Dave Goulson studied biology at Oxford University and is now Professor of Biological Sciences
at the University of Sussex. He has spent the last twenty years studying bumblebees and has
published over 250 scientific articles on their biology. He founded the Bumblebee Conservation
Trust in 2006. He is the author of the Sunday Times bestseller A Sting in the Tale which was
shortlisted for the 2013 Samuel Johnson Prize A Buzz in the Meadow and Bee Quest .
