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

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Bloomsbury, 2008.Edition: 1st U.S. edDescription: 279 pages : illustrations ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 9781596915374
  • 1596915374
  • 9781596916395
  • 1596916397
  • 9781607517573
  • 1607517574
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 638.15 22
LOC classification:
  • SF538.3.U6 J33 2008
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Contents:
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.
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  • This title retained by Wesleyan University Library on behalf of the Eastern Academic Scholars Trust (EAST) print archive
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.
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Non-Fiction Non-Fiction Waimate Located at Event Centre Non Fiction 638.15 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Not For Loan Not for loan A00525662

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.

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