Emmy asked:

I read the whole book... Where the hell were the bees??

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Eileen Were u sleep reading? The bees are all throughout the book! It was marvelous and now I have book hangover!

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Theresa Oh my sweet soul!!! Maybe you should read it again?

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G Most of the book takes place at a bee farm. The bees were at the bee farm, because bee farms farm bees.

But anyway, this book was not literally about bees. This book centered around Lily, Rosaleen, and the beekeeping sisters. Because bees are a part of daily life, they are oft mentioned and their habits can relate to what is happening is these women's lives.

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MaryAlice page 148:"... Bees have a secret life we don't know anything about."

I loved the idea of bees having a secret life, just like the one I was living.

First sentence: At night I would lie in bed and watch the show, how bees squeezed through the cracks of my bedroom wall and flew circles around the room...

Every chapter has a header talking about bees.

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Sunny Yu The bees are one of the most important parts of the story. At the start of each chapter, the author carefully chooses a quote about bees that represent the core of the story, whether the strength of the queen (females/mom) or the relationship between bees (maternal connections). The symbolism is very beautiful.

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debra There weren't any. Not a single one! Nice catch

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Joanna Strange question! Their presence is pervasive throughout the book.

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Scott Wild I could tell you...but...it's a secret.

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Vanezza Joongz You mean, the bees where Lily told us about on Chapter 1? And it goes on throughout the book? What book did you read then?

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Sinead LOL!! I like your humour!

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Caz Hum, they buzzed off, couldn't take the sarcasm, ha ha.

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श्रेया (Shreya) Ahhaha. Why do I find this comment so funny.

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Sandra Secret life of Bees is filled with symbolism about bee colonies. At the beginning of each chapter is a thought provoking quote regarding bees. This book is filled with bees and honey and love and loss. Perhaps you should re-read it, since you surely missed the richness of the symbolism of the Queen bee and her importance in each hive...she was their mother bee, in other words, and the main character's involvement in her mother's death is woven throughout the book.

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Judy Lindow Haha. Very funny.

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R Read about how bees form their communities and work together, form relationships, etc.

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Anna It was althrough out the book if you do not know where the bees were then you really need to wake up. AND READ IT AGAIN FOR GOODNESS SAKE!!!!!!

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Marie In every chapter throughout the book

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Jessie Cross I have just started it and there have already been bees...

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Julia Chapter one, page one...At night I would lie in bed and watch the show, how bees squeezed through the cracks of my bedroom wall and flew circles around the room...perhaps you forgot about the first page of the book...

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Dot The bees appeared to her in her bedroom at home with her father, to signify where she had to go to find out about her mother!

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Janine Woodworth They made honey, honey. Bees do the hard work

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Manisha in the bee hive.

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Kennedy The book was not about bees it was about the life a southern girl trying to find more about her mother while showing how things were in the south and to escape the her troubled father. K.W.

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