Our bee mentor, Tony Pisano, has kept many more hives than we have for many more years. Beekeeping is his passion. He seems to be everywhere at once in our community, proselytizing to people who don’t yet keep bees, educating and supporting those who do. Thank you, Tony, for collaborating on this book with us.
Special thanks also to Michael Palmer and Randy Oliver for reaffirming our belief that beekeepers are some of the most generous people in the world. These excellent, expert beekeepers donated their valuable time to give us helpful feedback.
We dedicate this book to Wangari Maathai for being such a deep well of inspiration. We carry only single drops of water to a raging fire, but we are doing the best that we can.