@misc{Galiński_Juliusz_Beekeepers’_2022,
 author={Galiński, Juliusz},
 volume={66},
 number={1-2},
 copyright={Creative Commons Attribution BY 4.0 license},
 address={Warszawa},
 journal={Etnografia Polska},
 howpublished={online},
 year={2022},
 publisher={Instytut Archeologii i Etnologii Polskiej Akademii Nauk},
 language={eng},
 abstract={The limits of non-human agency are still a highly disputed topic in the humanities and social sciences. This paper is a case study of the relationship between Polish beekeepers and bees, based on data collected during two and a half years of participant observation and conducting ethnographic interviews. I suggest that bees have an immense amount of agency in their contact with humans. Bees shape people in their image in the process of bee-coming, thus influencing the way they think, speak, and behave. Moreover, bees have a great deal of autonomy when it comes to the inner architecture and politics of the hive. A significant means of manifesting bees’ agency is that of stinging. Stinging is a direct message to the human, a way of signaling the bees’ needs and feelings. Surprisingly, in this relationship between insects and humans, the insect has the upper hand.},
 type={Text},
 title={Beekeepers’ Beecomings and the Agency of a Bee},
 URL={http://www.rcin.org.pl/Content/238380/274674.pdf},
 keywords={etnografia -- czasopisma, beekeeping, beech, agency, bee-coming, honey, more-than-human world, relationality, Poland},
}