The Beekeeper's Lament
How One Man and Half a Billion Honey Bees Help Feed America
Hannah Nordhaus
- “A
- crackerjack
- story
- of
- one
- American
- beekeeper’s
- days
- .
- .
- .
- presented
- within
- the
- context
- of
- beekeeping’s
- natural
- and
- social
- history”
- (Kirkus,
- starred
- review).“A
- rollicking,
- buzzing,
- and
- touching
- meditation
- on
- mortality.
- .
- .
- .
- You’ll
- never
- think
- of
- bees,
- their
- keeper,
- or
- the
- fruits
- (and
- nuts)
- of
- their
- labors
- the
- same
- way
- again.”
- —Trevor
- Corson,
- author
- of
- The
- Secret
- Life
- of
- Lobsters
- and
- The
- Story
- of
- SushiThe
- honey
- bee
- is
- a
- willing
- conscript,
- a
- working
- wonder,
- an
- unseen
- and
- crucial
- link
- in
- America’s
- agricultural
- industry.
- But
- never
- before
- has
- its
- survival
- been
- so
- unclear—and
- the
- future
- of
- our
- food
- supply
- so
- acutely
- challenged.Enter
- beekeeper
- John
- Miller,
- who
- trucks
- his
- hives
- around
- the
- country,
- bringing
- millions
- of
- bees
- to
- farmers
- otherwise
- bereft
- of
- natural
- pollinators.
- Even
- as
- the
- mysterious
- and
- deadly
- epidemic
- known
- as
- Colony
- Collapse
- Disorder
- devastates
- bee
- populations
- across
- the
- globe,
- Miller
- forges
- ahead
- with
- the
- determination
- and
- wry
- humor
- of
- a
- true
- homespun
- hero.
- The
- Beekeeper’s
- Lament
- tells
- his
- story
- and
- that
- of
- his
- bees,
- making
- for
- a
- complex,
- moving,
- and
- unforgettable
- portrait
- of
- man
- in
- the
- new
- natural
- world.“I
- loved
- The
- Beekeeper’s
- Lament**.
- With
- great
- reporting
- and
- great
- writing,
- Hannah
- Nordhaus
- gives
- a
- new
- angle
- on
- an
- ever-evolving
- topic.
- You’ll
- learn
- a
- lot.”
- —Bernd
- Heinrich,
- author
- of**
- Winter
- World
- and
- Mind
- of
- the
- Raven“An
- engaging
- account
- of
- the
- men
- and
- insects
- who
- put
- food
- on
- our
- tables.
- The
- Beekeeper’s
- Lament
- is
- a
- sweet,
- sad
- story.”
- —Elizabeth
- Kolbert,
- author
- of
- Field
- Notes
- from
- a Catastrophe
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