Spring Without Bees : How Colony Collapse Disorder Has Endangered Our Food Supply

English

ISBN: 1599214326

EAN: 9781599214320

Category: Nature / Insects & Spiders/Technology & Engineering / Agriculture / General/

Publisher: Globe Pequot Press, The

Release Date: 07/04/2011

Synopsis: On the 100th anniversary of 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 some researchers think IMD is the new prime suspect for the devastating syndrome known as Colony Collapse Disorder, or CCD, which has raised the annual die-off rate of honey bees to 30% of all the beehives in the United States. They say even trace amounts of IMD make bees lose their desire to feed, which would quickly lead to the collapse of their colony. After several days, there are few or no bees left in the hive. Since honey bees are essential to the production of fruit, nut, and vegetable crops around the world, their demise could spell catastrophe for our food supply and global economy.

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Spring Without Bees : How Colony Collapse Disorder Has Endangered Our Food Supply

Illustrated: Yes

Format: Hardcover

Height: 1.12 inches

Width: 6.0 inches

Length: 9.0 inches

Weight: 20.35 oz

Pages: 304