''Bee Journal'' is a 2012 poetry collection by Sean Borodale. It is written in the form of a journal and follows one colony for around one year, from the initial formation of the hive to the capture of a swarm.

Reception

A review in ''

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'' of ''Bee Journal'' described it as "the most beautiful expression of what it is like to live with bees that you could hope to find.". '' Granta'' compared it to ''The Life of the Bee'' by Maurice Maeterlinck. It has also been reviewed by '' Varsity''. ''Bee Journal'' was shortlisted for the 2012

T S Eliot Prize The T. S. Eliot Prize for Poetry is a prize that was, for many years, awarded by the Poetry Book Society (UK) to "the best collection of new verse in English first published in the UK or the Republic of Ireland" in any particular year. The Priz ...

, and the 2012

Costa Poetry Award The Costa Book Awards were a set of annual literary awards recognising English-language books by writers based in UK and Ireland. Originally named the Whitbread Book Awards from 1971 to 2005 after its first sponsor, the Whitbread company, then ...

References

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