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Author:

Jacobsen, Rowan.

Title:

Fruitless fall : the collapse of the honey bee and the coming agricultural crisis / Rowan Jacobsen.

Publisher:

Bloomsbury,

Copyright Date:

2009

Description:

282 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.

Subject:

Honeybee--Diseases--United States.
Colony collapse disorder of honeybees--United States.

Notes:

"With a new afterword by the author tracking the most recent developments in this ongoing crisis"--P. [4] of cover. Includes bibliographical references (p. 258-269) and index.

Contents:

Prologue: Florida, November 2006 -- Breakfast in America -- How the honey bee conquered the world -- Collapse -- Whodunit -- Slow poison -- Florida, November 2007 -- The almond orgy -- Bees on the verge of a nervous breakdown -- Resilience and the Russians -- The birth of beauty -- Fruitless fall -- Epilogue: First frost -- Afterword: 2009 update -- Appendices: The African paradox -- Keeping bees -- Cultivating a pollinator garden -- The healing power of honey.

Summary:

Traces the significant 2007 and 2008 reductions in honeybee populations.

ISBN:

1596916397 (pbk.)
9781596916395 (pbk.)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)317455887

Locations:

CEAX572 -- Kirkwood Community College Library (Cedar Rapids)

OSAX771 -- Grand View University Library (Des Moines)

URAX314 -- Clarke University - Nicholas J. Schrup Library (Dubuque)