Mark L. Winston Explained

Mark L. Winston
Occupation:	academic, writer
Genre:	science
Notableworks:	Bee Time: Lessons from the Hive

Mark L. Winston is a Canadian biologist and writer.^[1] A professor of apiculture and social insects at Simon Fraser University, he spent much of his career studying bees^[1] until becoming founding director of the university's Centre for Dialogue in 2006.^[2]

His 2014 book Bee Time: Lessons from the Hive won the Governor General's Award for English-language non-fiction^[3] and was shortlisted for the Science in Society General Book Award.^[4]

Works

• The Biology of the Honey Bee (Harvard University Press, 1984)
• Killer Bees: The Africanized Honey Bee in the Americas (Harvard University Press, 1992)
• Nature Wars: People vs. Pests (Harvard University Press, 1997)
• Travels in the Genetically Modified Zone (Harvard University Press, 2002)
• Bee Time: Lessons from the Hive (Harvard University Press, 2014)

Notes and References

1. https://theprovince.com/technology/unassuming+scientists+have+changed+world/11170953/story.html "B.C.’s unassuming scientists have changed the world"
2. https://www.sfu.ca/dialogue/about-us/fellows/mark-l--winston.html "Mark L Winston"
3. https://montrealgazette.com/entertainment/arts/robyn-sarah-guy-vanderhaeghe-among-recipients-of-2015-governor-generals-literary-awards "Robyn Sarah, Guy Vanderhaeghe among recipients of 2015 Governor General's Literary Awards"
4. http://www.cbc.ca/books/2015/04/bob-mcdonald-finalist-for-science-in-society-general-book-award.html "Bob McDonald finalist for Science in Society General Book Award"