workers, queen, and drones. They also suggest some things we can all do to support the health of the honey bee colony in today's world. Printed copies are: 24 pages | 4.25 x 3.67 inches | Printed on 65-pound cardstock | Saddle stitched | 2015

The guide is also available as a DIY download for all who want to print, cut, and assemble. The download is one 8-page pdf that includes complete instructions, guide templates, and a strip designed as a wrap for packaging as gifts. It is available for download once payment is completed.

Additional information and photographs are available in the Beargrass Press Portfolio.

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Pocket Guide to the Honey Bee ABCs

According to the honey bee, A is for Antenna rather than for Apple, B is for Basket instead of for Boy, and Z is for BuZZ. The bees certainly took flight in telling this one, a fun mini-book that youngster's can hold in hand with no fear of being stung—though, yes, S is for Sting! The printed guide is: 24 pages | 4.25 x 3.67 inches | Printed on 65-pound cardstock | Saddle stitched | 2016 The guide is also available as a DIY download for all who want to print, cut, and assemble. The download is one 8-page pdf that includes complete instructions, guide templates, and a strip designed to wrap around for packaging as gifts. It is available for download once payment is completed. Additional information is available in the Beargrass Press Portfolio.

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Honey Bee ABCs: Cards for Curious Kids

Based on the Pocket Guide to the Honey Bee ABCs, these cards form a set that is ready to play. Youngsters can string them up, hole punch and tie them into a flip book, and create games of endless variety. So many things to be done with a few 26 characters! Cards are available both in print and as a DIY download for those who want to print, cut, and deal. Printed cards are on 80-pound cardstock and packaged for gifting. The download consists of one 14-page pdf that includes complete instructions, card templates, and a strip designed as a wrap for your own packaging as gifts. The download is available once payment is completed. Additional information and photographs are available in the Beargrass Press Portfolio. 28 cards | 4.25 x 3.67 inches | 2016

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Honey Bee: The Sun Being

Honey Bee: The Sun Being is a book for the young among us, including the young at heart. In this work, a honey bee is just finishing her days as a young adult bee working as a house bee inside the beehive. On becoming a field bee, she now must fly far from home and return with goods essential for the survival of her colony. Her adventure is extended with full-color photographs and background text that help explain how the worker bee manages the difficulties she meets along the way. To view additional photos, please visit the Beargrass Press Portfolio.

28 pages | 8.5 x 8.5 inches | Perfect-bound paperback | Full-color | 2017

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Greeting Cards: Beauty of the Bees

This set of 4 greeting cards reveal just how amazing the honey bee truly is. With 1 each of 4 designs in the collection, each of which is available individually, the cards feature photographs of the honey bee and close ups that help reveal special aspects of honey bee life on the front. Text on the back explains the honey bee's unique capacity with reference to the photographs, and includes the making of honey, gathering of pollen, flight with the wings, and yes, use of the sting! The exquisite design of each portion of this amazing insect is nothing short of beautiful. Four greeting cards, 1 each of 4 designs | 5 x 7 inches | 110-pound cover stock | Matching A7 envelopes Individual greeting card | 5 x 7 inches | 110-pound cover stock | Matching A7 envelope Additional information is available in the Beargrass Press Portfolio.

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timeless relationship collection notecards

Notecards: A Timeless Relationship Collection

This set of 8 notecards, 2 each of 4 designs, features a flower-honey-bee photograph on the front with text relevant to our long-term relationship with the honey bee on the back. Blank inside, the cards are ready for your words or those of the person you gift them to! Additional information is available in the Beargrass Press Portfolio. Eight cards, 2 each of 4 designs | 5.5 x 4.25 inches | 110-pound cover stock | Matching A2 envelopes.

$12.00 Add to cart

treasured relationship notecard collection

Notecards: A Treasured Relationship Collection

We've treasured gifts from the beehive for thousands of years. This set of 8 notecards, 2 each of 4 designs, features a honey-bee-on-flower photograph on the front and text relevant to our relationship with the honey bee on the back. The cards are blank inside, perfect for any occasion. Additional information is available in the Beargrass Press Portfolio. Eight cards, 2 each of 4 designs | 5.5 x 4.25 inches | 110-pound cover stock | Matching A2 envelopes.

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Greeting Cards: For the Bees

This set of 4 greeting cards, all the same design, features instances of honey bees on visits to a wide variety of flowers. The cards are available individually as well in the set of 4. Text on the back explains ways in which we call can contribute to good pollinator health. We don't need to become beekeepers to help the bees, though that too would be a good thing! Four greeting cards, 1 design | 5 x 7 inches | 110-pound cover stock | Matching A7 envelopes Individual greeting card | 5 x 7 inches | 110-pound cover stock | Matching A7 envelope Additional information and photos are available in the Beargrass Press Portfolio.

$3.50 – $12.00 View products