When you hear the word “bee,” you probably picture a honeybee. As a new book shows, though, many bees native to North America defy conventionalism and remain relatively unknown on their own continent
Audric de Campeau has combined his two passions, beekeeping and winemaking, by making mead, an alcoholic beverage made with honey. And he ages his mead in the tunnels under Paris.
How this Yemeni American keeps up the family business thousands of miles from home
Khaled Almaghafi is a bee master in the San Francisco Bay Area. It’s spiritual work, too. “You see how they dance, how they collect the honey, how they work … you feel deep inside there is a creator,” he says.