Today, 20th May, marks World Bee Day — designated by the UN to raise awareness of the importance of pollinators, the threats they face and their contribution to sustainable development.

_{From Histoire naturelle des insectes, leurs moeurs, leurs métamorphoses et leur classification, ou Traité élémentaire d’entomologie, Paris: F. Savy, [1873-1874?] – via the Biodiversity Heritage Library}

Why not mark the occasion exploring the work of artist, bee enthusiast and friend of the site Wolfgang Buttress?

The mind behind The Hive, now a permanent installation at Kew Gardens, and its accompanying soundtrack BE•ONE, released on our Rivertones label in 2016, Wolfgang’s latest project is Bees: A Story of Survival — a newly opened exhibition at Liverpool World Museum, which uses sculptural sound and light environments to provide visitors with a real-time connection to bees. You can hear him discuss the exhibition, within a wider celebration of bees, on last Monday’s episode of Start the Week.