‘When I got that first garden, it was like a drug...’ In our monthly Green Women column, ELLIE O’BYRNE catches up with Mags Riordan, of Bumblebee Flower Farm, about her pollinator-friendly flower business Mags Riordan of Bumblebee Flower Farm. Ellie O’Byrne WHILE many people have been craving the company of others during nearly a year of successive lockdowns and restrictions, Drimoleague flower farmer Mags Riordan says she has all the company she needs: her bees. “I’m in my own little world and I have great conversations with my bees and butterflies,” Mags says. “They have a lot of character, you know. The different bees have different buzzing noises, and they’re quite gregarious. We view them as a threat, but they’re just investigating. A bumblebee will let you know when it feels threatened because it will lift its legs, and then you just back off. They’re very docile. I just adore them.”