Ecologies of Empire: On the New Uses of the Honeybee.

This essay examines the rise of the honeybee as a tool and metaphor in the U.S. “war on terror.” At present, the largest source offunding for apiary research comes from the U.S. military as part of efforts to remake entomology in an age of empire. Thisfunding seeks to make new generations of bees se...

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Published in:Cultural Anthropology Vol. 25; no. 4; pp. 650 - 679
Main Author: Kosek, Jake
Format: Article
Published: Wiley-Blackwell November 2010
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