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Alison Benjamin and Brian McCallum
2009 softcover edition 298 pages Hardcover (B120)
The authors achieved publication of this book just at the moment when even the ‘man in the street’ has heard that bees are in crisis. Over 11 Chapters, they succinctly cover all the main issues facing apiculture today. By Chapter 9, they reach what has become the most industrialised aspect of the sector - pollination – a global business worth UK£30 bn (€40 bn; US$60 bn). In some countries, bees are subjected by humans to intensive use, shipped in lorries for up to 18,000 km. No wonder they become exhausted, undernourished and, used like honey making machines, become ill-equipped to fight disease. For it is the most industrialised parts of the beekeeping world that have been hit most severely by CCD. This text provides a very well written account of today’s situation.
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