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Title

The incomparable honeybee & the economics of pollination / Reese Halter.

Author

Halter, Reese

Publication

Victoria [B.C.] ; Custer, WA : RMB, c2009.

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Details

Description

99 p.; 19 cm.

Summary

"From Dr. Reese Halter comes a remarkable, concise account of the honeybees that have profoundly shaped our planet for the past 110 million years. They are the most important group of flower-visiting animals, pollinating more multi-billion-dollar crops and plants than any other living group. Since prehistoric times humans and honeybees have been inextricably linked." "This book is rich with interesting and humbling facts: bees can count, they can vote, and honey has potent medicinal properties, able to work as an anti-inflammatory, antibacterial, antifungal, antioxidant, even an antiseptic. The fate of the bees, whose numbers have been beleaguered most recently by colony collapse disorder, lies firmly in the hands of humankind. As such, it is our job to ensure their health, protect the habitats within which they live and communicate to others the vital link that human society shares with the remarkable honeybee."--BOOK JACKET.

Alternative Title

Incomparable honeybee and the economics of pollination

Subject

• Honeybee
• Pollination by insects
• Honey
• Human-animal relationships
• Colony collapse disorder of honeybees
• Abeille
• Pollinisation par les insectes
• Miel
• Relations homme-animal
• Syndrome d'effondrement des colonies d'abeilles

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 97-98).

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

A story of reciprocation -- In the beginning -- Native bees of North America --0 Bumble bees -- The complex society of honeybees -- Intricate steps of communication -- The gifts they give us -- Bees and food production -- Down a path we can't sustain -- How to help the bees recover.

ISBN

• 9781897522608
• 1897522606

OCLC

426222002

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library