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Jacobsen, Rowan.
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Honeybee -- Diseases -- United States.
Colony collapse disorder of honeybees -- United States.
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Jacobsen, Rowan.
Honeybee -- Diseases -- United States.
Colony collapse disorder of honeybees -- United States.
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Fruitless fall : the collapse of the honey bee and the coming agricultural crisis / Rowan Jacobsen.
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Jacobsen, Rowan.
Bloomsbury, 2008.
Call #:
638
.15
J176f
Subjects
Honeybee -- Diseases -- United States.
Colony collapse disorder of honeybees -- United States.
ISBN:
9781596915374 (hc.)
1596915374 (hc.)
9781596916395 (pbk.)
1596916397 (pbk.)
Alternate title:
Collapse of the honey bee and the coming agricultural crisis
Edition:
1st U.S. ed.
Description:
279 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Bibliography:
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 -- Epilogue: First frost.
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.
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