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. As it explores the contours of this crisis, Vanishing Bees considers an equally urgent question: what happens when beek...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Suryanarayanan, Sainath
Otros Autores: Kleinman, Daniel Lee
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Piscataway : Rutgers University Press, 2016.
Colección:Nature, society, and culture.
Temas:
Insecticides industry > United States.
Die-off (Zoology) > United States.
Colony collapse disorder of honeybees > United States.
Insecticides > Industrie > États-Unis.
Mortalité massive (Zoologie) > États-Unis.
Syndrome d'effondrement des colonies d'abeilles > États-Unis.
NATURE > General.
Colony collapse disorder of honeybees
Die-off (Zoology)
Insecticides industry
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Series; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1. Knowing with Their Eyes? Beekeepers' Understandings of CCD; Chapter 2. Keeping the Research Disciplined. Entomological Understandings of the Controversy over Insecticides; Chapter 3: Bees under the Treadmill of Agriculture: Growers' Responses to Bee Decline; Chapter 4. The Bottom Line for Bayer. Agrochemical Companies and "Bee Care"; Chapter 5. Regulating Knowledge. The EPA and Pesticide Standards; Coda. Toward Just Research and Policy on Bee Health; Notes; Reference List; Index; About the Authors.

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