The Carl Hayden Bee Research Center at the University of Arizona has developed a thorough and appealing site on bees. In addition to tips on bee-friendly gardens and facts about Africanized honeybees ("killer bees"), GEARS offers a concise natural history of the honeybee. Check out the GEARS atlas of the honeybee, which contains astonishing images taken with a scanning electron microscope.

The National Honey Board sponsors this fun site, which provides numerous recipes, bee facts, and honey trivia.

See the world through the eyes of a honeybee in this clever site, in which Australian researcher Andrew Giger demonstrates how honeybees view the world.

The Apis Newsletter is a monthly publication on beekeeping, and all issues since 1985 have been archived online. Use the site's Topical Index to learn about the gamut of beekeeping subjects.

Whatever it is you are looking for about insects, if it exists on the Web, you will find it listed here.

A rigorously scientific yet accessible book by one of the leading bee researchers in the field. Presents findings of years of studying the social and physical structure of hives, focusing on individual bees' fascinating behaviors, such as the waggle dance, and how they contribute to the well-being of the whole. Seeley is also author of Honeybee Ecology: A Study of Adaptation in Social Life (Princeton University Press, 1985).

A well-illustrated primer including chapters on beekeeping, communication, navigation, flower learning, evolution of the dance, and more.

Published in conjunction with the Bee Research Association, this book features papers by various authors detailing everything you would ever want to know about honey: which flowers make the nectar, which bees make the honey, how they do it, how honey is prepared for market, the history of honey, even wines produced from fermenting honey.

This classic encyclopedia on beekeeping, first published in 1877 by the man many consider the father of modern beekeeping, is regularly updated. Even if you're not interested in starting an apiary, it makes fascinating reading.

An engaging and inventive pop-up book that takes you through one worker bee's quest to get back to her hive.

Ms. Frizzle's students morph into honeybees, and the magic school bus turns into a beehive. This title is a delightful and informative look at life in a hive. Learn about honey making, bee communication, and honeybee society.