Bees in America Quotes

“It’s no surprise, however, that baseball and finally softball teams continued to adopt the honey bee as their mascot after World War II. With the issue of race becoming an explosive issue, sports and schools became the avenues for the American public to address racial and gender prejudice. Because Americans don’t have a national religion, sports provide a way for people to share rules and values. From the Burlington Bees to the Salt Lake Buzz, baseball teams chose the honey bee as their icon because such a symbol emphasized a tightly organized social infrastructure, which good baseball teams need.”
― Tammy Horn, Bees in America: How the Honey Bee Shaped a Nation

“The American Dream was just then beginning to be defined by wealth at the expense of exploitable natural resources”
― Tammy Horn, Bees in America: How the Honey Bee Shaped a Nation