| Description |
xvi, 256 pages ; 21 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Summary |
After a chance meeting in the pub, Roger Morgan-Grenville and his friend Duncan decide to take up beekeeping. Their enthusiasm matched only by their ignorance, they are pitched into an arcane world of unexpected challenges. Coping with many setbacks along the way, they manage to create a colony of beehives, finishing two years later with more honey than anyone knows what to do with. By standing back from their normal lives and working with the cycle of the seasons, they emerge with a new-found understanding of nature and a respect for the honeybee and the threats it faces. Wryly humorous and surprisingly moving, Liquid Gold is the story of a friendship between two unlikely men at very different stages of their lives. It is also an uplifting account of the author's own midlife journey: coming to terms with an empty nest, getting older, looking for something new. |
| Contents |
Prologue : 1969 -- The beginnings : May -- The beard : the following March -- The auction : April -- The Ukranian : late April -- The referendum : June -- A pot of honey : August -- Tragedy : October -- In the bleak midwinter : Late December -- The sting : the following April -- The kebab van : May -- The piper at the gates of dawn : June -- The jackpot : August -- The 77th Annual Honey Show : September -- Epilogue: the plight of the bee, and how you can help. |
| Subject |
Morgan-Grenville, Roger.
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Middle-aged men -- Biography.
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Bee culture -- Social aspects.
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Bee culture.
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Honeybee.
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Beekeepers.
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Bee culture. (OCoLC)fst00829545
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Beekeepers. (OCoLC)fst00829730
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Honeybee. (OCoLC)fst00959952
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Middle-aged men. (OCoLC)fst01020373
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| Genre/Form |
Autobiographies. (OCoLC)fst01919894
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Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
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Autobiographies.
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| ISBN |
9781785786051 hardback |
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1785786059 |
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