A Spring Without Bees

Author : Michael Schacker
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 309 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Bee culture
ISBN : 9781599215860

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A Spring Without Bees by Michael Schacker Pdf

From the Publisher: A century after the birth of Rachel Carson, the world faces a new environmental disaster, from a chemical similar to DDT. This time the culprit appears to be IMD, or imidacloprid, a relatively new but widely used insecticide in the United States. Many beekeepers and researchers blame IMD for Colony Collapse Disorder, which has wiped out 23% of America's beehives. Even trace amounts make bees unable to fly back to their hive. Since honeybees are essential to the production of most major food crops, their demise could spell catastrophe. In a riveting, scientific/political detective story, Michael Schacker examines the evidence and offers a plan to save the bees. Like An Inconvenient Truth and Silent Spring, A Spring without Bees is both a powerful cautionary tale and a call to action.

Author : Allison Benjamin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2009-11-17
Category : Nature
ISBN : PSU:000067159536

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A World Without Bees by Allison Benjamin Pdf

An investigation into the strange case of the vanishing honeybee: How we can save these tiny creatures who are so vital to our survival?

Author : Suzanne Slade
Publisher : Capstone
Page : 14 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Agricultural ecology
ISBN : 9781404860193

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What If There Were No Bees? by Suzanne Slade Pdf

Talks about each habitat and shows what would happen if the food chain was broken.

Author : Lily Williams
Publisher : Roaring Brook Press
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2021-03-16
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781250830401

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If Bees Disappeared by Lily Williams Pdf

What would happen if bees disappeared? Find out in this fourth book from Lily Williams in the award-winning If Animals Disappeared Series that imagines the consequences of a world without bees. The rolling hills and lush climate of Kent, England are home to many creatures. These creatures are fluffy, sneaky, spikey, and ... small, like the bee. Though bees are small, their importance is BIG. Today there are over 250,000 species of bees but all of them are in danger. Because of disease, pesticide exposure, lack of foraging habitats, and poor nutrition, entire honey bee hives are dying. What would happen if bees disappeared completely? Artist Lily Williams explores how such a loss would effect not just bees' environment, but the world as a whole in this poignant, beautiful book about the importance of our most important bees.

Author : Shabazz Larkin
Publisher : Lerner Publishing Group
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2020-11-10
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781430144496

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The Thing About Bees by Shabazz Larkin Pdf

An exploration of the importance of bees in our world is offered through the author's lyrical observations to his young sons, often with analogies between the insects and children, and always beautifully presented with unconditional love for them both.

Author : Fedor Lazutin
Publisher : New Society Publishers
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2020-04-07
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781550927207

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Keeping Bees with a Smile by Fedor Lazutin Pdf

The updated bestselling guide to laid-back beekeeping for all, naturally! Are you a beginner beekeeper curious about bees or a practicing beekeeper looking for natural alternatives that work? Then this book is for you! In the second edition of the bestselling beekeeping guide Keeping Bees with a Smile , Fedor Lazutin, one of Europe's most successful natural beekeepers, shares the bee-friendly approach to apiculture that is fun, healthful, rewarding, and accessible to all. This new edition includes dozens of color photographs, new hive management techniques, and an updated version of "Lazutin hive" plans. Additional coverage includes: Keeping bees naturally without interfering in their lives Starting an apiary for free by attracting local bee swarms Building low-maintenance hives that mimic how bees live in nature Keeping colonies healthy and strong without any drugs, sugar, or gimmickry Helping bees to overwinter successfully even in harsh climates Enhancing local nectar plant resources Producing truly natural honey without robbing the bees Reversing the global bee decline... right in your backyard! Keeping Bees with a Smile is an invaluable resource for apiculture beginners and professionals alike, complete with plans for making bee-friendly, well-insulated horizontal hives with extra-deep frames, plus other fascinating beekeeping advice you won't find anywhere else.

Author : Rebecca E. Hirsch
Publisher : Twenty-First Century Books (Tm)
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781541534636

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Where Have All the Bees Gone? by Rebecca E. Hirsch Pdf

Apples, blueberries, peppers, cucumbers, coffee, and vanilla. Do you like to eat and drink? Then you might want to thank a bee. Bees pollinate 75 percent of the fruits, vegetables, and nuts grown in the United States. Around the world, bees pollinate $24 billion worth of crops each year. Without bees, humans would face a drastically reduced diet. We need bees to grow the foods that keep us healthy. But numbers of bees are falling, and that has scientists alarmed. What's causing the decline? Diseases, pesticides, climate change, and loss of habitat are all threatening bee populations. Some bee species teeter on the brink of extinction. Learn about the many bee species on Earth -- their nests, their colonies, their life cycles, and their vital connection to flowering plants. Most importantly, find out how you can help these important pollinators. "If we had to try and do what bees do on a daily basis, if we had to come out here and hand pollinate all of our native plants and our agricultural plants, there is physically no way we could do it. . . . Our best bet is to conserve our native bees." --ecologist Rebecca Irwin, North Carolina State University

Author : Bethany Stahl
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2020-01-06
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1732395195

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Save the Bees by Bethany Stahl Pdf

Save the Bees tells the story of three friends working together to make Clover's pollination route easier with a heartwarming lesson of environmentalism and conservation that will stay with the reader for a lifetime.

