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Fruitless fall : the collapse of the honey bee and the coming agricultural crisis / Rowan Jacobsen.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Bloomsbury, 2008.Edition: 1st U.S. edDescription: 279 p. : ill. ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 9781596915374 (hardcover)
  • 1596915374 (hardcover)
  • 9781596916395 (pbk.)
  • 1596916397 (pbk.)
  • 9781607517573
  • 1607517574
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 638/.15 22
LOC classification:
  • SF538.3.U6 J33 2008
Contents:
Prologue: Florida, November 2006 -- 1: Breakfast in America -- 2: How the honey bee conquered the world -- 3: Collapse -- 4: Whodunit -- 5: Slow poison -- 6: Florida, November 2007 -- 7: Almond orgy -- 8: Bees on the verge of a nervous breakdown -- 9: Resilience and the Russians -- 10: Birth of beauty -- 11: Fruitless fall -- Epilogue: First frost -- Appendices 1: African paradox -- Appendix 2: Keeping bees -- Appendix 3: Cultivating a pollinator garden -- Appendix 4: Healing power of honey -- Acknowledgments -- Sources -- Index.
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 -- Appendices: The African paradox -- Keeping bees -- Cultivating a pollinator garden -- The healing power of honey.
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 predicts dangerous reductions in food output.
Holdings
Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Circulating Books Pennsylvania Horticultural Society Main Collection SF538.3.U6 J33 2008 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 3182700013647
Total holds: 0

Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-264) and index.

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 predicts dangerous reductions in food output.

Prologue: Florida, November 2006 -- 1: Breakfast in America -- 2: How the honey bee conquered the world -- 3: Collapse -- 4: Whodunit -- 5: Slow poison -- 6: Florida, November 2007 -- 7: Almond orgy -- 8: Bees on the verge of a nervous breakdown -- 9: Resilience and the Russians -- 10: Birth of beauty -- 11: Fruitless fall -- Epilogue: First frost -- Appendices 1: African paradox -- Appendix 2: Keeping bees -- Appendix 3: Cultivating a pollinator garden -- Appendix 4: Healing power of honey -- Acknowledgments -- Sources -- Index.

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 -- Appendices: The African paradox -- Keeping bees -- Cultivating a pollinator garden -- The healing power of honey.

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