Bees in a Pod with Rob Beckett

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Comedian Rob Beckett takes an optimistic look towards the future for bees.

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Let It Grow: Bees in a Pod with Rob Beckett

Comedian Rob Beckett discovers why we can't live without bees.

David Attenborough is saving the planet, Brian May is saving the badgers, and now Comedian Rob Beckett is saving the bees.

You might want to thank the humble bee the next time you bite into an apple. From pollinating our food and crops to providing us with honey, Bees play an unbee-lievably important role in our eco-system. But bees are in trouble. So, what can we do to save them? And how will the threat to bees impact our world? Comedian Rob Beckett is on a stinging mission to uncover the buzz around bees with celebrity friends and bee experts.

Pollination and some dodgy flower names

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Rob Beckett finds out about pollination, plants and the red mason bee.

Rob finds out how bees do pollination, enjoys some dodgy names of bee-friendly flowers, and his adorable bee of the week is the red mason bee.

David Attenborough is saving the planet, Brian May is saving badgers, now comedian Rob Beckett is saving the bees. With help from some comedy friends and proper bee experts.

This week Rob chats to comedian Ahir Shah and the RHS's Helen Bostock about the vital role bees play in pollination, and what we'd be eating if we didn't have them... He learns what flowers are good for bees (and which ones have seriously dodgy names). And bee of the week is a lovely little pollinator called the red mason bee. 

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