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Book SynopsisTakes us inside the debates over widespread honeybee deaths, introducing the various groups with a stake in solving the mystery of Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD). 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.
Trade Review"A rigorous and provocative analysis of how scientists and citizens address a crisis."— Jay Evans, Research Leader, Bee Research Lab, USDA-ARS
"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."— Marla Spivak, University of Minnesota
"The authors provide impressive and compelling social scientific insights into a major agricultural and environmental issue.
Vanishing Bees is a fascinating case study of how knowledge and ignorance are produced."— Elizabeth Popp Berman, University at Albany, SUNY
"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."— Steven Epstein, author of Impure Science: AIDS, Activism, and the Politics of Knowledge
"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."— Lawrence Busch, Michigan State University
Table of ContentsContentsAcknowledgments
Introduction
1 Knowing with Their Eyes? Beekeepers’ Understandings of CCD
2 Keeping the Research Disciplined: Entomological Understandings of the Controversy over Insecticides
3 Bees under the Treadmill of Agriculture: Growers’ Responses to Bee Decline
4 The Bottom-line for Bayer: Agrochemical Companies and ‘Bee Care’
5 Regulating Knowledge: The EPA and Pesticide Standards
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