Somewhere scribbled in the back of an old sketchbook is a Bucket List I wrote when I was 16 years old. Sandwiched between getting a tattoo and riding a double decker bus, I made a goal to one day become a beekeeper. I suppose I first loved the products of the hard-working honey bee and only more recently grew to love the little animals themselves. I have made it my objective to keep that perspective while researching, in order to stand in the shoes of my target audience, the Hobby Beekeeper. It is with this dream of beekeeping and a newfound appreciation for the Western Honey Bee, that I look to promote the health and safety of Apis mellifera by exploring their brief, magnificent lives and illustrating beekeeper management practices to help continue on their legacy.I look to promote the health and safety of Apis mellifera by exploring their brief, magnificent lives and illustrating beekeeper management practices to help continue on their legacy.