Spring Without Bees : How Colony Collapse Disorder Has Endangered Our Food Supply
Overview
More than a century after the birth of Rachel Carson, the world faces a new environmental disaster, from a chemical similar to DDT. This time the culprit appears to be IMD, or imidacloprid, a relatively new but widely used insecticide in the United States. Many beekeepers and researchers blame IMD for Colony Collapse Disorder, which has wiped out 23% of America's beehives. Since honeybees are essential to the production of major food crops, their demise could spell catastrophe. In a riveting detective story that melds science and politics, Michael Schacker examines the evidence and offers a plan to save the bees. Like An Inconvenient Truth and Silent Spring before it, A Spring without Bees is a compelling cautionary tale and a clarion call for action.
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Details
- ISBN-13: 9781599216003
- ISBN-10: 1599216000
- Publisher: Lyons Press
- Publish Date: May 2009
- Dimensions: 8.6 x 5.6 x 0.9 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.92 pounds
- Page Count: 304
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