The Birds & the Bees series was designed for Vintage Classics by Timorous Beasties the Scottish studio famous for their designs inspired by the natural world As a small boy Dave Goulson was obsessed with wildlife
- from his childhood menagerie of exotic pets to his ill-fated experiments with taxidermy But it was the bumblebee that fascinated him the most Once commonly found in the marshes of Kent the short-haired bumblebee was driven to extinction in Britain by intensive farming practices With ground-breaking research into these curious creatures A Sting in the Tale tells the story of Goulson's passionate drive to reintroduce them to their native land SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2013 SAMUEL JOHNSON PRIZE