What do Shakespeare’s Hamlet and Europe’s bees have in common?

Well, in a world of many hardships they face the same existential question: “To be or not to be?” Unlike Hamlet however, Europe’s bees cannot decide themselves whether in world full of problems it is worthwhile staying alive or not…

Confused?

This four and a half minute radio package I did for my MA International Journalism course will help you make sense of a very complex drama:

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