{"product_id":"bitter-honey-big-ags-threat-to-bees-and-the-fight-to-save-them","title":"Bitter Honey: Big Ag's Threat to Bees and the Fight to Save Them","description":"\n\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Environmental writer Durant debuts with a deeply researched exposé of the agricultural industry's role in bee population decline. . . . [An] important wake-up call.\"-- \"Publishers Weekly\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"A great exposé of the true cost of industrially farming US honeybees. . . . Durant paints a bleak, if honest, picture. In the second section of her book, however, she does offer some solutions, with forays into innovative planting, regenerative farming and rewilding.\" \n\u003cb\u003e---Thomas Lewton, \u003ci\u003eNew Scientist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Jennie Durant has written a very significant book. I urge everyone to read it. I swore to myself that I would resist calling it the new \n\u003ci\u003eSilent Spring\u003c\/i\u003e, but it's impossible not to. It's just that important.\" \n\u003cb\u003e---David Gascoigne, \u003ci\u003eTravels with BIrds\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eJennie Durant\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer and researcher focused on bees, agriculture, and the environment. She has spent more than a decade working with beekeepers, scientists, and policymakers, including time at the US Department of Agriculture and University of California, at both Davis and Berkeley. Her writing has appeared in \n\u003ci\u003eGrist\u003c\/i\u003e, \n\u003ci\u003eGlamour, HuffPo\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \n\u003ci\u003e San Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her family.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCommendation Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"With the reportorial depth of John McPhee, the wit and wanderlust of Susan Orlean, and a quirky fizz all her own, Jennie Durant reveals the plight--and peculiarities--of an industry under siege. Baby-sucking mites, climate disasters, pesticide middlemen! Bee brokers. Honey laundering! This is an ambitious, important, and utterly captivating book.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Mary Roach, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eReplaceable You\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eStiff\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\"A captivating, compelling, and inspiring account of the trials and tribulations faced by bees and beekeepers in our modern, industrialized world.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Dave Goulson, author of \u003ci\u003eSilent Earth\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\" \n\u003ci\u003eBitter Honey \u003c\/i\u003eis the new \n\u003ci\u003eSilent Spring\u003c\/i\u003e: a watershed book on the devastating consequences of commodifying nature to the brink of disaster. Deeply researched and compassionately written, this page turner will upend everything you thought you knew about bees, their place in our food systems, and what it will really take to save them.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Nancy Lawson, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Humane Gardener \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eWildscape\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\"In this beautifully written book, you'll come to understand how toxic chemicals, climate change, and careless land management threaten bees that enrich ecosystems on which we all depend. This is a must read for anyone interested in understanding how we got into this mess, and it is also a call to action, offering creative ways we can nurture bees that nurture us for generations to come.\" \n\u003cb\u003e--Bart Elmore, author of \u003ci\u003eSeed Money \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eCitizen Coke\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"[Jennie Durant's] years working with policymakers, beekeepers, and scientists have introduced her to key players at all levels of this impending national crisis, and their personal stories of triumph and frustration, creativity and determination make for lively and informative reading.\" \n\u003cb\u003e---Carol Haggas, \u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"An ambitious, important, and utterly captivating book.\"--Mary Roach, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eReplaceable You\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eStiff\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eA revealing investigation into how industrial farming poses a growing threat to America's bees\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEach February, a vast yet largely invisible migration takes place across the United States. Semi-trucks stacked high with honey bee colonies head to California's Central Valley, carrying nearly 99 percent of the nation's domesticated bees. There, the bees pollinate millions of acres of blooming almond orchards before fanning out across the country for apples, berries, and other crops. This massive undertaking sustains both beekeepers and farmers--but it comes at a heavy price. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \n\u003ci\u003eBitter Honey\u003c\/i\u003e, Jennie Durant takes readers behind the scenes to reveal the human and ecological cost of industrial farming for bees, beekeepers, and all of us who depend on them. Bees today face a gauntlet of threats: parasites and disease, pesticide exposure, and climate extremes--all magnified by Big Ag. Beekeepers, meanwhile, endure grueling practices just to survive, often losing half their hives each year. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut this isn't a story of defeat. Durant introduces us to the beekeepers, farmers, and activists pioneering new ways to support both wild and managed bees. The stakes are high: nearly three-quarters of our major food crops depend on bees and other pollinators. \n\u003ci\u003eBitter Honey\u003c\/i\u003e exposes the crisis threatening the nation's bees and spotlights the advocates working to protect them for generations to come. \n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations:\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eBooklist\u003c\/span\u003e 03\/01\/2026 (EAN 9781642834000, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/span\u003e 03\/16\/2026 (EAN 9781642834000, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/span\u003e 04\/10\/2026 pg. 1 (EAN 9781642834000, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n","brand":"Island Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51496038531350,"sku":"9781642834000","price":36.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0857\/9910\/8886\/files\/9781642834000.jpg?v=1783051417","url":"https:\/\/lusper.myshopify.com\/products\/bitter-honey-big-ags-threat-to-bees-and-the-fight-to-save-them","provider":"Lusperbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}