Hives Books

my search for the perfect book on health and healing is over. I read so many books trying to help heal myself of chronic fatigue syndrome. This book made the most sense to me. It takes dedication to follow the program, but it is worth it. Dr. Stoll and Jan DeCorutney give you lots of motivation in the book. I borrowed it from the library, but will purchase one to keep at home.

Recapture Your Health outlines a balanced solution to improving overall health. The authors call this program a 3LS solution named after the three legged stool which is perfectly balanced and fully functional without a lot of extras that aren't needed.

Like the three legged stool, the 3LS program contains three simple but sturdy elements (nutrition, exercise, and relaxation) that create a foundation for improved health. The nutrition section focuses primarily on minimizing damage caused by the high intake of refined foods in the modern diet. The authors promote a whole foods approach to nutrition that reduces and potentially eliminates all refined foods. This is very similar to the slow food philosophy that is gaining popularity.

Likewise, the exercise and relaxation portions of this program are not radical but are somewhat based in good common sense. Participants are expected to exercise twenty minutes three times a week of virtually any type of activity that gets them moving. Relaxation is guided through various types of formal relaxation exercises such as meditation or guided imagery completed for approximately twenty minutes twice a day.

Walt Stoll and Jan DeCourtney have given readers a chance to redeem their health or maintain it using three simple tools. Seemingly so simple, yet the authors have used their talents to give a good explanation of some of the who's, what's, and why's of the road back to health.

Even if you think you know the information to wellness they present, "Recapture Your Health" is still a great reference to have linking many common and not so common ailments to the modern day interpretation of stress. Many of us have used one of their key elements at one time or another, but in putting all the pieces of the puzzle together you have a great weapon to use in the war against disease.

If you have not yet had to deal with a serious illness or condition, you can certainly can go a long way to prevent it, according to the book, and maintain quality your quality of life for the years to come.

Something for everyone,

A+

There is nothing really new in this book. Eating well, exercising and relaxing is good for your health. Duh!

But it is very well presented, brings up enough (but not too many) testimonials to be inspiring, it is simply written without complicated theories. The diet is easy to do and presented with lots of details. The proposed exercises are varied - very much along the lines of "do what works for you and do it at least 3 times a week". The Skilled Relaxation is nothing new if you are already familiar with the work of Benson, Cade, Pelletier, Kabatt-Zin, but it is presented here in a non-scholar way that is easy to understand, easy to implement and the book provides the health motivation to keep doing it. Understanding skilled relaxation without actually doing it twice a day is worthless. The text in this book makes you want to do it and to keep doing it.

I would highly recommend this book to anyone who is sick and hopeless - or anyone who wants to implement good life habits and prevent illness. I like the fact that it does not promise an instant cure for anything but rather proposes a way of living that supports physical, emotional and mental health. Well done!

The weakest point maybe is that it addresses general well being but only mentions in a rather weak way that people with long term diseases may have to be much more specific to completely heal. The proposed diet may not work for everyone, some people may need specific types of exercises and to avoid others, some types of meditation or biofeedback processes may be better than others for some conditions, etc.

However as an adjunct, Dr Stoll bulletin Board [..]) is filled with more specific information and the good doctor is also available to answer questions. A very generous proposition.

Ok - Got to go now and practice my skilled relaxation...

While conventional medicine tends to focus on covering up symptoms with medications, many of which cause dangerous side-effects, this book provides step-by-step instructions on how to potentially avoid the doctor's office altogether. Based on the premise of 'how to be healthy,' this book outlines what Dr. Stoll refers to as the '3-Legged Stool of Wellness' - Skilled Relaxation, A Whole Foods Diet, and Exercise. As simple as this sounds, there are many crucial aspects that one needs to be aware of in order to implement the Wellness lifestyle effectively. 'Recapture Your Health' provides all the knowledge, insight, frequently asked questions, and troubleshooting guides needed for anyone to do just what the title says. Jan DeCourtney's writing style makes this book both fun and motivational to read cover to cover as well as easy to use as a quick-reference using the detailed index in the back. Hats off to this book, a long-awaited tribute to a very important aspect of Walt Stoll's life's work of getting the truth about Wellness out to the public!

Decker's story is novel quality, for the characters become very real, making the issues and principles of effective organization change truly understandable. Any organization about to launch a significant change should distribute this book widely!

Brad Smart

In particular, the lessons you can learn about identifying and resolving conflicts are absolutely priceless. This and Corporate Canaries are MUST buys if you are a manager in any sort of capacity!

