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Farming for the landless : new perspectives on the cultivation of our honeybee, Sarah Waring

eng

Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-189)

illustrations

no index present

non fiction

Farming for the landless : new perspectives on the cultivation of our honeybee

bibliography

Sarah Waring

Concern for bees is high, but what might it mean to consider the conservation of a farmed creature? Travel from the intensive agriculture of Romania to fallow post-war Kosovo, from remote sites in Slovenia and Sweden to the urban sprawl of Paris and London, exploring changes across the European landscape to better understand this critical moment for honeybees, beekeepers and the non-farming landless community we have largely become

Introduction. Cultivation. Decline and disorder. Precedents. A question of scale. Hives at the bottom of the garden. Pollination needs. A poisoning. Insects as pests. Chemical welfare. The "weird world" of systemics. ; Edwin Clark ; Mike Turlow ; Protest. Toxic limits. Dust drift. The cheap fix. Pressure from all sides: parasites, viruses and pesticides. Proof. Lobbying and political fallout. The suspension. ; Armin Trenkel ; Hemma Köglberger -- Adaptation. Domestic-feral. Swarming and proliferation. Taking control: a docile and productive bee. A remote site. Exporting a loss of distinction. Shipped in en-mass. The hybrid pool. Losing control: genetic introgression. Responsibility. Local rearing, the world over. ; Bee-rearing station ; AleÅ¡ Gregorc -- Far from civilization. A place to thrive. Climate and change. A place to survive. Co-adaption. Choice intervention. A considerate future. ; Helen Berqvist -- Conservation. Concrete honey. Dead nature and the 'life indicator'. Up-close and hands-on. Bees as community. Quantifying forage. Connecting habitat. Worth, value and use. Conserving a farmed creature. All beekeepers. ; Oliver Darné ; Caroline Birchall -- Epilogue. Sylejman & Anyi Zogiani ; Tiberiu & Mihaela ChirÄ nescu