A Buzz in the Meadow Quotes

“but then who said journalists need to know anything about their subject before spouting their ill-informed opinions to millions?”
― Dave Goulson, A Buzz in the Meadow: The Natural History of a French Farm

“It is quite likely that you have never heard of water bears, also known as moss piglets or, more properly, as tardigrades. These tiny, eight-legged creatures, which rarely exceed one millimetre in length, are amongst the hardiest animals on Earth. They can survive a decade without water, being cooled to -273°C, heated to 150°C, crushed at 6,000 atmospheres pressure or exposed to 1,000 times more radiation than would kill a human. I have absolutely no idea why scientists have taken it upon themselves to try so hard to kill these innocuous little creatures.”
― Dave Goulson, A Buzz in the Meadow: The Natural History of a French Farm

“If all mankind were to disappear, the world would regenerate back to the rich state of equilibrium that existed ten thousand years ago. If insects were to vanish, the environment would collapse into chaos.”
― Dave Goulson, A Buzz in the Meadow: The Natural History of a French Farm

“Smuts are parasitic fungi that are often spread by pollinators and so, in the case of campions, pollinators pose the double threat of both laying eggs that will hatch into voracious larvae and giving the flower a nasty dose of the clap.”
― Dave Goulson, A Buzz in the Meadow: The Natural History of a French Farm