Honey and Dust

the long version

After being seriously injured in a hit-and-run, Piers Moore Ede went to work and recuperate on an organic farm in Italy. There he met a bee-keeper, Gunter, who showed him the wonders and magic of the beehive. Battling depression and afraid to face the future, Piers glimpses the possibility of renewal: honey might be his salvation. This is the story of his quest to seek out the most wondrous honeys in the world, from the terracotta bee jars of the Lebanon to the clay cylinders of Syria ... Hunting wild honey from cliffs ... in Nepal, and vast jungle trees ... in Sri Lanka, Piers draws close to the very origins of life. [This book] is a celebration of honey. It is also a personal quest for healing, an attempt to regain a sense of place in the world. Meditative, keenly observant, it is a book about the joy of being alive, and the regenerative powers of nature.