Bee Journal
{{Short description|2012 poetry collection by Sean Borodale}}
{{Infobox book
| name = Bee Journal
| image = File:Bee Journal.jpg
| caption = First edition
| author = Sean Borodale
| illustrator =
| country = England
| language = English
| genre = Poetry, beekeeping
| published = 2012 (Jonathan Cape)
| media_type = Print (paperback)
| pages = 90
| isbn = 9780224097215
| oclc = 941596131
}}
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 The Daily Telegraph 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.".{{cite news |author=Ian Douglas |date=11 July 2012 |title=The Urban Beekeeper and Bee Journal: review |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/bookreviews/9378858/The-Urban-Beekeeper-and-Bee-Journal-review.html |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |accessdate=11 March 2019}} Granta compared it to The Life of the Bee by Maurice Maeterlinck.{{cite magazine |author=Gillian Clarke |date=15 May 2012 |number=119 |title=Two Poems: Sean Borodale |quote=Like Maurice Maeterlinck’s prose work, The Life of the Bee, this is bee-science as literature, nature poetry at its best. |url=https://granta.com/new-poet-sean-borodale/ |magazine=Granta |publisher=Sigrid Rausing |accessdate=11 March 2019}} It has also been reviewed by Varsity.{{cite news |author=Giles Pitts |date=4 December 2012 |title=Poetry: Sean Borodale - Bee Journal |quote=This is a meditative, attentive and beautiful debut collection... |url=https://www.varsity.co.uk/reviews/5381 |newspaper=Varsity |publisher=Varsity Publications Ltd |accessdate=11 March 2019}}
Bee Journal was shortlisted for the 2012 T. S. Eliot Prize,{{cite news |author=Alison Flood |date=24 October 2011 |title=TS Eliot prize for poetry announces 'fresh, bold' shortlist |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2012/oct/23/ts-eliot-prize-poetry-shortlist |newspaper=The Guardian |accessdate=11 March 2019}} and the 2012 Costa Poetry Award.{{cite web |url=https://www.costa.co.uk/media/518701/past-shortlists-complete-list.pdf |title=Costa (Formerly Whitbread) Book Awards: Shortlist 1995 - Present |website=costa.co.uk |publisher= |accessdate=11 March 2019 }}{{Dead link|date=June 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
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Category:Bees in popular culture