When I say the word nature, what comes to mind. Maybe mountains. Maybe a forest trail.Maybe the sound of birds singing or insects buzzing through a meadow. Somewhere to escape to from real life. A destination for a holiday or a weekend plan.And for many of us, that's the truth is that nature is thought of as being somewhere else. But here's the thing. We are part of nature.Nature is in us. It's in our lungs. It's in our breakfast and our lunch. It's in the clothes that we're wearing.Nature isn't somewhere e ...

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[Music] 32 years ago, I fell in love with bees. It all started when I was an undergraduate. I took a class in beekeeping.The first day we went out to the bey yard for lab, we opened up a hive of honey bees and we pulled out the comb, it was covered with hundreds of little worker bees all moving around, all doing things. I didn't understand really what I was seeing, but I was struck in that moment with a profound sense of awe. I wanted to know more. I wanted to understand what they were doing.And certainly t ...