Multimedia | book profile
Bees in America: How the Honey Bee Shaped a Nation
A cultural history of bees and beekeeping in the United States.
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Multimedia | journal article
"Beauty and the Bees: Editorial"
John O’Neill discusses the problems in conservation policy based upon the identification of ecological value with a particular conception of beauty and wilderness.
Multimedia | journal
Wild Earth 14, no. 3/4
Wild Earth 14, no. 3/4, is the last issue of the Wild Earth Journal. It presents essays on connectivity and long-distance migration in human-fragmented landscapes, the Great Bear Rainforest archipelago, and rewilding Patagonia.
Multimedia | film profile
More Than Honey
This film focuses on the causes of the decimation of honey bees and their hives around the globe, a phenomenon called “colony collapse disorder,” and its consequences for not only the economy but for humans’ very survival.
Multimedia | journal article
"The Smell of Selfless Love: Sharing Vulnerability with Bees in Alternative Apiculture"
Kelsey Green and Franklin Ginn investigate the response to colony collapse disorder (CCD) of a committed group of beekeepers, examining the philosophies and practices of alternative apiculture along two axes: the gifts of honey and poison; longing, connection, and bee-worship.
Arcadia
Xunáan Kab Rhythms: Native Bees and Ecological Change in Yucatan, Mexico
This entry focuses on native bees and their role as narrators of regional social and ecological histories.
Multimedia | book, full-text
“Zwischen Staunen und Zweifeln” [Between amazement and doubt]
Full text of Peter Niedersteiner’s dissertation, “Zwischen Staunen und Zweifeln.”
Exhibition chapter
Understanding and shaping nature | Welcome to the Anthropocene
This is a chapter of the virtual exhibition “Welcome to the Anthropocene: The Earth in Our Hands”—written and curated by historian Nina Möllers.
Arcadia
Virtuous Bees: How Beekeeping Helps Protect Primary Forests in the Russian Far East
This article discusses forest beekeeping in the Russian Far East and its unique role in protecting primary forests in the context of Aristotelian ethics.