Life Without - Life Without Bees
No more buzzing, no more honey, no more bees – so then what? In this episode of Life Without, Alan Davies looks at how dependent we are on the existence of our busy little friends.
From how they impact our diets to the medicinal qualities of their produce (honey and beeswax), we learn what is missing from the shelves, when bees are missing from our lives.
This episode features Simon Potts ecologist and Professor of Biodiversity at Reading University and Alison Benjamin co-founder of Urban Bees and author of A World Without Bees.
An ITN production for BBC Radio 4
Published on Friday, 13th March 2026.
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