About

In every one of Sussex's contrasting landscapes, wild bee populations are showing shifts and adaptations against a background of decline. Through ten species – some gone for good, some back after time away, and some here for the first time – James Power provides a snapshot of nature at a worrying point in time.

James has been immersed in nature conservation for over 40 years. He's worked for the Wiltshire Wildlife Trust, the National Trust, Defra, the National Parks department in Malawi, and the Sussex Wildlife Trust – where he headed up the land management team for eleven years. He has spent the last three years writing The Bees of Sussex, a deep dive into every one of the 229 species recorded here.