From Where I Sit by Mark L. Winston PAPERBACK 9780801484780

From Where I SitEssays on Bees, Beekeeping, and Science\nAuthor(s): Mark L. Winston\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cornell University Press, United States\nImprint: Comstock Publishing Associates\nISBN-13: 9780801484780, 978-0801484780\nSynopsis\nA scientist before he was a beekeeper, Mark L. Winston found in his new hobby a paradigm for understanding the role science should play in society. In essays originally appearing as columns in Bee Culture, the leading professional journal, Winston uses beekeeping as a starting point to discuss broader issues, such as how agriculture functions under increasingly complex social and environmental restraints, how scientists grapple with issues of accountability, and how people struggle to maintain contact with the natural world. Winston's reflections on bees, beekeeping, and science cover a period of tumultuous change in North America, a time when new parasites, reduced research funding, and changing economic conditions have disrupted the liveli""