<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Many who are worried about the disappearance of pollinating insects, question the role of pesticides and point to the need for stricter legislation regulating the use of these chemicals. This article studies the years between 1933 and 1953, when legislation regulating the use of pesticides against insects and weeds was established in Norway. It analyses how knowledge about effects of pesticides circulated from Norwegian honeybees, to their beekeepers and their network. It suggests that the actors’ position and standing influenced what knowledge they put into circulation and what knowledge they suppressed. A knowledge hierarchy meant that some actors were powerful enough to influence the discourse on toxicity, established in those years.</p></abstract>

Many who are worried about the disappearance of pollinating insects, question the role of pesticides and point to the need for stricter legislation regulating the use of these chemicals. This article studies the years between 1933 and 1953, when legislation regulating the use of pesticides against insects and weeds was established in Norway. It analyses how knowledge about effects of pesticides circulated from Norwegian honeybees, to their beekeepers and their network. It suggests that the actors’ position and standing influenced what knowledge they put into circulation and what knowledge they suppressed. A knowledge hierarchy meant that some actors were powerful enough to influence the discourse on toxicity, established in those years.

Influencing for Results: Bees, Beekeepers and Norwegian Pesticide Legislation

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Many who are worried about the disappearance of pollinating insects, question the role of pesticides and point to the need for stricter legislation regulating...

Influencing for Results: Bees, Beekeepers and Norwegian Pesticide Legislation

Published Online: Jun 20, 2019

Page range: 28 - 50

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/host-2019-0002

Keywords
pesticides, arsenic, circulation of knowledge, honeybees, Norway

© 2019 Anne Jorunn Frøyen, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Influencing for Results: Bees, Beekeepers and Norwegian Pesticide Legislation

Published Online: Jun 20, 2019

Page range: 28 - 50

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/host-2019-0002

Keywordspesticides, arsenic, circulation of knowledge, honeybees, Norway

© 2019 Anne Jorunn Frøyen, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
pesticides, arsenic, circulation of knowledge, honeybees, Norway