04 April 2019, The Tablet

Glimpses of Eden


Glimpses of Eden
 

The queen bumblebee flew round and round me. She thought my blue jacket was a flower. After months hibernating in a little underground hole, the huge bee was ravenous. Fortunately, an equally eye-catching dandelion patch grew nearby. Abandoning the brightly coloured but nutrition-less jacket, she buzzed over to the dandelions, and commenced feeding.

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