Where Honeybees Thrive : : Stories from the Field / / Heather Swan.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Penn State University Press Complete eBook-Package 2017
• VerfasserIn: Swan, Heather,
• Place / Publishing House: University Park, PA : : Penn State University Press, , [2021]; ©2017
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Series: Animalibus: Of Animals and Cultures ; 10
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (176 p.) :; 34 color illustrations

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.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Bees ad Indicator Species -- 1. Honey Business -- Gallery 1. Child Mind. The Art of Sibylle Peretti -- 2. Searching for the Bees of Guangxi and Sichuan -- Gallery 2. The Microscopic Sublime. The Art of Rose-Lynn Fisher -- 3. Bullroarers, Elephants, and Honeybees -- Gallery 3. Making Sense of Bees. The Art of Kim Gurney -- 4. Killing Bees to Save Them. The Heartbreak of Experimental Design -- Gallery 4. Mourning the Dead. The Art of Sarah Hatton -- 5. The Farmer, the Blueberry, and the Bee. An Unusual Love Triangle -- Gallery 5. Techno Bees. The Art of Elizabeth Goluch -- 6. For the Love of Lawns -- Gallery 6. Trespass. The Art of Aganetha Dyck -- 7. Guard Bee. Storying Resilience -- Gallery 7. The Art of Resistance. The Beehive Design Collective -- 8. A Different Kind of Buzz. Mirth as a Form of Resistance -- Gallery 8. Bee Renaissance. The Art of Lea Bradovich -- Afterword -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Credits