A Swarm in May, by William Mayne

“Every year the youngest Singing Boy had brought a swarm of the Cathedral bees to be blessed, so that their beeswax would furnish good candles throughout the coming year.” This sets the scene for this entertaining book with some black and white drawings. First published in 1955, this edition 1962. Hardcover with clean, plastic-covered dust jacket. Some brown-spotting on page edges but good condition otherwise, 199 pages.