{"product_id":"vanishing-bees-science-politics-and-honeybee-health-paperback-softback-9780813574585","title":"Vanishing Bees; Science, Politics, and Honeybee Health (Paperback \/ softback) 9780813574585","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eVanishing Bees\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eScience, Politics, and Honeybee Health\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eSainath Suryanarayanan (Author), Daniel Lee Kleinman (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780813574585\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 29 November 2016\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e160 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.254 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\"The authors provide impressive and compelling social scientific insights into a major agricultural and environmental issue. \u003ci\u003eVanishing Bees\u003c\/i\u003e is a fascinating case study of how knowledge and ignorance are produced.\"\u003c\/div\u003e - Elizabeth Popp Berman (University at Albany, SUNY) \u003cdiv\u003e\"Using the complex issues surrounding Colony Collapse Disorder, the authors perform an extraordinary feat, informing us about the politics of knowledge and ignorance, while showing how the strengths of modern science limits its ability to address problems of complexity.\"\u003c\/div\u003e - Lawrence Busch (Michigan State University) \u003cdiv\u003e\"A rigorous and provocative analysis of how scientists and citizens address a crisis.\"\u003c\/div\u003e - Jay Evans (Research Leader, Bee Research Lab, USDA-ARS) \u003cdiv\u003e\"There’s a lot we don’t know about why bees are vanishing, and this book provides the tools to understand why ignorance prevails. The analysis explains how our struggles with complexity are compounded by biases about who speaks as an expert.\"\u003c\/div\u003e - Steven Epstein (author of Impure Science: AIDS, Activism, and the Politics of Knowledge) \u003cdiv\u003e\"Honey bees are dying and humans are responding with a kaleidoscope of views and approaches to explain why. The authors artfully bring multiple perspectives together and offer a welcome glimpse into how we might unify to restore bee health.\"\u003c\/div\u003e - Marla Spivak (University of Minnesota)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eIn 2005, beekeepers in the United States began observing a mysterious and disturbing phenomenon: once-healthy colonies of bees were suddenly collapsing, leaving behind empty hives full of honey and pollen. Over the following decade, widespread honeybee deaths-some of which have come to be called Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD)-have continued to bedevil beekeepers and threaten the agricultural industries that rely on bees for pollination. Scientists continue to debate the causes of CCD, yet there is no clear consensus on how to best solve the problem. \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eVanishing Bees\u003c\/i\u003e takes us inside the debates over widespread honeybee deaths, introducing the various groups with a stake in solving the mystery of CCD, including beekeepers, entomologists, growers, agrichemical companies, and government regulators. Drawing from extensive interviews and first-hand observations, Sainath Suryanarayanan and Daniel Lee Kleinman examine how members of each group have acquired, disseminated, and evaluated knowledge about CCD. In addition, they explore the often-contentious interactions among different groups, detailing how they assert authority, gain trust, and build alliances.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eAs it explores the contours of the CCD crisis, \u003ci\u003eVanishing Bees\u003c\/i\u003e considers an equally urgent question: what happens when farmers, scientists, beekeepers, corporations, and federal agencies approach the problem from different vantage points and cannot see eye-to-eye? The answer may have profound consequences for every person who wants to keep fresh food on the table. \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eContents\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e1 Knowing with Their Eyes? Beekeepers’\u003cbr\u003e Understandings of CCD\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e2 Keeping the Research Disciplined: Entomological Understandings of the Controversy over Insecticides\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e3 Bees under the Treadmill of Agriculture: Growers’\u003cbr\u003e Responses to Bee Decline\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e4 The Bottom-line for Bayer: Agrochemical Companies and ‘\u003cbr\u003eBee Care’\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e5 Regulating Knowledge: The EPA and Pesticide Standards\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Coda\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eNotes\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eReference List\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eIndex\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Rutgers University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52559355937048,"sku":"9780813574585","price":26.47,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/vanishing-bees-science-politics-and-honeybee-health-paperback-softback-9780813574585","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}