A Reporter Gets a Buzz From Thousands of Bees

Times Insider explains who we are and what we do and delivers behind-the-scenes insights into how our journalism comes together.Last August, as I stood in a field in North Dakota, hundreds of thousands of bees surrounded me. The chorus of their collective hum was soothing, almost mesmerizing.It was an unlikely assignment for me, a reporter who covers energy for the Business desk of The New York Times.The idea…