For books like this to work, they have to have both an engaging storyline and real-world characters. This book has both, and I found myself re-learning a lot about dealing with change, managing difficult people, and understanding how different types of people have different styles of working. The group discussion questions in the back are particularly useful. I will probably suggest that my whole department get copies and read it together. There are some on my team who need a little coaching, and this is a very non-threatening way to deal with difficult issues. Great job!

If you think you have read every single business book that you need to read, reconsider this one. I heard the author speak at an event in Newark recently and was impressed with his assessment of the difficulties associated with people with undiagnosed depression. The characters are so three dimensional that you'll think you know most of them. This is like a "Desperate Housewives" in cubicle-land, and it totally works.

My own boss is a little like the damaged main character, and I put this book on her desk anonymously. I saw her carrying it around for a few days and then at our department meeting last Monday she told people we should all read it because it had some excellent advice. I really thought she was too far gone but this book seems to have changed her. I hope it's for good.

Even if not, the book is a fun read that I think just about anybody will get a kick out of.

Charles Decker is vice president of an electronic publishing company, does work with business publishing initiatives, and has coauthored Beans: Four Principles for Running a Business in Good Times or Bad. Lessons from the Hive is about a fictionalized organization that is reinventing itself and was created to teach positive ways of viewing changes in an organization, how to deal with fears of the unknown, the importance of trust, and how to deal with conflicting interpersonal relationships. It is of the business-fable genre that uses a week-in the-life approach for five players in an organization including a recently installed CEO, a newly hired employee, and a seasoned director of marketing with personal struggles at home and at work. The junior change agent uses mantras many people call clichés such as Happiness is a choice; Inspire yourself, others will follow; Vanity is not a team sport; Enthusiasm will take you 90 percent of the way; and Change your thinking, change your life. This book can be used in classrooms and in businesses. Many people learn better by stories and examples than by other methods. This is a brief but powerful message. There are questions at the back of the book to assist reflection about each chapter.

Urticaria hives have plagued me for nearly 3 years. Many visits to a Dermatologist and an Allergist plus numerous blood work-ups have not been of any help. Dr. Wanderer's book "Hives: The Road to Diagnosis and Treatment of Urticaria" has been very beneficial in my understanding of Urticaria and has shown me what steps to take in an attempt to pinpoint the cause. I highly recommend this book to anyone who has Urticaria. It may not help you find the cause but it will help you understand what you are faced with. It is my belief that this book should be recommended by all Doctors to people with Urticaria.

I have been a chronic urticaria sufferer for 5 1/2 years and have been on Prednisone for the last 4 1/2 years. My doctor ordered the book after my recommendation and we are using it together to try new medications and therapies. Thank you Dr. Wanderer!

This is a terrific book that answers many questions for chronic urticaria sufferers. I wish I had found it sooner. I'm only on my first year of CU, but I really like to use this book as a reference for all the information scattered over the Internet. I brought it to show my allergist/immunologist and he had ordered it too.

Should have gotten this book way before wasting so much time, energy, fraustration, and money on all the different doctors/medications/injections...etc. it is too bad Dr. Wanderer is not in Los Angeles otherwise I would love to see him also refer him to others

I have been battling hives for several months. Dr. Wanderer was the third Dr. I encountered in an attempt to rid myself of this problem. On my first visit with Dr. Wanderer, he recommended a thorough series of testing to try and determine the cause of my outbreak of hives. During our interview time, it was apparent to Dr. Wanderer that I was in need of information on my illness. He suggested I read a book that he had written on the diagnosis and treatment of hives. I would encourage anyone who might have a bout with hives to get this book! It has helped me immensely with the understanding of the illness and more importantly, the diagnosis and treatments. I am still in treatment but I'm doing better and I've stayed the course of treatment ONLY because I have the book to go to for guidance and understanding. I'm hopeful of a positive outcome for my illness now because I have this book for reference. I would not have progressed to this point of recovery if not for the book Dr. Wanderer has published for us! It has given me strength daily!

Fantastic overview of encaustic painting that is clearly written and has beautiful photos. A perfect book for those looking to exploring a new art form that can be enjoyed by the whole family. Covers the basics for those unfamiliar with the art form as well as looking at some of the more intermediate and advanced techniques.

This is a good addition to any "art process" library. Simply written and well illustrated, the book is in a size and format that is easy to use while working. It is concise and informative - with great resource links.

Great little book. It has all the instruction and info you'll need to paint with wax.

