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Meredith May is a memoirist and children's book author. Her books include THE HONEY BUS (HarperCollins/Park Row Books); I, WHO DID NOT DIE (Regan Arts); and LOVING EDIE (HarperCollins/Park Row Books). She is a fifth-generation beekeeper with several hives in Carmel Valley. During her 16-year career at the San Francisco Chronicle, her writing won the PEN USA Literary Award for Journalism and was shortlisted for the Pulitzer Prize. Her first children's picture book, MY HIVE, will be published by Cameron Kids in 2024.
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The Honey Bus took me 10 years to write and three complete re-writes, because at first I wasn't clear on what I was writing about. The first…more
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The Honey Bus took me 10 years to write and three complete re-writes, because at first I wasn't clear on what I was writing about. The first version was a very wounded story focused on my feelings about my mother. I had to mature as a daughter to see that my childhood was just as fulfilling as it was challenging. It wasn't until my grandfather died in 2015 while I was writing the book that I realized how much of a savior he'd been, and how he'd used his bee societies to teach me about human ones.
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I Dream of Jeannie

My childhood friend Anita had a swarm move into this vase on her front porch and didn’t know what to do so she called me. I offered to fetch them, but instead, she put live bees in her car and DELIVERED. (A few escaped, but she pulled over, all badass, and wrangled them back in.) […]
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“Mother Nature knit a careful plan in place, and if you pulled one thread of it loose, the whole thing could unravel. These insects that made most people run in fear were the invisible glue of the earth that held us all together.”
― Meredith May, The Honey Bus: A Memoir of Loss, Courage and a Girl Saved by Bees – A Touching Nonfiction Autobiography About a Grandfather and His Hive

“What was the statute of limitations on sadness?”
― Meredith May, The Honey Bus: A Memoir of Loss, Courage and a Girl Saved by Bees

“He reminded us that bees live for a purpose far grander than themselves, each of their small contributions combining to create collective strength. Rather than withdrawing from the daunting task of living, as our mother had done, honeybees make themselves essential through their generosity. By giving more than they took, bees ensured their survival and reached what might be considered a state of grace.”
― Meredith May, The Honey Bus: A Memoir of Loss, Courage and a Girl Saved by Bees – A Touching Nonfiction Autobiography About a Grandfather and His Hive

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