false 3507618 3 <P><B>How the disappearance of the world&#8217;s honeybee population puts the food we eat at risk. </B></P><P>Many people will remember that Rachel Carson predicted a silent spring, but she also warned of a fruitless fall, a time when &#8220;there was no pollination and there would be no fruit.&#8221; The fruitless fall nearly became a reality last year when beekeepers watched one third of the honeybee population&#8212;thirty billion bees&#8212;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&#8217; essential connection to our daily lives. With their disappearance, we won&#8217;t just be losing honey. Industrial agriculture depends on the honeybee to pollinate most fruits, nuts, and vegetables&#8212;one third of American crops. Yet this system is falling apart. The number of these professional pollinators has become so inadequate that they are now trucked across the country and flown around the world, pushing them ever closer to collapse. By exploring the causes of CCD and the even more chilling decline of wild pollinators, <I>Fruitless Fall</I> does more than just highlight this growing agricultural crisis. It emphasizes the miracle of flowering plants and their pollination partners, and urges readers not to take for granted the Edenic garden <I>Homo sapiens</I> has played in since birth. Our world could have been utterly different&#8212;and may be still.</P> 3549288 16 9 2008 Fruitless Fall: The Collapse of the Honeybee and the Coming Agricultural Crisis total:102|5:1|4:4|3:0|2:0|1:0| 102 434 251 38 5 3 false false Sat Dec 27 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 27 10:41:59 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 27 10:47:37 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Fri Feb 20 01:42:26 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 22 09:17:38 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Mon Oct 20 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Oct 20 19:22:41 -0700 2008 Mon Oct 20 19:29:20 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 20 21:45:38 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 20 21:50:19 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Wed Aug 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 26 04:41:31 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 26 05:06:43 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Dec 28 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 28 12:11:43 -0800 2008 Sun Jul 19 02:29:49 -0700 2009
* 80% of our diet depends on pollinators and bees. With the advent of monoculture agriculture, bees often have to be trucked in to do pollination. Proper polli...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Nov 13 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Oct 06 08:43:47 -0700 2008 Fri Nov 14 09:16:46 -0800 2008
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Rachel Carsone (Silent Spring) tried to warn us. Not heeding her warning has brought the environment of this world to a critical point.

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As a beekeeper, I found the subject interesting and it was presented in such a way that anyone who loves nature will be drawn in. I also like the way Jacobsen provides a colorful commentary about life in a beehive, it's obvious he admires the...more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Jul 21 18:16:38 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 01 09:42:36 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sat May 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat May 09 08:30:47 -0700 2009 Sat May 09 08:31:29 -0700 2009