On the back cover of the recently released, 2nd edition of "Embracing Encaustic-Learning to Paint with Beeswax by Linda and William Womack is the descriptive "the quick start guide to painting with wax". That perfectly describes this user friendly book with many color photographs enhancing easy to follow instructions for 6 basic encaustic techniques. There is an illustrated gallery where artists describe their own work using more advanced techniques as well as a short history of the medium and a resource listing. Readers can go to Linda's website for further information. Although the section on making paint lists safety concerns, I would like to see more information on the safety issues while painting-especially correct temperature levels while working with encaustics.

This book is really well done, especially for someone like me who needs detailed instruction! The book provides both step-by-step instructions and photos that show you exactly what to do. I have limited experience with the encaustic medium and found this book provided me with the directions to do a project on my own -- super helpful.

If you're new to bees or an old coger still raising bees, as the other reviewers have said, you've got to have this book, no arguments! It covers everything you'd ever want to know. Even after reading it and using it for reference, you'll more than likely find something new you didn't find the first time or something becomes crystal clear. :)

I will also recommend to get the newest edition, it has a red/maroon cover with gold lettering.

For the seasoned or beginning beekeeper, this tome has everything you might want to know. More than complete, surprisingly easy to navigate, HIVE AND THE HONEY BEE is the bee all and end all.

I first used this book in 1979, it has been a companion ever since. I wear mine to shreads and must replace it every couple of years. I learned everything I neeeded to get started in bee keeping and taught me something new with every new release. To manage hives for honey production, polination or queen rearing, this book is the authority. To work in your hive, or apiary without it,is like driving your car with a blindfold on.

This book is for sale, new from the publisher for $36.00 brand new. Cheaper if you buy in quantity. It is the latest revision, 1992.


I just thought I would pass that along for all you would be beekeepers...

This is an excellent how-to book for novices in the honey industry. Last year when I decided that harvesting honeybees would be an interesting way to make a living, this was the book I read to prepare myself for the challenge ahead!
Read, drink and eat honey!

Allison Wallace has written a lovely book in an engaging voice that blends memoir with fascinating details about the lives of bees. It's a project that could only come from the hard (and often funny) lessons of firsthand experience as well as careful scholarship about bees and bee lore. What makes this book especially inviting is that she is just as interested in the lives of humans--the "hives" that we build and call home, what work means to us, and how we construct meaningful lives. The book is beautifully written, and is, in the opinion of this reader, wise, funny, and brave. Brave because, while the author never loses sight of the intricate lives of bees, she gives us just enough information about her own life to reveal vulnerability and to serve as an interesting mentor. She invites us to think about our own unfinished lives--what is missing, and what might count as a good destination. She brings together experiences in North Carolina, Maine, Arkansas, and the post-Hurricane Katrina Gulf Coast landscape, but never forgets that the star of the book is the bee. Much to enjoy in this delightful book!

As someone who is interested in the replenishment of our flora and fauna on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, especially following the catistrophic event of Hurricane Katrina, Ms. Wallace's book is a needed respite from the storm. However, it is lacking in her musings about her personal life and should have been more clearly expounded on for the reader to understand. What I did find most enjoyable was reading the scientific facts on the honey bees, and I do hope we will hear more from Ms. Wallace, but with more thoughts and observations on the most interesting character she so hesitantly, but humorously mentions; that being the character of her mother. Both Ms. Wallace and this brave lady,Mama Lupio, sound like they could be characters much more fascinating than the "birds and the bees."

You would not believe some of the things bees do! Fun and fascinating facts about honeybee behavior fill this volume--the chase scenes, sex, and murder might make you wonder what TV shows those bees have been watching while you thought they were busy making honey. The book's seven chapters could each stand alone as a lovely, informative essay, but taken together, they tell the story of Wallace's own journey through life as a beekeeper, from mail-ordering her first queen to witnessing her first--of many--swarms. She draws thoughtful parallels between human and honeybee behavior, making you see the world in new ways. There's glorious prose here, soaring across the page, and wisdom aplenty, but there's also laugh-out-loud humor and loads of honeybee gee-whizzery. If you gravitate towards writers like Annie Dillard, David Quammen, Joy Williams, and Sue Hubbell, you'll treasure this book.

I never thought a book about bees, entwined with one's life, could be so interesting, deeply moving,insightful, and yet funny, too. I had to finish it before I could put it down. We need more books from Ms. Wallace.

