Church Bees, 20th June 2024

Tucked away at the edge of the churchyard (behind a formidable growth of nettles and centuries old gravestones) are a number of bee hives. These were silent when I first saw them back in January, but on this sunny day in June they were alive with the coming and going of bees. I was careful not to disturb their work as I set up my equipment, and spent ten minutes watching them fly off across the fields (almost always in an Easterly direction). Also present in the recording is a police helicopter flying over, the usual aircraft coming and going from Luton and Stanstead and a rather vocal pigeon. This episode was made possible through funding from Arts Council England through their Developing Your Creative Practice grant.