Buzz – Urban Beekeeping and the Power of the Bee Moore Kosut Hardback

BuzzUrban Beekeeping and the Power of the Bee\nAuthor(s): Lisa Jean Moore, Mary Kosut\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: New York University Press, United States\nImprint: New York University Press\nISBN-13: 9780814763063, 978-0814763063\nSynopsis\nWinner, 2014 Distinguished Scholarship Award presented by the Animals & Society section of the American Sociological Association\n Bees are essential for human survivalone-third of all food on American dining tables depends on the labor of bees. Beyond pollination, the very idea of the bee is ubiquitous in our culture: we can feel buzzed; we can create buzz; we have worker bees, drones, and Queen bees; we establish collectives and even have communities that share a hive-mind. In Buzz, authors Lisa Jean Moore and Mary Kosut convincingly argue that the power of bees goes beyond the food cycle, bees are our mascots, our models, and, unlike any other insect, are both feared and revered. \n In this fascinating account, Moore and Kosut travel int.