The Anthropology of Bees
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2262159 |
|---|---|
| Authors | John C Wood (0000-0003-0664-4379, University of North Carolina at Asheville, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 44 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 272-281 |
| Publication date | 2019-12-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Anthropology & Humanism (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1548-1409 • E-ISSN: 1559-9167 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/anhu.12252 |
| OpenAlex | W2983113672 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
For the past six years I've been studying beekeepers in Buncombe County, North Carolina. My interest in beekeeping is part of a larger project on place and identity. "The Anthropology of Bees" grew out of my getting to know one of those beekeepers who had a progressive, ultimately fatal disease. The man in the story is not that man. Nevertheless, the story aims to give readers a sense of what it was like to be him. His interest in and care for bees enlivened him even as his life diminished. As he took care of the bees, the bees drew him into the world from which he might otherwise have withdrawn. The mechanics of his disease are less important here than his experience of it, his sense of life in the shadows
Beekeeping · Biology · Epistemology · General interest · Bee Products Chemical Analysis · Ecology · History · Insect and Pesticide Research · Philosophy · Plant and animal studies
| Citations per year | 0.33 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2023 - 2023 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |