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 predict dangerous reductions in food output.
Record details
ISBN:9781596915374 (hardcover)
ISBN:1596915374 (hardcover)
ISBN:9781596916395 (pbk.)
ISBN:1596916397 (pbk.)
ISBN:9781596915374 (hardcover) :
Physical Description:print 277 p. : ill ; 22 cm.
Edition:1st U.S. ed.
Publisher:New York : Bloomsbury USA, 2008.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Breakfast in America -- How the honeybee 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.
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 predict dangerous reductions in food output.