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

by Hannah Nordhaus

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 006187325X
• ISBN13: 9780061873256
• Release Date: May 2011
• Publisher: Harper Perennial
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.51 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.2" x 7.9"