This book is full of surprises. It is a tender love story rather than a dry account of the life of one of America's great bee-keepers, as I had half expected. It turned out to be a real page-turner - I had planned two weeks for this holiday read, but instead I finished the book within four days because I just could not put it down, it was that engrossing. The author also touches upon issues of race, religion, business, relationships, but it is done without polemics. The screen story is well-crafted and told with clarity and great attention to chronological and period details. I believe the story has great potential to be turned into an interesting and uplifting film that all families will enjoy.

This screenplay is a wonderful blend of historic fact and character study. Academically the author presents bee behavior, hive construction, and the monumental, worldwide, and timeless effect that Lorenzo Langstroth made with his discoveries. Theatrically the reader is caught up in a riveting, suspense story of a brilliant man wanting to save bee lives and his wife who helps him persevere in his quest. The Civil War era setting takes us back in time, but the struggles of mental illness (in the presence of extreme intelligence), religious conviction, marital dedication, family financial obligations, and patent intrusions are current challenges. Please do read this wonderful piece and learn about Lorenzo's "bee space" and the road to discovery.

The universal theme of KING OF THE BEES is "triumph over adversity." Lorenzo Langstroth suffered all his life, both physically and mentally, from a terrifying undiagnosed ailment that nearly drove him mad from pain. His wife Anne stood resolutely by him throughout his long ordeal, refusing to let him give up until he fulfilled his destiny to save bees from destruction. Anne, in fact, is the protagonist--the driving force--in my story, with Lorenzo as antagonist. Lorenzo's discovery of the principle of "bee space," his radical new hive invention, and his enduring book on beekeeping would never have been possible without the love, devotion and fierce determination of Anne Tucker Langstroth--the woman both behind and beside the genius (and sometimes in front--pulling!). If Lorenzo, the "Father of American Beekeeping," truly was "King" of the bees, then Anne, just as surely, was their "Queen."

I laughed. I cried. Reading how people died, be it from a tooth ache or a gunshot wound after a barroom brawl, was facinating. It makes me wish people put messages on headstones today! It's a great gift!

I laughed. I cried. Reading how people died, be it from a tooth ache or a gunshot wound after a barroom brawl, was facinating. It makes me wish people put messages on headstones today! It's a great gift!

Man! You would think this guy could get a break! Every story in this collection is true and very entertaining. This guy's life is like a well written YM "say anything" column. The best part is he doesn't hold anything back. You can almost see him telling the stories to you in person...eyes shining with the improbablity that each story carries. After reading the dating story, I can't imagine anyone in their right mind would marry him!!!! Mr. Nessel should be a comic writer....or at least run a great company! After reading this book, I know why everyone would want a Brian Nessel in their life! So, things never look nearly as bad for them!!!!

Everyone who reads this will see something of their own life in what Nessel has written. Komark's artwork is incredible.

Thomas Seeley has written an amazing book that will work for many different types of readers at many levels. The book outlines experiments that Seeley did with prepared hives to demonstrate the system dynamics of how a hive adapts to the resources around it. Seeley's style is easy for a layperson to read with clear charts and pictures. This is a great book to savor; read a chapter, then daydream about how these creatures could be constructed to perform their functions.

I got a lot out of the book. First of all, it's a narrative of Seeley's experimental method; he labels a hive (puts the bees in a hive in a refrigerator, pulls them out one by one and puts identifying tags on each), sets up feeding stations with different concentrations of sugar at different distances, then observes behavior to demonstrate how individual variation in bees optimizes the hive's collection of resources. Second, it's a pretty good introduction to bee physiology and the hive's social system. Seeley describes experiments tracking the individual jobs of bees as they age and, in doing so, he covers how and what the bees do. Third, Seeley reviews and describes the previous literature, giving a history of behavioral study of bees. Finally, he develops his thesis regarding the hive as a system, with parallels to systems theory and studies of hierarchies of organization.

This is a fun read; easy to get through, thought provoking, giving you appreciation for the author's work and for the creatures that are his subject.

This is a special scientific book, for the author tells the reader not only WHAT we know about the inner workings of honey bee colonies, but also HOW we know it. Through simple but graceful writing, accompanied by many diagrams, Seeley takes you on a step-by-step journey through his experimental analysis of how the members of a bee colony work together to gather the nectar, pollen, and water that they need. I think anyone interested in seeing how a human has dissected the complex internal organization of a bee hive will find this a rewarding read. I especially liked chapter 6, where Seeley explains that the bees have several kinds of communication dances, not just the famous waggle dance, to activate more bees for making honey.