One Player Every Premier League Club Failed to Sign This Summer A record-breaking transfer window was not without disappointment for English sides. Sports Illustrated · Sep 3
Bees view the world in surprisingly different ways – understanding this could inspire new technology One bee has long been regarded as a benchmark for visual performance: the honeybee drone. The Conversation · Sep 1
How Honeybee Swarms Reach Collective Decisions Without a Single Queen Giving Orders The swarm that has no bossWhen a honeybee colony outgrows its hive, roughly half the bees leave with the old queen in a swarm. They land in a cluster, on a tree branch, a wall, a fence post, and wait. The queen does nothing. She does not scout. She does… Times Life · Sep 1
Bhimbetka Rock Shelters: The 30,000-Year-Old Cave Paintings Near Bhopal Almost Nobody Visits The wall that was already ancient when the pyramids were builtThe oldest paintings at Bhimbetka predate the pyramids by roughly 25,000 years. The Egyptians were still millennia away when someone crouched in these Vindhya hill caves and pressed ochre into stone to record a bison mid-charge. That bison is still… Times Life · Sep 1
What justice for Nepal after flooding? PRESS REVIEW – Monday, August 31: The international press tell the story of a heroic headmaster in Nepal who managed to save more than 1,600 pupils, while the Nepali press lambast a lack of accountability for major polluters. Meanwhile in France, back-to-school season reopens wounds over child sex abuse in… France 24 · Aug 31
Leeds 1-1 Brentford: Dominic Calvert-Lewin hits late equaliser as Bees frustrated at Elland Road England international cancelled out Kevin Schade’s first-half opener Evening Standard · Aug 30
Hungary's bee population at risk, warns national beekeepers' association By August, the drought and extreme heat have all but wiped out natural sources of pollen, leaving bees starving and parched. Euronews · Aug 30
6 Pollinator Plants to Start Now for a Stronger Spring Garden A pollinator garden does not begin when the first bees start buzzing around in spring. The smarter move happens months earlier, when gardeners choose plants that can settle in, develop roots, and prepare for another season of flowers. Starting perennial pollinator plants now can give the garden a head start… Frugal Gardening · Aug 27
‘Mad honey’ that can stop your heart is now being sold online worldwide A few months ago, a friend of mine told me that his father-in-law had been rushed to the hospital after eating some wild honey brought back from the hills of Nepal. The Conversation · Aug 27
Brentford closing in on El Hadji Malick Diouf transfer as medical booked after West Ham breakthrough Bees set to bolster squad even further Evening Standard · Aug 26
Six Way Too Early Predictions After First Premier League Weekend It’s time for some knee-jerk reactions after the first weekend of the 2026–27 Premier League season. Sports Illustrated · Aug 24
Bee-killing mite second wave raises food security alarm Varroa mite, which has invaded Australia's beehives, could pose a major risk to food security by wiping out the pollinators before they can do their work. AAP · Aug 24
The Premier League soap opera is back – and Spurs are already hogging the narrative In today’s Football Daily: Tottenham are stung by the Bees The Guardian - UK · Aug 24
Scorching summer takes toll on bees and honey harvests in France France produces 20,000 tonnes of honey each year, but successive heatwaves and persistent drought across Europe this summer are impacting bee populations as flowering plants dry out and colonies struggle to find food. Beekeeper Romain Lacotte and his family farm 1,000 hives in Haute-Corrèze, central France, an area considered one… Radio France Internationale · Aug 23
The Economic Times · Aug 23 In 1984, NASA sent about 3,300 honeybees into space to test comb-building without gravity; the colony built about 31 square inches of honeycomb In 1984, honeybees traveled aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger for a unique student experiment. These bees successfully built honeycomb and laid eggs in zero gravity. The mission demonstrated that basic colony processes continued in the weightless environment. This decades-old experiment remains relevant for future long-duration space missions. It showed that…
The Independent UK · Aug 22 Same old Spurs? Mamadou Sangare dazzles on debut as Brentford put Tottenham to the sword Brentford 3-0 Tottenham: Roberto De Zerbi’s side were comfortably second best despite a huge summer transfer outlay
Evening Standard · Aug 22 Brentford 3-0 Tottenham: Sorry Spurs thumped as debutant Mamadou Sangare runs the show New era for Spurs looks a lot like last season’s relegation near-miss
Evening Standard · Aug 22 Brentford vs Tottenham LIVE: Premier League result, latest updates and fan reaction Spurs begin new season with London derby on opening weekend
The Times of India · Aug 21 In 2016, the Burt's Bees co-founder gave the US 87,500 acres and backed it with $40 million; 10 years later the Maine wilderness is a national monument Roxanne Quimby, the visionary behind Burt's Bees, initially embraced a life of artistic expression and sustainability before venturing into the business world. After partnering with Burt Shavitz, they created a beloved range of beeswax products. Motivated by her love for nature, Quimby invested her earnings into the conservation of Maine's…
The Conversation · Aug 20 What dandelions and bees can teach us about our responsibilities to the natural world In spring, on the traditional and treaty lands of the Mississaugas of the Credit, young children, Anishinaabe storytellers and educators walk together with Aki (Land) and Nibi (Water).
Sports Illustrated · Aug 20 How Brentford FC’s Data Revolution Turned the Premier League Upside Down An analytics-based approach has seen tiny Brentford climb from the lower rungs of English soccer to become Premier League giant slayers. Now the trick is to figure out how to move forward.
Bangkok Post · Aug 20 Students injured by swarming bees CHON BURI — Seventeen people, including 13 students, were injured after a swarm of giant honey bees attacked them near the Bang Lamung district office in Chon Buri on Thursday morning.
The Times of India · Aug 20 Between six lanes of Manhattan traffic, Broadway's medians are being replanted with native species to create a five-mile corridor for birds and bees Manhattan’s Broadway medians are being replanted with native Northeast species under a long-term project by the Broadway Mall Association. The Great Green Way covers five miles of Broadway and aims to connect 83 green malls into a corridor that can support birds, bees and other wildlife. Twelve malls have been…
Times Life · Aug 18 How the Honeybee Waggle Dance Encodes Distance, Direction and Nectar Quality in Seconds A Figure-Eight That Is Also a LanguageWhen a scout honeybee finds a good food source and returns to the hive, she doesn't rest. She pushes onto the vertical surface of the honeycomb and begins a run: a straight line with her abdomen vibrating rapidly, then a loop to the left,…
The Conversation · Aug 17 Australian beekeepers can’t tackle Varroa mite alone. Here’s how we can help For decades, Australia was the last inhabited continent free of the bee-killing Varroa mite (Varroa destructor).