Fastbees.net posted video of a large fishing spider hunting bees. As long as it doesn't move too quickly, it can grab the relatively small insects and sneak off with them. But when it gets skittish: game over. [via]
Spider vs Bees
Bees are now legally fish in the state of California
The court of appeals in the third appellate district in the state of California has ruled that bees are, in fact, fish. From the court document (emphasis added): The California Endangered Species Act (Act) (Fish & G. Code,1 § 2050 et seq.) directs the Fish and Game Commission (Commission) to "establish a list of endangered species and a… READ THE REST
Florida man and woman find 80,000 bees behind their bathroom wall
Stefanie and Dan Graham of St. Petersburg, Florida had started a renovation in their bathroom when they suspected that a hive of bees had taken residence behind their shower wall. They weren't entirely surprised as this apparently had happened before. This time, the bad news is that the hive was seven-feet tall and held 80,000… READ THE REST
Bees have mouths, but they must scream with their bodies
Apparently Asian honeybees scream by furiously rubbing their wings together. As the inimitable Sabrina Imbler writes for The New York Times: In a paper published Wednesday in the journal Royal Society Open Science, researchers describe the Asian honeybee's unique acoustic signal, which is called an antipredator pipe. The researchers colloquially refer to it as a "bee… READ THE REST
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Juice up your iPhone or iPad with this rugged-yet-colorful Lightning cable
Remember the last time you juiced up your iPhone using that short little charging cable it came with? The phone probably rang mid-charge, and it was a call you absolutely had to take. Of course, if you were at full charge, you could've taken the call from the comfort of your armchair. But if that… READ THE REST
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