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When you hear buzz around the beehive, you know they're making honey in there.

I don't mind bees and think we are all the better for having them around. I like the taste of honey.

I mean, I feel like you get more bees with honey. But that doesn't mean I don't get frustrated in my life.

When I was about 2 years old, I found a bee that had been stepped on on the foot path, and so I picked it up to rescue it, and it stung me on the hand. From that day forward, I've been terrified of bees.

When I heard that the bees were in trouble, the fact that they're disappearing and not coming back to the hive, which is a big issue, since a third of the food we eat comes from plants, I figured you couldn't tell the story of the bees without the story of the flowers and how they basically have evolved together for over 150 years.

People say if bees die out, the world would end, apparently. Now, I don't know if that's true, if that's some bee enthusiast who managed to write a good document, and people believe this.

The bees learn where they live by landmarks. If they're moved within their home range, they get confused.

When you go in search of honey you must expect to be stung by bees.

In Tarzan I only had to worry about the bees.

I've never turned into a bee - I've never been chased by a mummy or met a ghost. But many of the ideas in my books are suggested by real life.