Author: Jacobsen, Rowan

Rachel Carson predicted a silent spring - but also warned of a fruitless fall, when there would be no pollination and hence no harvest. Industrial agriculture depends on honeybees not just for honey but to pollinate most fruits, nuts, and vegetables. But in 2007, one third of the honeybee population mysteriously died, and the epidemic of Colony Collapse Disorder continues to spread. Jacobsen chronicles this growing agricultural crisis, urging readers not to take the miracle of flowering plants and their pollination partners for granted. 288 pp.