The Beekeeper's Lament: How One Man and Half a Billion Honey Bees Help Feed America
Hannah Nordhaus,Paperback, English-language edition,Pub by HarperCollins Publishers on 05-24-2011
Hannah Nordhaus,Paperback, English-language edition,Pub by HarperCollins Publishers on 05-24-2011
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Format: Textbook
ISBN:
9780061873256 (006187325X)
ASIN: 9780061873256
Publish date: 24-05-2011
Publisher: HarperCollins
Pages no: 288
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
Food And Drink,
Food,
Science,
Environment,
Nature,
Biology,
Ecology,
Economics,
Science Nature,
Animals,
Agriculture
There's something inexpressibly poetic about bees, and Hannah Nordhaus wisely steers into this rather than away. At times my throat burned with the pure pleasure of an unusual story cleanly told. This book will lift your hopes and break your heart in roughly equal measure -- and the chapter about be...
I thoroughly enjoyed this book. I read it because Ms. Nordhaus gave a talk at our library at a time when I was interested in beekeeping (I've since found I am not set-up for bees mostly due to the wildlife in my area) and I was fascinated by the struggles of American beekeepers, as a result.This wou...