Boy, seven, is tied to a wooden pole and covered in honey to attract BEES by his Egyptian father ‘as punishment for stealing’ Egyptian boy, seven, was allegedly tied to a pole by his father as a punishment Father is accused of tying son to pole and covering him in honey to attract bees It … Read more
Angelina Jolie gets swarmed by bees in breathtaking photo… after skipping showers for THREE DAYS to take stunning shot for World Bee Day By Kelby Vera For Dailymail.com Published: 15:43 BST, 20 May 2021 | Updated: 21:23 BST, 20 May 2021 Angelina Jolie helped create some buzz around World Bee Day on Thursday. The actress/activist, … Read more
Angelina Jolie gets swarmed by bees in breathtaking photo… after skipping showers for THREE DAYS to take stunning shot for World Bee Day By Kelby Vera For Dailymail.com Published: 15:43 BST, 20 May 2021 | Updated: 21:23 BST, 20 May 2021 Angelina Jolie helped create some buzz around World Bee Day on Thursday. The actress/activist, … Read more
Bees can ‘sniff’ out COVID-19 in samples in just SECONDS after experts train the insects to associate the virus with receiving a reward Dutch scientists trained bees to identify samples infected with COVID-19 The Pavlovian condition method was used to train the bees When a bee detected an infected sample it was rewarded with sugar … Read more
Pure, golden honey spread on hot buttered toast, spooned over fresh yoghurt or drizzled on a pancake — these are among life’s great culinary delights. As Winnie-the-Pooh sang in Disney’s 2011 film: ‘Oh what a sight, oh what a dream, dive in the wonderful, honeyful stream!’ In Britain, we eat more than 50,000 tons of … Read more
Bees are being kept awake at night by pesticides used to protect crops from insects — and this is lowering their survival rates, a study has warned. Researchers from Bristol warned that — just like us humans — the vital pollinators need a good night’s rest in order to function properly. However, exposure to so-called … Read more
To ward off attacks by terrifying giant hornets, honey bees in Asia speckle the entrances to their hives with the faeces of other animals, a study has found. Researchers in Vietnam were studying the Asian hornet, Vespa soror — cousin to North America’s ‘murder hornets’ — when they noted the bee’s defensive behaviour. The giant … Read more
Bees-y Jet: Two passenger planes are grounded hours apart in India after a massive swarm of BEES land on the aircraft Swarm of bees caused chaos at Kolkata airport this week after settling on jets Bees first swarmed on a plane 4pm Sunday, delaying the flight by an hour Insects then returned Monday morning, again … Read more
Don’t bee antisocial: Some honey bees choose to spend time with other members of the colony while others prefer to buzz off on their own – just like humans Researchers used imaging techniques to monitor bees with barcodes on them They found that some bees are more likely to interact than others in the hive … Read more
Conservationists have drafted the first ever global map of bee diversity to help track the distribution of populations of the vital pollinators. There are some 20,000 individual species of bee presently living on Earth — but accurate, compiled data on their distribution had been lacking. Researchers from China, Singapore and the US analysed and validated … Read more