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Vanishing Bees: Science, Politics, and Honeybee Health
Daniel Lee Kleinman
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Description for Vanishing Bees: Science, Politics, and Honeybee Health
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In 2005, beekeepers in the United States began observing a mysterious and disturbing phenomenon: once-healthy colonies of bees were suddenly collapsing, leaving behind empty hives full of honey and pollen. Over the following decade, widespread honeybee deaths - some of which have come to be called Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) - have continued to bedevil beekeepers and threaten the agricultural industries that rely on bees for pollination. Scientists continue to debate the causes of CCD, yet there is no clear consensus on how to best solve the problem. Vanishing Bees takes us inside the debates over widespread ... Read more
In 2005, beekeepers in the United States began observing a mysterious and disturbing phenomenon: once-healthy colonies of bees were suddenly collapsing, leaving behind empty hives full of honey and pollen. Over the following decade, widespread honeybee deaths - some of which have come to be called Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) - have continued to bedevil beekeepers and threaten the agricultural industries that rely on bees for pollination. Scientists continue to debate the causes of CCD, yet there is no clear consensus on how to best solve the problem. Vanishing Bees takes us inside the debates over widespread ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Series
Nature, Society, and Culture
Condition
New
Weight
250g
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
New Brunswick, NJ, United States
ISBN
9780813574585
SKU
V9780813574585
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About Daniel Lee Kleinman
Sainath Suryanarayanan is an assistant scientist of biology and society in the Department of Community and Environmental Sociology and in the Morgridge Institute for Research at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Daniel Lee Kleinman is an associate dean of the Graduate School at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he is also a professor in the Department of Community ... Read more
Reviews for Vanishing Bees: Science, Politics, and Honeybee Health
This is a stimulating discussion around bee biology and human society that seeks to unravel the debate concerning the decline in honey bees. - Bees for Development