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The Honey Trap: How the Good Intentions of Urban Beekeepers Risk Ecological Disaster Audiobook, by Dana L. Church Play Audiobook Sample

The Honey Trap: How the Good Intentions of Urban Beekeepers Risk Ecological Disaster Audiobook

The Honey Trap: How the Good Intentions of Urban Beekeepers Risk Ecological Disaster Audiobook, by Dana L. Church Play Audiobook Sample
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Read By: Janet Metzger Publisher: Highbridge Audio Listen Time: at 1.0x Speed 3.50 hours at 1.5x Speed 2.63 hours at 2.0x Speed Release Date: January 2025 Format: Unabridged Audiobook ISBN: 9781696617888

Quick Stats About this Audiobook

Total Audiobook Chapters:

11

Longest Chapter Length:

53:50 minutes

Shortest Chapter Length:

03:59 minutes

Average Chapter Length:

28:10 minutes

Audiobooks by this Author:

1

Publisher Description

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.

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About Janet Metzger

Janet Metzger, an Earphones Award–winning narrator, has performed as a stage, television, voice, and film actor and as a jazz vocalist in hotels and supper clubs. For five years she was the voice of Headline News, now HLN, during which time she also promoted features and news stories for CNN and CNN International. She is a graduate of Florida State University.