Aaron Voogt is a freelance writer interested in our connection to the natural world. An avid wildlife photographer/videographer, he also has experience in the film industry.
If you’ve ever watched a honeybee land delicately on a flower or curiously investigate your colorful t-shirt, you were looking at a worker. Small, sterile, and always female, the worker bees are the bulk of the colony. They have many jobs.
As Angelina sweeps her walking stick across the forest floor, combing back the untamed foliage, I scan the area. I’ve been told to look for little brown caps rising from the undergrowth. I excitedly point one out, but it’s just a dead leaf. Angelina tells me that’s normal. I spend a lot of time in...
