Dana L. Church

Award-Winning Nonfiction Author

Dana L. Church

Bees, butterflies, and the remarkable minds of animals - nonfiction for curious kids and adults.

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Sutherland House Books · 2024

The Honey Trap

How the Good Intentions of Urban Beekeepers Risk Ecological Disaster

2024 Science Writers & Communicators of Canada - Paradigm Prize Winner

A revelatory look at how the honey-bee craze in our cities - well-meaning rooftop hives, urban apiaries, "save the bees" branding - is putting native pollinators at serious risk. Dana Church traces the science, the policy, and the people behind the urban-beekeeping boom and asks what it will take to truly protect bees.

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Narrated by Janet Metzger

Praise for The Honey Trap

“Dana Church writes with calm wisdom”
— Sy Montgomery, New York Times bestselling author of The Soul of an Octopus and The Good Good Pig
“Church masterfully debunks the myths surrounding urban beekeeping . . . For those passionate about protecting all pollinators, this is the guide you've been waiting for”
— CANREADS Montreal Book Review
“wonderfully voiced”
— NetGalley audiobook review
“The audiobook narrator has a soothing, kind voice that brought me back to my grade school days of loving to learn new things.”
— NetGalley audiobook review

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