The Beekeeper's Lament: How One Man and Half a Billion Honey Bees Help Feed America
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| Rating | : | 4.44 (935 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 006187325X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 288 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-05-27 |
| Language | : | English |
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Great book! Joe Traynor A timely and informative book suitable for a wide readership. It could be subtitled The Life and Times of John Miller, Commercial Beekeeper. Miller is a character and his presence breathes life throughout the pages of the book -- Nordhaus must have realized she had a gem in Miller, around which she could build a worthy and entertaining book. Miller is descended from a long line of beekeepers and struggles annually, as do all beekeepers, to keep his thousands of colonies healthy as they face drought, disease and pestilence on a number of fronts. Nordhaus expe. Fascinating, Touching: This book will stick with you Tsunami I thoroughly enjoyed this book. Very informative but also personal and entertaining. It's amazing how little people know about honeybees compared to what they think they know. Anytime the subject comes up I bring up many of the facts I learned in this book and people are very surprised - interested in learning more. I recommend this book to all of them.Thanks to John Miller for spending so much time with the author - I was rooting for him along the way.. I've loved bees since I was a child I've loved bees since I was a child. My grandfather had a small farm in Nevada, and when I was a child we would visit in the summer time. I had free range of the property, and I roamed far and wide with his Australian shepherd Queenie for my companion. When my mother would worry because she hadn't seen me or hours, he would reassure her that Queenie would look after me, and she did. When they would come looking for me, nine times out of ten, they would find me near the bee hives. I would lie for hours feet away from the entrance, just watching the bees come
She has written for the Financial Times, Los Angeles Times, Outside magazine, the Times Literary Supplement, Village Voice, and many other publications.. Hannah Nordhaus is the author of the critically acclaimed national bestseller The Beekeeper’s Lament, which was a PEN Center USA Book Aw
You’ll learn a lot.” (Bernd Heinrich, author of Winter World and Mind of the Raven)“Hannah Nordhaus has written an engaging account of the men and insects who put food on our tables. With great reporting and great writing, Hannah Nordhaus gives a new angle on an ever-evolving topic. “A fascinating read from cover to cover.” (Associated Press)“Bees are amazing. That’s the first reason to read The Beekeeper’s Lament, journalist Hannah Nordhaus
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 exposé illuminates one the most critical issues facing the world today,offering insight, information, and, ultimately, hope.. “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 LobstersAward-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