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A review by oceanxbluess
Milk Without Honey by Hanna Harms
informative
inspiring
reflective
4.0
A beautifully striking, almost abstract, translated non-fiction graphic novel all about the importance of bees, how greatly we depend on them and the changes that need to be made to restore bee populations - and in turn food security and biodiversity.
Milk Without Honey forces the reader to imagine what a world without bees would look like, and the catastrophic consequences we could be faced with in the future.
That world is already a reality in some countries, with food crops having to be manually hand-pollinated by humans…
We, alongside thousands of plant and animal species, rely so heavily on the pollination that bees so effortlessly perform day in and day out.
This book sums up that fact wonderfully, whilst discussing the issues that are driving the decline of our vital pollinators - such as urbanisation, pollution, insecticides, agriculture, habitat loss and climate change.
Milk Without Honey is a must-read for bee lovers, nature enthusiasts, gardeners, farmers, hikers, cyclists, parents, children, students, foodies, pub-goers, readers, writers.
Anyone who feels joy when they hear the buzz of a bee or enjoys the scent of flowers, the sound of birdsong or the wind blowing through the trees.
Thank you to the publisher for the early review copy!