Eight years after the arena attack, Manchester bee commercialisation has unsettled some Mancunians If you visit Manchester, one of the first things you’ll notice is the great number of bee images throughout the city. Born in the Industrial Revolution, the “worker bee” symbol captured the city’s tir...

🐝 The Manchester bee: symbol of unity or a commercialised memory?

@uomsociology.bsky.social PhD researcher @ashleycollar.bsky.social explores how the bee’s meaning has shifted since the 2017 Arena attack—and why some Mancunians now feel uneasy.

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