Introduction by Rebekah Lovato Piatte, Children's Editorial Director, Tiny Torch Books A.A. Milne asserted that “you never can tell with bees.” That classic quote illustrates the often mysterious nature of the humble, but illustrious bee....

At the end of 2018, I came across a Facebook post from Angela Engel, my former colleague at Chronicle Books, at just the right moment. I had stepped away from publishing to move back to...