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Jacobsen, Rowan.

Fruitless fall : the collapse of the honey bee and the coming agricultural crisis / Rowan Jacobsen. - 1st U.S. ed. - New York : Bloomsbury, 2008. - 279 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-264) and index.

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

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: 9781596915374 1596915374 9781596916395 1596916397 9781607517573 1607517574

Standard No.: 2837514 99931694803

LCCN: 2008026126

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Honeybee--Diseases.
Colony collapse disorder of honeybees.

LC Class. No.: SF538.3.U6 / J33 2008

Dewey Class. No.: 638.15

National Agricultural Library Call No.: SF538.3.U6 / J33 2008