NYC beekeepers swarm City Hall to protest ban - Obama Buzz Off!

" NEW YORK - There's a secret buzzing around the rooftops and backyard gardens of New York. Despite city regulations prohibiting it, hundreds of New Yorkers have kept beehives on rooftops and backyard gardens...

Mobile Art in Vancouver tonight

This is pretty cool.  "Mobile Swarm will tour to galleries on night 2 of SWARM with a mobile display unit that will receive and publish SMS messages, allowing the public to comment upon the artworks and...

Berlin's Electronics Trade Fair stormed by Customs officials

"220 German customs agents swarmed through the IFA consumer-electronics fair, hunting for non-payers of royalties, shortly after the expo opened Friday in the German capital of Berlin.   German customs agents swarmed through the IFA consumer-electronics fair shortly...

Attack of Jellyfish Swarm:Ocean's Alarm for Help

"Beware of the attack of the jellyfish swarm". Sounds like a cheesy tagline of a grade-B movie isn't it? Well rest assured that this isnt a movie review and before you squirm away from reading the rest, try...

Thousands of honeybees swarm motorists on New Jersey Turnpike

Drivers on the New Jersey Turnpike got a bit of a shock this weekend when thousands of honeybees swarmed the highway.I can't even stand one bee near my window let alone thousands of them enveloping my car!"...

'Who says there are no bees? 15,000 just landed in my lunch'

"Shoppers were stunned when a massive swarm of thousands of honey bees touched down in a busy city centre.Around 15,000 insects gathered in Queen Street, Exeter, at around lunchtime on Tuesday.While some people...

Ants swarm over Houston area, fouling electronics

Should we be on the look out for 4 horsemen?"DALLAS - In what sounds like a really low-budget horror film, voracious swarming ants that apparently arrived in Texas aboard a cargo ship are invading homes and yards...

Robo-Insects, Attack!

Though the promotional video from BAE Systems, with its Terminator-esque music and sublte insect noises, has a creepy cool thing going on, I don't think we're really that close to reliable remote technology. Since...

Swarm season

Bees are most likely to swarm at this time of year. If you see one, don't panic and don't reach for the insecticide. Bees are too valuable to be destroyed. Here's why -- plus the story of a storm from the point of view of the beekeeper.

Robots to swarm English village in huge contest

I would love to see this in person. The world is saturated with robots and yet somehow they never seem to descend upon a single geographical point. via Mez Breeze, unrivalled finder of the bizarre."A village in England will host a robot hide-and-seek exercise next month, when...

Hide and Seek-&-Destroy

If you find military-style robots in your garden, one of two things is happening: either they're filming Doctor Who on your street, or you've found yourself in the middle of the Ministry of Defense's Grand Challenge:"A village in England will host a robot hide-and-seek...

4.7 quake rocks Reno as area's seismic activity continues

Reno has experienced more than 50 aftershocks after an earthquake that shook cans off shelves, knocked pictures off walls and even dislodged rocks along the Sierra Nevada."There were no immediate reports of injuries or major damage early Saturday from the magnitude 4.7 quake...

Unusual Earthquake Swarm Off Oregon Coast Puzzles Scientists

"More than 600 earthquakes in the last 10 days off the central Oregon coast are occurring in an area not typically known for a high degree of seismic activity. This earthquake “swarm” is UNIQUE because it...

Bees swarm police in sting operation

"ABOUT 100 police officers in Mexico were forced to bolt from an open-air firing range when they were attacked - and stung - by swarming killer bees."

Kenya battles swarms of locusts

"Kenya Authorities are battling swarms of locusts, which are reported to have damaged crops. It is the FIRST TIME IN 45 YEARS such large numbers have been seen in Kenya. The ravenous creatures - which are capable...

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