0551 - Beelines and Borderlands: Conserving and Trading Ukraine's Carpathian Honeybees

Course Description

Scientists have found that the loss of western honeybee diversity is a key factor in the high bee mortality rates beekeepers have faced in the last two decades. In Ukraine’s Transcarpathia Region, efforts to conserve a local honeybee population, Carpathian bees, stretch back to the 1960s when Ukraine was part of the Soviet Union. In this talk I will explore the entanglement of science and transborder commerce (including exports to Canada) in maintaining this breeding program through the tumultuous period from Ukrainian independence to the full-scale Russian invasion.

Instructor

Tanya Richardson is an environmental anthropologist and Associate Professor at Wilfrid Laurier University (Canada) in the Anthropology and Global Studies programs. Her research about nature conservation and ecological restoration in Ukraine’s Danube Delta and along its Black Sea Coast has appeared in journals such as Ethnos: Journal of Anthropology, Science as Culture, Canadian Slavonic Papers, Journal of Agrarian Change, Suomen Antropologi, and Development and Change. She is also the author of Kaleidoscopic Odessa: History and Place in Contemporary Ukraine and is currently writing a book about researching, conserving, and trading Carpathian honeybees in Ukraine and beyond.

Location

Waterloo Memorial Recreation Complex, Community Pavilion (101 Father David Bauer Drive, Waterloo, ON)

Parking is free.
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Notes

Lecture Time : 130-300 pm
Lecture Cost: $16.00 + HST

Participants must register before the day of the lecture.
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You will only be able to purchase 1 seat at the time of registration. If looking to register more than 1 person, each registrant will require their own account to complete the registration.
Lectures are non-refundable

Contact

For more information or questions please contact lifelonglearning@wlu.ca.