The real masterwork that Sue Hubbell has created is her life David Quammen wrote in the New York Times. This book is like its author a unique achievement. Weaving a vivid portrait of her own life and her bees'' lives through the seasons Hubbell writes about bees to be sure but also about other things: the important difference between loneliness and solitude . . . the accommodating of oneself to nature (Philadelphia Inquirer).