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- https://bio.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Ecology/Radicalize_the_Hive_(Roell)/02%3A_Interviews_From_the_Field/2.13%3A_Eliese_Watson-_Inclusivity_and_Room_to_Grow_in_BeekeepingThe introduction of ABC Bees in Alberta “revolutionized beekeeping in this province,” says Eliese, “from being an elitist large-scale commercial operation where the only people who can keep bees are t...The introduction of ABC Bees in Alberta “revolutionized beekeeping in this province,” says Eliese, “from being an elitist large-scale commercial operation where the only people who can keep bees are the people who come from a history or past who know the whole legacy of beekeeping, to now transitioning into hobby beekeepers or even people who are getting into beekeeping commercially, like myself.” Eliese has noticed a dramatic change in the industry with more beekeepers now than in 1986.
- https://bio.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Ecology/Radicalize_the_Hive_(Roell)/zz%3A_Back_Matter
- https://bio.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Ecology/Radicalize_the_Hive_(Roell)/02%3A_Interviews_From_the_Field/2.04%3A_Antonio_Rafael-_Beekeeping_to_Reconnect_to_the_Land_and_Indigeneity“There’s nothing like you getting your hands in that dark soil and just like cultivating life,” says Antonio. “I think bees and honey – it’s just something that’s so good and so healing for communitie...“There’s nothing like you getting your hands in that dark soil and just like cultivating life,” says Antonio. “I think bees and honey – it’s just something that’s so good and so healing for communities that are so marginalized and so underserved and so traumatized.” In producing their own honey, they bypass the larger capitalist systems at work and also provide an opportunity to connect with nature and the “rhythms of the seasons.”
- https://bio.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Ecology/Radicalize_the_Hive_(Roell)/02%3A_Interviews_From_the_Field/2.01%3A_Interviews_From_the_FieldIt takes incredible commitment and careful work to build change at this small scale, especially when you’re facing down behemoths like “industrial agriculture.” But beekeepers are hoping to build a ne...It takes incredible commitment and careful work to build change at this small scale, especially when you’re facing down behemoths like “industrial agriculture.” But beekeepers are hoping to build a new culture of beekeeping by working with the adaptive capacity of honey bees that they observe in the wild. Because these are the faces shaping honey beekeeping in the 21st century and the voices shaping change in how we work with honey bees and the natural world.
- https://bio.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Ecology/Radicalize_the_Hive_(Roell)/02%3A_Interviews_From_the_Field/2.02%3A_My_experience_at_WSUWSU researchers work to produce and evaluate genetically diverse Carniolan queens, which they refer to as “New World Carniolans.” They also work with beekeepers across the world to collect and preserv...WSU researchers work to produce and evaluate genetically diverse Carniolan queens, which they refer to as “New World Carniolans.” They also work with beekeepers across the world to collect and preserve genetic material from Europe, the Middle East and North Africa in an effort to increase the genetic diversity of queens in the United States.
- https://bio.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Ecology/Radicalize_the_Hive_(Roell)/03%3A_Tools_and_Resources_for_New_Beekeepers/3.04%3A_Wintering_Honey_BeesTop insulation is critical, between the inner cover and the outer cover; otherwise the moisture in the air in the hive will condense inside the top, drip down on the bees and kill them; the ideal insu...Top insulation is critical, between the inner cover and the outer cover; otherwise the moisture in the air in the hive will condense inside the top, drip down on the bees and kill them; the ideal insulation is rigid foam insulation (1″ or 2″ thick) cut to the size of an inner cover; Homasote does not do the job.
- https://bio.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Ecology/Radicalize_the_Hive_(Roell)/02%3A_Interviews_From_the_Field/2.10%3A_The_Bee_Squad-_Partnerships_in_BeekeepingThis partnership “allows us to really focus on the education part and really focus on helping beekeepers and non-beekeepers in ways that are really attuned to what’s going on with the research and wha...This partnership “allows us to really focus on the education part and really focus on helping beekeepers and non-beekeepers in ways that are really attuned to what’s going on with the research and what really makes sense,” says Bridget Mendel Lee who works with Marla at the Bee Squad and the Bee Lab. “We are working with methods that really work for this climate and this particular region and this urban area in particular.
- https://bio.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Ecology/Radicalize_the_Hive_(Roell)/02%3A_Interviews_From_the_Field/2.17%3A_Michael_Palmer-_Queen_Rearing_and_Other_Advice_for_New_BeekeepersMuch like Brian and Jasmine, Michael has seen how beekeeping has “pulled [many a person] up out of the hole they were in [giving] them something to focus on.” He says beekeeping is “one of the best fo...Much like Brian and Jasmine, Michael has seen how beekeeping has “pulled [many a person] up out of the hole they were in [giving] them something to focus on.” He says beekeeping is “one of the best forms of meditation that you can have…the movement and the buzzing and everything else in the world disappears.” He continues, “It’s also like communion, both meditation and communion.
- https://bio.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Ecology/Radicalize_the_Hive_(Roell)/zz%3A_Back_Matter/04%3A_Appendix_B-_Historical_ReferencesAfrican-American and Indigenous populations in the US were honey hunters, farmers and gardeners as Tammy Horn references in her book, Bees in America: How the Honey Bee Shaped A Nation. Charles Henry ...African-American and Indigenous populations in the US were honey hunters, farmers and gardeners as Tammy Horn references in her book, Bees in America: How the Honey Bee Shaped A Nation. Charles Henry Turner and investigations into color vision and pattern vision in honey bees – follow link to download full text PDF for free (another online version is available if your institution has a subscription to Annual Reviews in Entomology.)
- https://bio.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Ecology/Radicalize_the_Hive_(Roell)/00%3A_Front_Matter/02%3A_InfoPageThe LibreTexts libraries are Powered by MindTouch ® and are supported by the Department of Education Open Textbook Pilot Project, the UC Davis Office of the Provost, the UC Davis Library, the Californ...The LibreTexts libraries are Powered by MindTouch ® and are supported by the Department of Education Open Textbook Pilot Project, the UC Davis Office of the Provost, the UC Davis Library, the California State University Affordable Learning Solutions Program, and Merlot.
- https://bio.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Ecology/Radicalize_the_Hive_(Roell)/02%3A_Interviews_From_the_Field/2.03%3A_Melanie_KirbyGrowing up where there’s these communities that have survived successfully for thousands and thousands of years, and the seeds that they saved for strains of chili, and the three sisters, corn, beans ...Growing up where there’s these communities that have survived successfully for thousands and thousands of years, and the seeds that they saved for strains of chili, and the three sisters, corn, beans and squash – these crops that they were able to maintain and these seeds that they saved and then they’d pass them onto the next generation.
