Beekeeping in the End Times explores the effects of the strange new weather on local honeybee ecologies.
Local beekeepers keep close records on the weather trends and the quality of the seasons. Attuned to their insects’ appetites they have a good grasp on the subtle effects of climate change whose implications are profound. And easily missed by lay observers.
Bees across Bosnia and Herzegovina forage in nearly ideal conditions. And yet, it is becoming increasingly difficult to keep the honeybees healthy and alive. Ferid, a veteran beekeeper, complains:“Things we used to know—weather, calendar, and climate--have shifted.” As a consequence, this versatile beekeeper and author of a dozen apicultural manuals, concludes: “The life of the bees and the beekeeper’s know-how are now coming apart.”
Beekeeping in the End Times is a story of this coming-apart of human knowledge, the bees, the plants, and the elements. Honey’s vanishing, the beekeepers say.
For the local Muslims, this is a cause for geat concern because honey is not only a vital food for the bees and a cherished medicine for humans. It is also the fruit of divine revelation bestowed upon the bee. The vanishing of honey is a sign of the waning world.
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