{"product_id":"dead-bees-still-sting-tales-of-life-at-the-edge-of-nature-by-susan-cormier-9781778402012","title":"Dead Bees Still Sting : Tales of Life at the Edge of Nature","description":"\u003cp\u003eFor readers of Raising Hare and How to Catch a Mole comes a poetic exploration of life at the precarious edge of nature and human settlement.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"I loved every gorgeously-written and surprising page.\" - Sy Montgomery, author of The Soul of an Octopus\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"Come for the bees, stay for these beautifully written observations.\" - Booklist, starred review\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"Evocative and lyrical.\" - Publishers Weekly, starred review\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOn a small acreage teeming with wild and domestic animals, buzzing with a half-million honeybees, and dotted with fruit trees — including one affectionately named Bill — lives beekeeper-poet Susan Cormier. Circling the farm, an aggressive tangle of forest and blackberry vines thrives, but beyond, the shadow of urban development creeps ever closer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOver five seasons Cormier takes readers through the rhythms of semi-agricultural life, reflecting on the dichotomy between beauty and grief, loss and renewal, and humor and the often heart-wrenching realities of animal existence in an agrarian landscape.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSusan's acreage is filled with an ever-changing cast of animals, from the hand-raised quail Birb, who likes to play peekaboo, to companionable cats and dogs, Frodo the rescued rabbit, deer, elusive mink, and owls.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDead Bees Still Sting also offers a rich education in beekeeping, guiding readers through the complexities of hive life, the art of capturing swarms, and the serious challenges facing bees today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLyrical and poignant, Dead Bees Still Sting is a moving meditation on the cycles of nature, vulnerability, persistence, and survival. Above all, it is a celebration of what it means to belong to a place, to witness its changes, and to find beauty and meaning in the ongoing conversation between humans and nature.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Susan Cormier","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57235960332661,"sku":"9781778402012","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0812\/4075\/2426\/files\/9781778402012.jpg?v=1780076167","url":"https:\/\/sherlockandpages.com\/products\/dead-bees-still-sting-tales-of-life-at-the-edge-of-nature-by-susan-cormier-9781778402012","provider":"Sherlock \u0026 Pages","version":"1.0","type":"link"}