Buzz Kill

There are over 4,000 species of native bees in North America, many of which are in decline due to factors such as urbanization and habitat destruction. Their plight is overshadowed by the invasive but agriculturally significant honeybees. “Save the Bee” campaigns have grown in popularity, but they focus on domesticated honeybees, while the native bees, so critical to our ecosystems are lacking conservation attention. Through a documentary film, photo story, original reporting, and a website this project explores the tension between efforts to save native bees and their habitats and our dependence on the invasive honeybees.

Author

• McDonough, Savannah Brooke

Language

• en

Keyword

• conservation
• bees
• photojournalism
• pollinators
• environment
• climate change

Date created

• 2020

Type of Work

• Master's Thesis

License

• All rights reserved

Rights statement

• In Copyright

GW Unit

• New Media Photojournalism

Degree

• M.A.

Advisor

• Sterner, Susan

Persistent URL

•  https://scholarspace.library.gwu.edu/etd/2z10wq857