Early on during his custodianship of the Garden of Eden, Adam was tasked with naming the birds and beasts – and presumably bees, too. Simon Barnes reminds us of this story (Genesis 2:19-20) in his Rewild Yourself, illustrating how giving names to animals makes us somehow know them better. “After the name comes liking, affection, love, understanding, responsibility and a desire to cherish,” he writes. Barnes suggests that learning the names of a few common-or-garden animals – five butterflies you’re likely to see on a buddleia, say, or a few indigenous British birds – we can deepen our connection to the natural world, feel it more vividly and ‘rewild’ our minds.