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Fruitless fall, the collapse of the honey bee and the coming agricultural crisis, Rowan Jacobsen

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Fruitless fall, the collapse of the honey bee and the coming agricultural crisis, Rowan Jacobsen

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-264) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Fruitless fall

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

192082414

Responsibility statement

Rowan Jacobsen

Sub title

the collapse of the honey bee and the coming agricultural crisis

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

Table Of 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

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