The Honey Trail In Pursuit of Liquid Gold and Vanishing Bees [Paperback]

A unique look at the history, culture, tradition, and environmental impact of honey

The Honey Trailis a global travel narrative that looks at different aspects of how honey and bees are being affected by globalization, terrorism, deforestation, the global food trade, and climate change. This unique book not only questions the state of our environment and the impact it is having on bees and honey, it also takes readers on an adventure across Yemeni deserts and Borneo jungles, through the Mississippi Delta and Tasmania's rainforests, over frozen Siberian snowscapes and ancient Turkish villages all in search of the liquid gold known as honey.

Including fascinating insights such as:
A bee produces only a teaspoon of honey in its lifetime
China is the world's largest honey producer
Honey is only used as medicine in Borneo
There are more than thirty-five mono-floral honeys in Tuscany.

GRACE PUNDYK's work has appeared in travel publications, magazines, and newspapers. She lives on the island of Tasmania.

Honey is one of our first foods, and perhaps no other offers such a window onto the world and its ways. InThe Honey Trail, Grace Pundyk undertakes a mind-boggling journey to capture a global snapshot of honey, from the fabled deserts of Yemen to wild honey hunters in Borneo, high-tech honey factories in Beijing, and the migrant beekeepers of the American West. She gets places few have been, asks tough questions, and describes her experiences in lively and lambent prose. If you want to understand why honey has captivated humanity for millennia,The Honey Trailis the book for you. Rowan Jacobsen, author of Fruitless Fall: The Collapse of the Honey Bee and the Coming Agricultural Crisis

OpeningThe Honey Trailis like opening a gorgeous flower, petal by petal, page by page, photo by photo. Pundyk's book is a pointed but optimistic tribute not just to honey butlÓP