At the center of every beehive is the queen. Can you find her?

This fun and informative book includes 48 search-and-find challenges that improve any bee enthusiast’s queen spotting ability.

Though she rarely leaves the hive, the queen bee’s days are marked by dramatic events, from battles for dominance in the virgin death match to aerial romance in a cloud of drones.

Follow urban beekeeper and swarm catcher Hilary Kearney on a trip deep inside the golden, fragrant, buzzing hive for a vivid exploration of the queen bee’s fascinating life and domain.

Take the queen spotting challenge! Can you find the Queen?

Turn your dreams of country living into a reality!

The Mother Earth News Guide to Self-Reliance and Country Skills offers more than 100 pages of beneficial articles that will assist anyone wanting to live a more self-sufficient life. Nothing compares to the feeling of enjoying a meal that was raised and grown on your own land … no matter if it’s just the delicious preserves from your garden or the entire feast. This guide also features great articles on the best staple crops for building food self-sufficiency, simple seed starting, and small-space gardening! You can even learn how to brew your own beer!

More articles include:

• 27 All-Time Best Tips for Living on Less: Mother Earth News readers share tips for wiser living.
• Start a Self-Sufficient, 1-Acre Homestead: Live off the land with these strategies for establishing self-sufficient food production, including advice on crop rotations and raising livestock.
• Cast No Aspersions on Cast Iron: Learn how to use old-fashioned cookware to its greatest advantage.
• The No-Mortgage Natural Cottage: From treehouses to tiny homes on wheels, a no-mortgage shelter can help you eschew expensive rent and debt.
• Want Milk? Get Goats: Dairy goats can supply your family with milk inexpensively.
• Make Your Own Herbal Medicine: To find ingredients for many basic herbal remedies, you often need to look no further than your own backyard.