A World Without Bees
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"If the bee disappeared off the surface of the globe then man would only have four years of life left." -Albert Einstein
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.
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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 elsewhere.
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?
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