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A Spring Without Bees: How Colony Collapse Disorder Has Endangered Our Food Supply (2008)

by Michael Schacker(Favorite Author)

3.99 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

1599214326 (ISBN13: 9781599214320)

languge

English

genre

Food & Cookbooks

publisher

Lyons Press

review 1: When I picked up this book, I expected to find out some strange unknown environmental factor that was killing off the bees. What I found was that the news media sources have not been doing their homework, some universities and governments have just been pointing their fingers in the wrong directions, and that the possible answer is in front of us every day. With the help from the French who experienced a very similar bee disappearance, Schacker has researched the various theories and has come to rather interesting conclusions. The writing style was informative, but not overwhelming for a non-science person, and the second half of the book is actually focused on what the average person can do about this bee problem. Through the reading, I just could not stop myself from... more shaking my head at the information about pesticides, from their overuse/abuse, the "emergency" approval from the EPA (no actual testing required), and the chemical companies abuse of power/money in government and universities.
review 2: Breezy but thoughtful, Schacker explicates the crisis and its solution with clarity and conviction. Though he manages to miss the blazingly obvious - colony collapse disorder is a direct consequence of animal agriculture- he presents an eye-opening explication of the important role of bees and a workable plan for ensuring that they- and we- survive.(Ever asked a vegan why they don't eat honey? Beyond the principle of it, bee factory farms are what this book is essentially combating.) less

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