Be Kind to Bees

Yesterday, struggling along the garden path, came an exhausted bee ...

Fond as I am of honey-producing insects, I decided to try and revive the poor thing with a spoonful of sugar dissolved in water. Happily, after a few sips of this simple but remarkably effective remedy the little creature seemed to perk up, so I left it to crawl among the flowers ...

In a world of climate change, habitat loss, disease, pesticide and colony collapse disorder, we should all be kind to bees ...