What can be more beautiful than a plum tree’s bridal white blossom? Without its nectar and pollen, bumblebees and other pollinators would starve. Once the blossom has fallen, the plum tree continues to provide for the insects with the assistance of a tiny collaborator called the plum aphid.
07 September 2017, The Tablet
Glimpses of Eden
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