Bees/Bats/Birds/Bugs


‘Grand Beedapest Hotel’ Creates an Urban Home for Bees

Source: inhabitat.com Published: July 23, 2016   by Lacy Cooke Tea company Taylors of Harrogate teamed up with Kew Gardens to design the Grand Beedapest Hotel, a luxury bee hotel à la Wes Anderson. Through their enchanting design, Taylors aims to raise awareness...

21 Science-Backed Health Benefits of Honey

Source: well-beingsecrets.com Published: June 24, 2016 article by Helen Nichols @  Well-being Secrets Written by Helen Nichols Medically Reviewed by Dr. John Miller Why Honey If you’re not taking full advantage of the nutritional and medicinal value of honey, it’s...

The Sculpture Controlled by Bees: Wolfgang Buttress’s Hive

Source: theguardian.com Published: June 17, 2016 The Hive at Kew Gardens, at night. Photograph: Jeff Eden/RBG Kew  Its 170,000 pieces of aluminium are a hive-like structure of latticework, controlled by the vibrations of honeybees in a hive at Kew that is connected to...

Styrofoam-Eating Mealworms Might Help Reduce Plastic Waste

Source: cnn.com Published: April 22, 2016 It’s mealtime for these mealworms, which researchers have found are able to eat Styrofoam. The waste they produce from these dubious snacks is biodegradable. By Jareen Imam Plastic, long considered nonbiodegradable and...

89 Year Old Man Develops Bladeless Bird-Friendly Wind Turbine

Source: offgridquest.com Published: March 25, 2015 © Catching Wind Power The potential damage to bird and bat populations by large wind turbines is often used as an argument against more wind power installations, and serves as great fodder for comments here when we...