A spring without bees
Subtitle: how colony collapse disorder has endangered our food supply
By: Michael Schacker ; foreword by Bill McKibben.
Publisher: Lyons Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Guilford, Conn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 292
ISBN-13: 9781599214320
Subjects: Honeybee -- Diseases; Colony collapse disorder of honeybees; Bee culture -- Health aspects; Pesticides -- Environmental aspects; Food supply
Description: "Fifteen billion dollar's worth of America's food crops alone are threatened, and with it, all of our own personal food supplies. The loss of the bees is an unprecedented catastrophe for the planet, as these shortages could lead to political instability- or worse"--P. [4] of cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 230-237) and index.
Table of contents: title: To bee or not to bee; title: Colony collapse disorder; title: The potential impact of colony collapse disorder; title: It's not the cell phones-; title: It's not the mites or a virus-; title: The French say they know why; title: The return of the bees!; title: America in the dark; title: Civilization collapse disorder; title: The farmer solution; title: Taking your home and lawn organic; title: Organic golf, anyone?; title: The beekeeper solution; title: Plant a bee garden and they will come; title: Plan bee.