Fruitless fall
Subtitle: the collapse of the honeybee and the coming agricultural crisis
By: Rowan Jacobsen.
Edition: 1st U.S. ed.
Publisher: Bloomsbury USA; Bloomsbury
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 279
ISBN-13: 9781596915374; 9781596916395
Subjects: Honeybee -- Diseases -- United States; Colony collapse disorder of honeybees -- United States
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Breakfast in America; title: How the honeybee conquered the world; title: Collapse; title: Whodunit; title: Slow poison; title: Florida, November 2007; title: The almond orgy; title: Bees on the verge of a nervous breakdown; title: Resilience and the Russians; title: The birth of beauty; title: Fruitless fall.