Dave Goulson has spent his life getting up close and personal with bees, and many other insects along the way.  We chat about the various threats to insect life on the planet, the ramifications of insect disappearance and why we should all do our best to make our local environments a more hospitable place for our six-legged friends.  (And learn some 1920s dancing along the way).

Dave is a Sunday Times bestselling author, check out his books: A Sting in the Tale, A Buzz in the Meadow, The Garden Jungle, Bee Quest, Gardening for Bumblebees, Silent Earth.

...and feature articles like this one... https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/apr/10/david-attenborough-wild-isles-online-tv-british-nature

Bumblebee Conservation Trust. https://www.bumblebeeconservation.org/

Opening track: The Flight of the Bumblebee played by KATICA ILLÉNYI. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtAu7xkwNjQ

Raj Patel: the $200 hamburger.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oagmlbhobnY

How to Bees Knees. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnkHap6c6Lc

1920s dancing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psch9N4PmO4

Life on Air by David Attenborough.  https://play.calibreaudio.org.uk/book/?bookCatalog=6994

EO Wilson (2002) The Best Documentary Ever. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBFUt6IZ2Kk

EO Wilson (2017) Half-Earth, How to save the natural world. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=maDUbKdczTk

Samuel Ramsey TED talk. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8Fi9tmJ5t4

I Walk the Earth (Voice of the Beehive). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnW9bw9kU8o

Eric the Half a Bee (Monty Python). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftomw87g61Y

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