Fruitless Fall: The Collapse of the Honey Bee and the Coming Agricultural Crisis
By Rowan Jacobsen.
Description
How the disappearance of the world's honeybee population puts the food we eat at risk. Many people will remember that Rachel Carson predicted a silent spring, but she also warned of a fruitless fall, a time when "there was no pollination and there would be no fruit." The fruitless fall nearly became a reality last year when beekeepers watched one third of the honeybee population―thirty billion bees―mysteriously die. The deaths have continued in 2008. Rowan Jacobsen uses the mystery of Colony Collapse Disorder to tell the bigger story of bees and their' essential connecti...
ISBN(s)
1596915374, 9781596915374
