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A World Without Bees - the mysterious decline of the honey bee and what it means to us

In this timely book, amateur beekeepers Benjamin and McCallum enlist the help of scientists and specialists to investigate every claim and counterclaim behind the honeybee catastrophe.

ISBN: 9780852651315

Author: Alison Benjamin and Brian McCallum

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A World Without Bees

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What is the cause of the honey bee crisis? Could it be a virus or parasite? Are modern farming techniques such as pesticides responsible? Or is or climate change is to blame?

Discover how a third of what we eat, and much of what we wear, relies on pollination by honey bees. The book examines the possibility – or certainty – of the world losing its black and yellow workers and tells of the dire consequences.

Through this investigation, authors Benjamin and McCallum underline the question that will soon be on everyone’s lips: is there any possible way of saving honey bees, and with them, the world as we know it?

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