So the author seems to write often about the social impacts of technology among human and animal worlds. The article is a review of an art exhibition, a piece of sci-fi about bees that help police solve crimes. The article is arranged from a description of the sci-fi story and then expands out to an examination of how police are studying the pollen on the honeybees to gather evidence. The examples used are quotes given by the artist to a blogger.
there's no analysis, it's just a summary of statements made in the article and closing with a view of people convicted strictly on bee-provided evidence. I think a better approach would be on how reliable such evidence could be, how it could be obtained, etc. maybe a description of potential problems that could arise in obtaining evidence this way. Of course, my reading is biased by my own scientific background. However, I think that my view has a wide appeal.
I don't think the text does its study very well. The story is based on a work of fiction and backed up by a blogger's article responding to the story. It throws in examples of other animals collecting evidence like sniffing out bombs.
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