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The Beekeeper's Lament: How One Man and Half a Billion Honey Bees Help Feed America

by Hannah Nordhaus

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Beekeeping, agriculture, and the vulnerability of the food supply

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Beekeeping, agriculture, and the vulnerability of the food supply

Hannah Nordhaus centers this work of nature writing and reporting on John Miller, a migratory beekeeper whose work brings him into the large-scale agricultural systems that depend on honeybee pollination. Alongside his story, the book examines the epidemics threatening U.S. honeybee populations and traces the connection between managed hives, fruit and nut crops, and the broader food chain. The human labor of moving and maintaining bees remains in view, giving the subject a practical agricultural dimension as well as an ecological one.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in bees, pollinators, and insect life
  • Those curious about how agriculture and food production depend on managed honeybees
  • Fans of reported nonfiction about environmental and agricultural systems

Themes

Honeybee healthMigratory beekeepingPollinationAmerican agricultureFood systems

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Book overview

"You'llnever think of bees, their keepers, or the fruits (and nuts) of their laborsthe same way again." --Trevor Corson, author of The Secret Life of Lobsters

Award-winning journalist Hannah Nordhaus tells the remarkable story of John Miller, one of America's foremost migratory beekeepers, and the myriad and mysterious epidemics threatening American honeybee populations. In luminous, razor-sharp prose, Nordhaus explores the vital role that honeybees play in American agribusiness, the maintenance of our food chain, and the very future of the nation. With an intimate focus and incisive reporting, in a book perfect for fans of Eric Schlosser's Fast Food Nation, Michael Pollan's The Botany of Desire, and John McPhee's Oranges, Nordhaus's stunning expos

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