The headline in The Independent, April 17th 2019, screamed: ‘Urban Beekeeping is not Saving our Precious Pollinators - it's Killing Them!’

(Ed.Note: Mary, in this article, often mentions Bumblebees, which are not in Australia (other than in Tasmania). Readers in Australia should mentally substitute ‘native bees’ for ‘Bumblebees’ and you will get the message that she is trying to convey.)

 The article which followed this dramatic opening claimed ‘... Overpop