BEE QUEST

On a search for the world's most elusive bees, Dave Goulson travels from Patagonia to Poland to secret places hidden right under our noses: abandoned industrial estates where great crested newts roam; the rewilded estate at Knepp Castle, where, with the aid of some bluebell-eating Tamworth pigs, nightingales have been heard for the first time in generations. Whether he is tracking great yellow bumblebees in the Hebrides or chasing orchid bees through the Ecuadorian jungle, Dave Goulson’s wit, humour and deep love of nature make him the ideal travelling companion.