Beekeeper's Lament: One Man and Half a Billion Honey Bees

LOOK WE GET IT! Honey is a hotly debated and controversial product in the vegan world. People feel strongly about it. When people ask us our thoughts, we point them to this book.

John Miller, a migratory beekeeper, is an expert both on the vital role honeybees play in American agribusiness, as well as the various epidemics that threaten their very existence of honeybees. These little insects are vital to things like the existence of fruit.

The Beekeeper's Lament tells of traditional perils like bears, wax moths, Africanized bees, bee thieves, but recently and increasingly they face Colony Collapse Disorder, when colonies abandon their combs and fly away.

Before you debate your friend on the topic of honey, give this one a read!