Bee Time: Lessons from the Hive - Softcover

Mark L. Winston

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0674970853 ISBN 13: 9780674970854

Publisher: Harvard University Press, 2016

Synopsis

Being among bees is a full-body experience, Mark Winston writes. Bee Time presents his reflections on three decades spent studying these remarkable creatures, and on the lessons they can teach about how humans might better interact with one another and the natural world, from the boardroom to urban design to agricultural ecosystems.

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Review:

"Bee Time is a unique book: in turn a touching memoir, a warm paean to the honey bees that have fueled Winston s impressive scientific career, and an insightful analysis of some of the serious environmental problems facing us today." --Gene E. Robinson, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

This is clearly a recipe for a unique and informed perspective, and Winston doesn t fail us. He writes lovingly of the rhythms and quiddities of the apiary [...] In a highly personal style, Winston steps between reportage, scientific exactitude and a deep, poetically expressed love of bees, beekeeping and the cultural forms that bees inspire [...] His take on the situation makes Bee Time an insightful delight." --New Scientist

"Winston's argument that the experience of interacting with a beehive is akin to the neurological state brought about by focused dialogue is a fascinating one...The most impressive aspect of Winston's wide-ranging study into social and cultural appropriations of the apiary is his awareness of how NGOs in America have adopted the example of bees to enhance participatory democracy. Turning our long-standing habit of anthropomorphising bee colonies on its head, Winston draws eloquent parallels between a swarm s discussions on the best spot for a new nesting site and the activities of organizations like America Speaks ... And if, as Winston suggests, the answers lie within the intricate colloquies of the hive, perhaps it s about time we let the bees tell us." --Literary Review

"In this personal and scientific journey into the history we share with bees, he ranges over neonicotinoid pesticides and colony collapse, the control of African killer bees and more. The charismatic social insects emerge as both icons of societal cohesion and symbols of nature s paradoxically mingled power and fragility." --Nature

About the Author:

Mark L. Winston is Academic Director of the Centre for Dialogue at Simon Fraser University and Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences.

About this edition

• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 0674970853
• ISBN 13: 9780674970854
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 296