Telling the Bees: How a Social Media Post, an Ancient Tradition, and Magical Realism Inspired My New Novel, Bees in June - Women Writers, Women's Books

Telling the Bees: How a Social Media Post, an Ancient Tradition, and Magical Realism Inspired My New Novel, Bees in June - Women Writers, Women's Books

By Elizabeth Parman A few years ago I was scrolling social media when a post from a friend caught my eye. Bees Attend Keeper’s Funeral read the newspaper clipping from the June 4, 1956 Danville Bee. The article went on to explain that a beekeeper from the Berkshire mountains, John Zepka, was buried in a […] The post Telling the Bees: How a Social Media Post, an Ancient Tradition, and Magical Realism Inspired My New Novel, Bees in June appeared f…