MIDDLEBURY — Local beekeeper Ross Conrad will present a talk on his new book, “The Land of Milk and Honey: A History of Beekeeping in Vermont,” which he co-authored with Bill Mares, on Thursday, March 19, from 6:30-8 p.m., in the Community Room at Ilsley Public Library, 75 Main Street, Middlebury. The book provides a testament of the Vermont’s leadership to protect the nation’s pollinators and challenges other states to write their own beekeeping histories. “The Land of Milk and Honey” follows the trials an … (read more)