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Big Ag's threat to bees and the fight to save them
1 online resource (248 pages) : illustrations (black and white)
A revealing investigation into how industrial farming poses a growing threat to America's bees Each February, a vast yet largely invisible migration takes place across the United States.Semi-trucks stacked high with honey bee colonies head to California's Central Valley, carrying nearly 99 percent of the nation's domesticated bees.
Cover -- Contents -- Introduction: The Mystery of Dying Bees -- Part 1. Death by a Thousand Cuts -- 1. Gold in the Valley -- 2. Buzzkill -- 3. Feedlot Bees -- 4. The Mitey Queens -- 5. Sublethal Weapons -- 6. The Poisonous Prairies -- 7. Global Weirding -- Part 2. Hope for the Flowers -- 8. Seeding a Legacy -- 9. Bringing the Wildness Back -- 10. Rebel Gardens -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index -- About the Author
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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