Scientists Create World’s First Cyborg Bee with Ultra-Light Brain Controller
Scientists at the Beijing Institute of Technology used a 74-milligram insect brain controller to create the world’s first cyborg bee. Worker bees can carry nectar sacks weighing about 80 per cent of their body mass for 5 km (3 miles) without resting, so they have no problem carrying a 74-milligram brain controller developed by Chinese […]
Angry Beekeeper Sets Bees on Police During Routine Traffic Stop
A 70-year-old Spanish beekeeper was so upset about being stopped by traffic police that he set his bees on the officers, causing them to take shelter in a restaurant. An unusual incident took place last Friday, on the N-II road in Cervera, a small town in the Catalonian province of Lleida. A local police patrol […]
Rare Medical Case Proves That Eyeball Bee Stings Are Unsurprisingly No Joke
In one of the world’s few medically documented cases, a Philadelphia man was stung by a bee directly in the eyeball and had to endure some serious consequences. Most people dread the idea of getting stung by a bee anywhere on their bodies but imagine having one of those buzzers piercing your eyeball with its […]
3-Year-Old Girl Complaining of Monsters in Her Room Was Hearing 60,000 Bees in the Walls
When a three-year-old girl from Charlotte, North Carolina, started complaining to her parents about monsters in the walls of her room, they thought she was imagining things, but there really was something in the walls. Little Saylor Class had recently watched DreamWorks’ ‘Monster Inc’ animated movie when she started talking to her parents about monsters […]
The Bees of Easter Island Produce the Purest Honey on Earth
Isolated on an island in the middle of the southeastern Pacific Ocean, the bees of Easter Island are free of all the pathogens and pesticides ravaging the global bee population, and therefore produce the purest honey on the planet. The beekeepers of Chile’s Easter Island are fully aware that their bees may one day become […]
Man Calmly Drives With Swarm of Bees Nesting Inside of His Car
Bees are considered an omen of good fortune in China, so when a man found a swarm of bees building their nest in his car, he decided to just drive the car with his new winged companions. A man from China’s Anhui province recently went viral after posting a series of videos of himself calmly […]
‘Literal Air Bee and Bee’ Lets You Fall Asleep to the Buzzing of Over a Million Bees
To celebrate World Bee Day properly, Italian beekeeper Rocco Filomeno recently listed the world’s first bee farm on Airbnb, allowing guests to sleep to the sound of over 1 million buzzing insects. Located on Rocco’s olive farm just outside the picturesque village of Grottole in southern Italy, the unique accommodation was designed by artist Davide […]
Vulture Bees Feed on Dead Flesh Rather Than Nectar, Still Produce Sweet Honey
While the vast majority of bee species rely on the pollen and nectar of flowers for nutrients, a few so-called “vulture bees” have evolved to feast on carrion, just like vultures or hyenas. It was only a few decades ago that entomologists made the rather staggering discovery that not all bees feed on pollen and […]
The Wall of Hives – Box-Covered Cliffside In China Is a Unique Wild Bee Sanctuary
A near-vertical cliff wall in the mountains of Shennongjia Nature Reserve, China’s Hubei Province, is home to over 700 wooden boxes which make up one of the country’s last sanctuaries for native wild bees. Beekeeping has been carried out in China since at least the 2nd century AD, and roughly half of the world’s supply […]
Orchid Bees – The Living Jewels and Expert Perfumiers of the Insect World
The Euglossines, aka Orchid Bees are often described as the world’s most flamboyant bee tribe, and looking at their brilliant metallic coloration, it’s easy to see why. Orchid bees are probably the closest thing to real living jewel. Sporting bright metallic colors – with green, blue and gold being the most common – and very […]
Turkish Beekeeper Enlists Thieving Bears as Honey Testers
İbrahim Sedef, an experienced beekeeper from Turkey’s Black Sea Region, has come up with an ingenious way of having his honey tested by the same bears that used to steal it. Agricultural engineer and beekeeper İbrahim Sedef had been struggling to deal with thieving bears for over four months, but nothing worked. When he tried […]
Family Discover Colony of 80,000 Bees Living in Their Bedroom Wall
A family in Granada, Spain was shocked to discover that the constant buzzing coming from behind their bedroom wall turned out to be a massive bee colony numbering over 80,000 honey bees. Spanish social media has been buzzing with the news of a couple in Pinos Puente, Granada, who recently asked a local beekeeper to […]
Giant Honeybees Use Shimmering “Mexican Waves” to Repel Invaders
The giant honeybees of East Asia can build impressive open nests measuring a few meters across. The fact that they are always exposed makes them vulnerable to predators, particularly large wasps and hornets that love nothing more than invading hives and stealing grubs. Luckily, the bees have a secret weapon that is as visually mesmerizing as […]
Couple Keep 10,000 Pet Bees in High-Rise Apartment
For over a year a couple angered their neighbors by keeping around 10,000 bees in the balcony of their high-rise apartment in the Chinese city of Ningbo. Police were recently called to a residential building in the coastal city of Ningbo after a couple living there ignored numerous complaints from their neighbors about the thousands […]
Man Drives 40 Miles with 3,000 Bees Loose in His Truck, Doesn’t Get Stung Once
Wallace Leatherwood , a beekeeper from North Carolina, went through what most people would consider a living nightmare and came out unscathed. He drove 40 miles with thousands of bees loose in the cabin of his truck, and didn’t get a single sting. Last Tuesday, Leatherwood bought about 18,000 bees from Wild Mountain Bees in Weaverville, […]