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

“You’llnever recall to mind bees, their keepers, or the fruits (and nuts) of their laborsthe same way again.” —Trevor Corson, writer of The Secret Life of Lobsters

Award-winning journalist Hannah Nordhaus tells the remarkable story of John Miller, one in all The usa’s foremost migratory beekeepers, and the myriad and mysterious epidemics threatening American honeybee populations. In luminous, razor-sharp prose, Nordhaus explores the necessary role that honeybees play in American agribusiness, the maintenance of our food chain, and the very future of the nation. With an intimate center of attention 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 essentially the most crucial issues facing the world these days,offering insight, information, and, in the end, hope.