A Honeybee Heart Has Five Openings

A Honeybee Heart Has Five Openings is a 2018 memoir by Helen Jukes.

The memoir details Juke's decision to reinvent herself as a beekeeper after feeling rootless. Portions of the memoir were originally published in The Junket as essays on beekeeping.

Summary
While living in London Jukes develops a friendship with a beekeeper. She later moves to Oxford for a demanding job and feels miserable. Jukes begins to contemplate keeping her own bees. After she mentions this to friends, they come together during Christmas to buy her a hive of her own.

Reception
The memoir drew wide praise for both its unique subject matter and Jukes' observant writing. The Guardian said the memoir "moved and delighted".