A world without bees
By: Alison Benjamin, Brian McCallum
Contributors: McCallum, Brian
Edition: 1st Pegasus Books cloth ed.
Publisher: Pegasus Books
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 298
ISBN-13: 9781605980652
Subjects: Bee culture; Honeybee; Diseases; Environmental aspects; Food supply; Health aspects; Pesticides; Colony collapse disorder of honeybees
Description: Writers and beekeepers Benjamin and McCallum have traveled across Europe and North America investigating the plight of the honeybee, which is disappearing across the globe at an alarming rate, addressing different causes for this growing catastrophe (dubbed colony collapse disorder or CCD), including viruses, parasites, pesticides, climate change, and the demands of commercial beekeeping.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.