I pushed back when someone last year suggested bees. All I could imagine was a swarm on my back after some pheromone-triggering rookie slip-up. Invaluable pollinators whose decline is a catastrophe, I get that they are key to regeneration. But, well, maybe later.
But then a dear friend in America, who once kept a hive or two, surprise-landed the whole shebang for Christmas: cedar wood National, smoker, hive tool, a white suit with a fencer’s mask, a copy of Beekeeping for Dummies and the promise of a colony in the spring and a few hours’ instruction.
09 September 2021, The Tablet
Hive minds
A slow learner cares for Creation
![Hive minds Hive minds](/UserFiles/images/weeklynews/11-september-2021/08.jpg)
Get Instant Access
Continue Reading
Register for free to read this article in full
Subscribe for unlimited access
From just £30 quarterly
Complete access to all Tablet website content including all premium content.
The full weekly edition in print and digital including our 179 years archive.
PDF version to view on iPad, iPhone or computer.
Already a subscriber? Login