Sue Hubbell Quotes

I actually grew up in a house in which bees lived in one of the walls, and they lived there 18 years, in fact, so it wasn't a fleeting thing.

My elder son and his wife keep bees, and my younger son has bees, too.

For a long, long time, nearly 40 years, I never had any bees. I can't think why.

It's wonderful to me that bees have this simple, age-old thing going on.

I always feel that I have missed some good fortune if I am away from home when my bees swarm. What a delightful summer sound it is! How they come pouring out of the hive, twenty or thirty thousand bees, each striving to get out first!

Beekeeping is farming for intellectuals.

The bee collects honey from flowers in such a way as to do the least damage or destruction to them, and he leaves them whole, undamaged and fresh, just as he found them.

I was named Beekeeper of the Year by the Florida State Beekeeping Association.

I can't pick a favorite animal; I love so many! But I guess if I have to choose, I pick bees! There's this brilliant documentary called 'Queen of the Sun: What Are the Bees Telling Us?' I think it's important for people to be educated about bees - they pollinate almost all the food we eat. They are amazing!

Bears are very nice, as long as you are nice to them.

If you want to gather honey, don't kick over the beehive.

I had a very famous trainer tell me once, 'You can usually train a wild animal but never tame a wild animal, ever.' They are always going to be wild, no matter what anybody says.

I don't mind bees and think we are all the better for having them around. I like the taste of honey.

I have a huge belief in the importance of bees, not just for their honey, which is a healing and delicious food, but the necessity of bee colonies that are vital to the health of the planet.

Bees are easier to keep than a dog or a cat. They are more interesting than gerbils. They can be kept anywhere.

Everyone should have two or three hives of bees.

Nothing gives a person more confidence... than to be zipped snugly inside a bee suit.

Cats are unpredictable because they're wild and domestic at the same time. Watching a cat's behavior is like a small window into the wild.

I just don't believe people can tame animals.

The phrase 'domestic cat' is an oxymoron.

All I knew about bees when I started to write 'The Secret Life of Bees' was that they can live in a wall of your house, and that they make this incredible thing that I loved.

I never thought I could learn much from a dog or cat. They sleep when we sleep. They eat when we eat. I'm into observing animals being as wild as they can be in a captive environment.

When you go in search of honey you must expect to be stung by bees.

I realized I had it made because you don't have to destroy anything to get honey. You can just use the same things over and over again, put it in a quart canning jar, and you've got $12.

I have made my home among the mountain gorillas.