George Styer, Jr wrote:
 
>For a 13 year old, I would recommend "A Book of Bees" by Sue Hubbell, ISBN
>0-394-55894-4. It is a quick read that takes the beekeeper through a year.
>I recommend it because it does not read like a text book or reference. I
>think all the references to studies ad nauseum in say "The Hive and the
>Honey Bee" (which is a good reference once one decides to start) will bore
>the lad.
 
   I second that recommendation.  In addition, he might read Sue Hubbell's
book, A COUNTRY YEAR (ISBN 0-06-097086-3).  It has a little about
beekeeping, as well.
 
   In case the young person is well enough along, richard Bonney's book,
BEEKEEPING: A PRACTICAL GUIDE (ISBN 0-88266-861-7), might prove helpful
(though out-of-date on the "dance language" notion).
 
                                                                Adrian
 
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