Steve Taber (1924 2008) was a world recognised honey bee researcher who worked for the U.S. Department of Agriculture first at Baton Rouge then at Tucson. On his retirement he founded Taber s Honey Bee Genetics to continue his work with bees. It was said that If Steve said it it would be correct . This volume is a collection of his writing for The Beekeepers Quarterly full of wit and wisdom"