Dead Bees Still Sting: Tales of Life at the Edge of Nature

For 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. "Cormier's world is one of deep entanglement and ethical implication.”-Jessica J.Lee, author of Dispersals and Two Trees Make a Forest“Come for the bees, stay for these beautifully written observations.”-Booklist, STARRED reviewOn 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.Over 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. Susan’s acreage is filled with