Much is being thought and written about the decline of bee populations today. What the author, beekeeper, and artist develops in this book is a surprisingly new approach that can fundamentally change our perspective on this issue. He convincingly points out that the decline of bees cannot simply be attributed to the Varroa mite, but that it is a systemic problem in how we interact with bees: the way beekeeping has industrialized for profit leads to the collapse of the hive, which is a precise reflection of our relationship with bees. However, the author does not stop there. He develops a loving characterization of the bee colony and shows to what unprecedented extent the bees, which he calls master ecologists, can lead us to a new way of interacting with nature. Thus, he arrives at the concept of a...