Review: The Benevolent Bee

You know what?  I happen to like bees.  I admittedly wasn't fond of them as a child when one stun me on the eye (landed on my face so I grabbed at it)  BIG mistake.  So it took me a while to get back that, but once I realized how neat they were, I developed a fondness for them.  Stephanie Bruneau brings us the Benevolent Bee, a  book crafted to show us the bee and how she works, AND how we can benefit from all she provides.   

I have to admit, this is a rather neat book.  It talks briefly about the lifecycle and work of the honeybee, but devotes itself to the benefits of honeybees.

Ms Bruneau first teaches the science behind each of the benefits of the honeybee.  She works her way through propolis, pollen, honey, royal jelly, venom and beeswax.   Did you know that in it's final state honey can last forever without spoiling? 

She follows this up with recipes, crafts or projects one can do.  You can learn to make elderberry syrup, honey fire tonic, royal jelly fudge, stinging nettle tea with honey, turn honeycomb into beeswax or make a floating acorn cap candle.  So many different recipes and ideas to explore.

She even included stories of people using bee venom.  I'd heard about using bee venom before but never really looked into it. It's been used in China for more than 2000 years. You can also use bee venom to reduce allergic reactions! 

All in all it's a very helpful book.   For the budding apiarist this book would be helpful in explaining the benefits of bee keeping.  For the person just wanting to know more about the benefits of bees, this book provides it all!  It's a wonderfully helpful book indeed.  :)
About the Author:  Stephanie Bruneau is a beekeeper, herbalist, and artist. She runs The Benevolent Bee, a small business selling honey, beeswax candles, herbal body care products, and other handcrafted and hive-derived items. At the Benevolent Bee "Teaching Apiary" Stephanie observes, learns, and teaches about bees and bee behavior to students of all ages.

The Benevolent Bee: Capture the bounty of the Hive through Science, History, Home Remedies and Craft.
Stephanie Bruneau
Quarry Books
160 books
Oversized trade paperback

Reviewed for: Quarto Group

Where can you find The Benevolent Bee?

Amazon.ca: The Benevolent Bee: Capture the Bounty of the Hive through Science, History, Home Remedies and Craft - Includes recipes and techniques for honey, beeswax, propolis, royal jelly, pollen, and bee venom

Amazon.com: The Benevolent Bee: Capture the bounty of the hive through science, history, home remedies and craft. 

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Art Book: StickerBomb Journal Galaxy

Know what I was doing the other day?   Cleaning off book shelves.  Oh my!  It was amazing the books I pulled off and said "I don't need to keep this book".  So out it went.   A good 10 of them were space exploration books, my son is done exploring space so they headed off to the book sale.

When I brought in the mail, this little gem was in the packet from Raincoast.  I looked and thought hmm.. odd little sticker book and then I REALLY looked at it and noticed..it's not a sticker book, it has sticker for personalization, but it's really a journal.   How cool would this have been for my boy to use while we were studying space!!

He could have jotted down notes, drawn pictures, pasted in images and what not.  It would have been all contained in one neat looking space oriented journal.

The page quality is wonderful.  Thick without being cumbersome, and 128 pages!!!   So much room seriously!    Even if you didn't want to use it as part of a study, it's a great journal just for jotting down notes and what not. 

Four pages of stickers are included to personalize the cover.  That's over 100 stickers to use to make this journal your own.   I didn't test to see if the stickers can be removed and reapplied, so if getting it you'd need to test that out on your own. 

My thoughts:
It's a really nice journal, geared toward children, that would be just lovely for jotting down thoughts, or using as a notebooking spot when doing a space unit study.  :)

StickerBomb Journal: Galaxy 
Designed by SRK
Published by Laurence King
Pages: 128
Age: any
Approximately 6 x 8 inches.

Reviewed for: Raincoast Books

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Looky Looky! The Canadian Learning Bundle is Here!

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Just wanted to let you know that the Canadian Learning Bundle is on sale again!
And boy oh boy, look what all you get!

 
 Only $27 and you get French, Unit Studies, Canadian Heroes, Art, History and more!  A nice bundle that will get you well situated for learning!

All new products this year.  Check it out at my affiliate link here. 

Want to know everything that's included?
Here you go:
 
*Canadian Online Homeschool Conference Pass
*Timeline from Confederation to Today (The Canadian Homeschooler)
*Canada: The First Fifty Years (Chantel from Intentional Homeschooling)
*Deluxe Homeschool Planner (Jennifer from Deliberate Homeschooling)
*Basic Grammar for All Writers course (Excellent Resources)
*Homeschool, Simplified: What Matters Most ebook (Bonnie from Oh, That's Simple)
*French: Sing & Learn Vol.2 (Leanne from FrenglishLearning)
*5 Days to Your Best Homeschool Years e-Course (Ana from They Called Me Blessed)
*Mini Homeschool Tune-Up (Edna from Edna's Homeschool Helps)
*Fall Semester of Artsy Startsy's ROAM program (Rebecca from Artsy Startsy)
*UnLock Math 1 month subscription (Unlock Math)
*Canada150 Writing Activities, Terry Fox Activities, & Current Events (Diana Bailey on TpT)
*North American Continent Collection (Cherine from Making Montessori Ours)
*3 mini unit-studies: Penguins, Beavers, & Sharks (Rebecca from Hip Homeschooling Blog)
*Digital Organization Pack (Kimberly from GeekSchooling)
*Student Planner (Grace from Plum Cheeky Solutions)
Plus a couple of discount offers.
*French Sing & Learn Vol. 1
*Homeschooling with JOY
*Edna's Homeschool Helps Consultations
*Hands on History Book

Isn't that just a fantastic offer?   Check it out today eh?

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