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Where Honeybees Thrive

Stories from the Field

Häftad, Engelska, 2017

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Colony Collapse Disorder, ubiquitous pesticide use, industrial agriculture, habitat reduction—these are just a few of the issues causing unprecedented trauma in honeybee populations worldwide. In this artfully illustrated book, Heather Swan embarks on a narrative voyage to discover solutions to—and understand the sources of—the plight of honeybees.Through a lyrical combination of creative nonfiction and visual imagery, Where Honeybees Thrive tells the stories of the beekeepers, farmers, artists, entomologists, ecologists, and other advocates working to stem the damage and reverse course for this critical pollinator. Using her own quest for understanding as a starting point, Swan highlights the innovative projects and strategies these groups employ. Her mosaic approach to engaging with the environment not only reveals the incredibly complex political ecology in which bees live—which includes human and nonhuman actors alike—but also suggests ways of comprehending and tackling a host of other conflicts between postindustrial society and the natural world. Each chapter closes with an illustrative full-color gallery of bee-related artwork.A luminous journey from the worlds of honey producers, urban farmers, and mead makers of the United States to those of beekeepers of Sichuan, China, and researchers in southern Africa, Where Honeybees Thrive traces the global web of efforts to secure a sustainable future for honeybees—and ourselves.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2017-10-31
Mått171 x 216 x 12 mm
Vikt340 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieAnimalibus
Antal sidor176
FörlagPennsylvania State University Press
ISBN9780271077413
UtmärkelserNominated for Wisconsin Writers Awards 2018

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ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Bees as Indicator Species1 Honey BusinessGallery 1 Child Mind: The Art of Sibylle Peretti2 Searching for the Bees of Guangxi and SichuanGallery 2 The Microscopic Sublime: The Art of Rose-Lynn Fisher 3 Bullroarers, Elephants, and HoneybeesGallery 3Making Sense of Bees: The Art of Kim Gurney4 Killing Bees to Save Them: The Heartbreak of Experimental DesignGallery 4 Mourning the Dead: The Art of Sarah Hatton5 The Farmer, the Blueberry, and the Bee: An Unusual Love TriangleGallery 5 Techno Bees: The Art of Elizabeth Goluch6 For the Love of LawnsGallery 6 Trespass: The Art of Aganetha Dyck7 Guard Bee: Storying ResilienceGallery 7 The Art of Resistance: The Beehive Design Collective8 A Different Kind of Buzz: Mirth as a Form of ResistanceGallery 8 Bee Renaissance: The Art of Lea Bradovich AfterwordNotesBibliographyCredits

“This book is pure gold. To understand the life around us is perhaps the most important thing we can do for our planet, and Where Honeybees Thrive is a huge step forward. We are too inclined to think that the tiny animals don’t matter, or that they’re dispensable because there seems to be so many of them. If you know people with that opinion, please give them this book because it can change their minds.”—Elizabeth Marshall Thomas, author of The Hidden Life of Dogs