0 Item

The Honey Trap

How the Good Intentions of Urban Beekeepers Risk Ecological Disaster

Author: Dana L. Church

Narrated by: Janet Metzger

Write A Review

At a Glance

Format
Digital Audiobook

Duration
05:10.23

Published: 28th January 2025

Digital Audiobook

$21.99

or 4 interest-free payments of $5.50 with

Instant Digital Delivery to your Booktopia Reader App

Listen on

IOS

Android

The last decade has seen an explosion of urban beekeeping in the US, Canada, and Europe, a well-intentioned response to perceived threats to the global honey bee population. Many thousands of people have taken up this seemingly environmentally friendly hobby, tending backyard and rooftop hives (or paying a company to do so) and encouraging honey bees to make honey and pollinate flowers. What could be wrong with that?

Quite a lot, in fact. In The Honey Trap, scientist and author Dana Church demonstrates that despite reports to the contrary, honey bees are nowhere near extinction. Rather, their nurturing by urban beekeepers is having far-reaching and potentially devastating consequences for the 19,999 other species of bees on the planet, with knock-on effects for plants, both cultivated and wild, and our ecosystems more generally.

With engaging storytelling and a wealth of knowledge about bees and their ways, Church unravels the complexities of human interactions with our winged friends and demonstrates how dangerously selfish our thinking can be. It's a wake-up call for humanity to embrace sustainable practices and protect these vital pollinators before it's too late.