Author : Doug Purdie
Publisher : Allen & Unwin
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2016-08-24
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9781952534706

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The Bee Friendly Garden by Doug Purdie Pdf

Bees are our most important pollinators and they are in decline the world over. They love to live in urban environments, where it's a short flight path from one type of plant to the next. But conventional gardens that favour lawns and pesticides over flowers and edible plants are scaring the good bugs away. The Bee Friendly Garden is a guide for all gardeners great and small to encouraging bees and other good bugs to your green space. Includes: - How bees forage and why your garden needs them - A comprehensive plant guide to bee friendly plants - Simple changes anybody can make - Ideas for gardens of all sizes - Natural pest control and companion planting advice

Author : Thomas D. Seeley
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 185 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2019-03-12
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780691191249

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Following the Wild Bees by Thomas D. Seeley Pdf

A how-to book on an exhilarating outdoor activity and a unique meditation on the pleasures of the natural world Following the Wild Bees is a delightful foray into the pastime of bee hunting, an exhilarating outdoor activity that used to be practiced widely but which few people know about today. Weaving informative discussions of bee biology with colorful anecdotes, personal insights, and beautiful photos, Thomas Seeley describes the history and science behind this lost pastime and how anyone can do it. The bee hunter’s reward is a thrilling encounter with nature that challenges mind and body while also giving insights into the remarkable behavior of honey bees living in the wild. Whether you’re a bee enthusiast or just curious about the natural world, this book is the ideal companion for newcomers to bee hunting and a rare treat for armchair naturalists.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1518222226

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You Wouldn't Want to Live Without Bees! by Anonim Pdf

Author : Nancy Lawson
Publisher : Chronicle Books
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2017-04-18
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9781616896171

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The Humane Gardener by Nancy Lawson Pdf

In this eloquent plea for compassion and respect for all species, journalist and gardener Nancy Lawson describes why and how to welcome wildlife to our backyards. Through engaging anecdotes and inspired advice, profiles of home gardeners throughout the country, and interviews with scientists and horticulturalists, Lawson applies the broader lessons of ecology to our own outdoor spaces. Detailed chapters address planting for wildlife by choosing native species; providing habitats that shelter baby animals, as well as birds, bees, and butterflies; creating safe zones in the garden; cohabiting with creatures often regarded as pests; letting nature be your garden designer; and encouraging natural processes and evolution in the garden. The Humane Gardener fills a unique niche in describing simple principles for both attracting wildlife and peacefully resolving conflicts with all the creatures that share our world.

Author : Rowan Jacobsen
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2010-07-15
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781608192533

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Fruitless Fall by Rowan Jacobsen Pdf

Many people will remember that Rachel Carson predicted a silent spring, but she also warned of a fruitless fall, a time with no pollination and no fruit. The fruitless fall nearly became a reality when, in 2007, beekeepers watched thirty billion bees mysteriously die. And they continue to disappear. The remaining pollinators, essential to the cultivation of a third of American crops, are now trucked across the country and flown around the world, pushing them ever closer to collapse. Fruitless Fall does more than just highlight this growing agricultural catastrophe. It emphasizes the miracle of flowering plants and their pollination partners, and urges readers not to take the abundance of our Earth for granted. A new afterword by the author tracks the most recent developments in this ongoing crisis.

Author : Sandra Luna McCune,Shannon Reed
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 668 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2017-10-12
Category : Study Aids
ISBN : 9781119363132

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GMAT by Sandra Luna McCune,Shannon Reed Pdf

An indispensible practice tool for the GMAT The GMAT exam is the preferred graduate test of universities across the globe. It measures analytical writing and problem solving abilities and addresses data sufficiency, logic, and critical reasoning—all essential skills in business and management. Filled with 1,001 practice questions on all of the exam topics, 1,001 GMAT Practice Questions For Dummies gives you the hands-on experience you need to score high on exam day. 1,001 GMAT Practice Questions For Dummies gives you plenty of practice questions to help you build the fundamental math and verbal test-taking skills you need. And with access to all 1,001 practice questions in an online test bank, you can study whenever and however you like. 1,001 practice questions covering all sections of the test Online test bank offers customizable practice sets for self-directed study Includes test-taking tips and what to expect on exam day Every practice question has a detailed answer explanation and walk-through 1,001 GMAT Practice Questions For Dummies, with access to 1,001 questions online, is the perfect guide for speeding you toward a successful future.

Author : Lindsay Eagar
Publisher : Candlewick Press
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2016-03-08
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780763687359

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Hour of the Bees by Lindsay Eagar Pdf

What does it mean to be fully alive? Magic blends with reality in a stunning coming-of-age novel about a girl, a grandfather, wanderlust, and reclaiming your roots. Things are only impossible if you stop to think about them. . . . While her friends are spending their summers having pool parties and sleepovers, twelve-year-old Carolina — Carol — is spending hers in the middle of the New Mexico desert, helping her parents move the grandfather she’s never met into a home for people with dementia. At first, Carol avoids prickly Grandpa Serge. But as the summer wears on and the heat bears down, Carol finds herself drawn to him, fascinated by the crazy stories he tells her about a healing tree, a green-glass lake, and the bees that will bring back the rain and end a hundred years of drought. As the thin line between magic and reality starts to blur, Carol must decide for herself what is possible — and what it means to be true to her roots. Readers who dream that there’s something more out there will be enchanted by this captivating novel of family, renewal, and discovering the wonder of the world.