saving the bees through ancient knowledge - ecsa2016 poster
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Social science meets life science... and citizen science!
Saving the bees through ancientknowledgeEgle Marija Ramanauskaite
Prospectus thesis in Education Science, Biology and Citizen Science
- Traditions & tricks are still shared through generations
- Proportion of people still practice "customary beekeeping" - newfamily members gets a beehive assigned to them, signifying each beefamily
- People retain some ancient rituals, e.g. visiting the bees at specifictimes
- Almost everybody in Lithuania knows at least something aboutbeekeeping, without having ever kept a beehive
Beekeeping is a culturally embedded practice
in Lithuania
Bees to this day remain spiritualized:
Lithuanian bee god Bubilas.
Lithuanian bee goddess Austeja.
- Bees are a symbol of - and aword for - FRIENDSHIP:
- The death of a bee family is seenas a bad omen and oftensuperstitiously linked to deaths offamily and friends
- A bee is said to die as a person,not as an animal
Respected for their ability towork as a CROWD :)
- Bees are idealized as "hard-working","honest", "generous" , "fair", "clean","friendly" and "brave"
žmogus miršta; bitelė miršta
- Only reside in "good households"with "honest keepers"
- Help foster the ties of friendship viasharing of bee families
Bitė - Bičiulis
darbščios, draugiškos, švarios,sąžiningos, nesavanaudės, narsios
create a platform to share local practices & link the data to
existing CS projects on sustainable agriculture
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4suggest applicable DIY tools and encourage
beekeepers to monitor and contribute population data
cross-check the data to evaluate the effects of
specific practices
characterize cultural knowledge
transmission in the context of beekeeping
in Lithuania, and its relevance in modern
beekeeping practices.
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