Is Keeping Bees Worth It? 8 Hard Truths to Know Before You Spend $1,000 on a Backyard Hive

A backyard beehive will not save the bees, it will rarely save you money on honey, and, in several states, you are out of ...

15 Photos Showing That People Have Always Loved Making Their Pets Look Ridiculous

The internet may have given us endless photos of dogs in sweaters and cats wearing tiny hats, but humans definitely did not need social media to come up with that idea. Almost as soon as cameras ...

Illinois volunteers removed invasive plants from 43 acres; they then planted nearly 9,000 native plugs and more than 1,100 pounds of seed

In northeast Illinois, the Greenbelt Forest Preserve covers 607 acres between North Chicago and Waukegan. Invasive plants, including teasel, Canada thistle, canary grass, buckthorn and common reed, ...

Bees, like dogs and cats, play with balls

Dogs chasing balls, cats batting at toys. We are familiar with the sight of animals playing. But what if the animal in question is a bee?Climbing onto a small wooden ball, grabbing it with their legs, ...
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Stop tossing old terracotta pots: Turn them into a home for backyard bees

Bees are pivotal to our environment, and you can have them in your yard without planting flowers. Use this DIY hack to ...

Bumblebee project seeking to help rare species

A project is under way to try and help one of the UK's "most threatened" species of bumblebee. The Bumblebee Conservation ...

Inside the school where dogs learn to sniff out bed bugs and other pests

Lanternflies are invasive pests that feed on a wide range of plants, damaging them in the process. Lucky was a graduate from ...
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How do bees make honey? The astonishing process that turns nectar into liquid gold

Do you ever think about just how bees make honey? Stuart Blackman gives a step-by-step guide to this rather sophisticated process ...
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Lacey Chabert is still trying to make fetch happen. This time, it's for dogs.

Lacey Chabert, who's most well-known for her role as Gretchen Wieners in "Mean Girls," is still trying to make fetch happen 22 years later, but this time around, she has the perfect partner in crime: ...
Sacramento Bee

He ditched his Caltrans job for a Sacramento hot dog cart. Why he relishes the move

Trading a state paycheck for a sidewalk food cart is practically unheard of. To do so means leaving behind a life that job-seekers spend months, if not years, navigating administrative hurdles to ...
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Attempt to rescue pet dog costs man his life at Northern California lake

A Redding man died after jumping off a boat into Lake Shasta after a pet dog, California sheriff’s officials said. Geordan White, 60, jumped from a moving boat into the lake to rescue the dog, which ...
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