The bee keepers
When Jen Powers noticed her two-year-old son stroking a bee’s back with his tiny finger, without a hint of fear, she decided she wanted to know more about the enigmatic insects busily pollinating her Los Angeles garden. Soon, she was so enamoured she was scaling trees to rescue hives and sawing through concrete walls on demolition sites to uncover colonies she’d tracked down with thermal imaging cameras.
Just as these tiny creatures have an outsized impact on the planet - a third of the food we eat is pollinated by bees and their current decline could have devastating effects on sustaining human and animal life - they have a powerful ability to hook into the hearts of those who take the time to get to know them.
When I met Jen and two beekeepers she mentors at one of her apiaries, the first thing that struck me - after my surprise
