A World Without Bees

Benjamin, Alison and McCallum, Brian

ISBN 10: 0852651317 / ISBN 13: 9780852651315

Published by Guardian Books, 2009

About this Item

Dispatched, from the UK, within 48 hours of ordering. This book is in good condition but will show signs of previous ownership. Please expect some creasing to the spine and/or minor damage to the cover. Aged book. Tanned pages and age spots, however, this will not interfere with reading.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A World Without Bees
• Publisher: Guardian Books
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0852651317
• ISBN 13: 9780852651315
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Used; Good

About this title

Synopsis

Honeybees are dying.

In America, one in three hives was left lifeless at the beginning of 2008

In France, the death rate was more than 60 percent.

In Britain, a government minister warned that honey bees could be extinct within a decade.

A third of all that we eat, and much of what we wear, relies on pollination by honeybees. So if - or when - the world loses its black-and-yellow workers, the consequences will be dire.

What is behind this catastrophe?

Viruses, parasites, pesticides and climate change have all been blamed. As has modern monoculture agribusiness.In this timely book, two keen amateur apiarists investigate all the claims and counterclaims with the help of scientists and beekeepers in Europe, America and beyond.

They ask the question that will soon be on everyone's lips: is there any possible way of saving the honeybees - and, with them, the world as we know it?

About the Author

Alison Benjamin is deputy editor of Society Guardian and writes on environmental issues and social affairs for the newspaper. She took up beekeeping three years ago with her partner, Brian McCallum, who is currently studying to become a geography teachers.

They keep a number of hives in London and are the authors of Keeping Bees and Making Honey.