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Author:

Jacobsen, Rowan.

Title:

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

Edition:

1st U.S. ed.

Publisher:

Bloomsbury,

Copyright Date:

2008

Description:

279 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Subject:

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

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-264) 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 -- First frost -- 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, identifying the causes of Colony Collapse Disorder to explain the link between bee pollination and industrial agriculture and predicts dangerous reductions in food output.

ISBN:

1607517574
9781607517573
1596916397 (pbk.)
9781596916395 (pbk.)
1596915374 (hardcover)
9781596915374 (hardcover)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)192082414

LCCN:

2008026126

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