farming for the landless

cultivation

^one

^{Decline and disorder}

^Precedents

^{A question of scale}

^{Hives at the bottom of the garden}

^{Pollination needs}

^{A poisoning}

^{Insects as pests}

^{Chemical warfare}

^{The “weird world” of systemics}

^{Edwin Clark, Hobbyist beekeeper, Lincolnshire, UK}

^{Mike Thurlow, Commercial beekeeper, Orchid Apiaries, Norfolk, UK}

^two

^Protest

^{Toxic limits}

^{Dust drift}

^{The cheap-fix}

^{Pressure from all sides: parasites, viruses and pesticides}

^Proof

^{Lobbying and political fallout}

^{The suspension}

^{Armin Trenkel, Agricultural scientist, Landwirtschaftliches Technologiezentrum}

^{(Agricultural Technology Centre), Baden-Württemberg, Germany}

^{Hemma Köglberger, Small-scale beekeeper and agricultural scientist,}

^{Agentur für Gesundheit und Ernährungssicherheit}

^{(Agency for Health and Food Security), Lower Austria, Austria}

adaptation

^three

^{Domestic-feral}

^{Swarming and proliferation}

^{Taking control: a docile and productive bee}

^{A remote site}

^{Exporting a loss of distinction}

^{Shipped in en-mass}

^{The hybrid pool}

^{Losing control: genetic introgression}

^{Responsibility}

^{Local rearing, the world over}

^{Bee-rearing station, Upper Carniola, Slovenia}

^{Aleš Gregorc, Professor and researcher of honeybee rearing,}

^{Agricultural Institute of Slovenia, Ljubljana, Slovenia}

^four

^{Far from cultivation}

^{A place to thrive}

^{Climate and change}

^{A place to survive}

^{Co-adaptation}

^{Choice intervention}

^{A considerate future}

^{Helen Bergqvist, Regional beekeeping expert, Lapland, Sweden}

conservation

^five

^{Concrete honey}

^{Dead nature and the life indicator}

^{Up-close and hands-on}

^{Bees as community}

^{Quantifying forage}

^{Connecting habitat}

^{Worth, value and use}

^{Conserving a farmed creature}

^{All beekeepers}

^{Olivier Darné, Artist beekeeper, Parti Poétique, St. Denis, Paris, France}

^{Caroline Birchall, Small-scale beekeeper, ecologist and Bee Collective founder, London, UK}

epilogue

^{Sylejman & Ayni Zogiani, Commercial beekeepers, Fushë Kosovë, Kosovo}

^{Tiberiu & Mihaela Chirãnescu, Migratory beekeepers, Dobruja, Romania}

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contents

cultivation

adaptation

conservation

epilogue