The beekeeper's lament :

Nordhaus, Hannah.

The beekeeper's lament : how one man and half a billion honey bees help feed America / Hannah Nordhaus. - 1st ed. - New York : Harper Perennial, c2011. - 269 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.

Fast cars and big trucks -- Beekeeper's roulette -- The tiny leviathan -- Faustian bargains -- Trespasses -- Charismatic mini-fauna -- Survivor stock -- The human swarm -- Bittersweet bounty -- Next year, right?

Recounts the experiences of John Miller, one of the foremost migratory beekeepers, who, despite mysterious epidemics that threaten American honey populations--and the nation's agribusiness--forges on and moves ahead in a new natural world.

9780061873256 (pbk.) 006187325X (pbk.)


Miller, John.


Bee culture--United States.
Honeybee--United States.
Migratory beekeepers--United States.

SF524.5 / .N67 2011

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