Why Are The Bees Dying? Michael Schacker Addresses Colony Collapse DisorderJournalistsUpdated on Oct 15, 2008 View more like this | Visit WILLOW, NY | Contact Mayor 22 |
Michael Schacker - Saving the Bees
America faces an unprecedented environmental crisis: the widespread loss of honeybees, which are essential to the production of most major food crops. The culprit? A pesticide called IMD that, even in trace amounts, renders bees unable to fly back to their hives. In a powerful cautionary tale much like An Inconvenient Truth, journalist Michael Schacker examines the evidence linking IMD to Colony Collapse Disorder—which has already wiped out some 23% of the nation’s hives—and he offers a plan to save the bees before catastrophe strikes. Written by a leading investigative journalist and expert in the field, A Spring without Bees is a scientific detective story, with government agencies and major agro-chemical companies emerging as leading culprits. As a Silent Spring for the 21st century, this is the first book to address the phenomenon of “Colony Collapse Disorder” and what it could mean for the future of agriculture.
Michael Schacker is an investigative journalist, having written numerous articles for the Ulster Clarion. He has served as a political consultant and has worked as a strategic consultant for The Rodale Institute, the world’s leading organic agriculture group. He lives in Willow, New York.
America faces an unprecedented environmental crisis: the widespread loss of honeybees, which are essential to the production of most major food crops. The culprit? A pesticide called IMD that, even in trace amounts, renders bees unable to fly back to their hives. In a powerful cautionary tale much like An Inconvenient Truth, journalist Michael Schacker examines the evidence linking IMD to Colony Collapse Disorder—which has already wiped out some 23% of the nation’s hives—and he offers a plan to save the bees before catastrophe strikes. Written by a leading investigative journalist and expert in the field, A Spring without Bees is a scientific detective story, with government agencies and major agro-chemical companies emerging as leading culprits. As a Silent Spring for the 21st century, this is the first book to address the phenomenon of “Colony Collapse Disorder” and what it could mean for the future of agriculture.
Michael Schacker is an investigative journalist, having written numerous articles for the Ulster Clarion. He has served as a political consultant and has worked as a strategic consultant for The Rodale Institute, the world’s leading organic agriculture group. He lives in Willow, New York.
