L’autonomie entre marché, rapport à la nature et production de soi. Approche sociologique des pratiques apicoles

Abstract

Since the 1990s, beekeeping has been going through a major crisis characterized by increased mortality of bee colonies. The maintenance and renewal of livestock is therefore a central concern for beekeepers, whatever their status (enthousiast, multi-active, professional). We will try to show that colony renewal techniques are inseparable from the objectives pursued, from the conceptions of beekeeping, but also from a set of constraints (environment, diseases, climat change, technical control, etc.) and testify to the search for autonomy. The latter is envisaged as a means of reducing its dependence on the outside world but also from Gorz’s perspective, namely the creative freedom of the subject.

Keywords

• Île-de-France
• beekeeping
• honey bee renewal practices
• diversity
• autonomy
• uncertainties