Australian top seed Talia Gibson and India’s Sahaja Yamalapalli sprinted off the court in the middle of their second-round match at the W100 Bengaluru Open on Thursday after a swarm of bees invaded the stadium. Both tennis players paused play as a ball boy pointed at the insects across the court at S.M. Krishna Tennis Stadium in … Read more
As the new year dawns, it’s time to talk doomsday, my babies — and no one grips us with grim quite like Nostradamus. Michel de Nostredame, Nostradamus, or Nos if you’re nasty, was a 16th-century astrologer, doctor, enemy of the church and bearded soothsayer who has been credited with foretelling the Great Fire of London, Hitler’s … Read more
Every millennial who watched My Girl as a kid likely still feels traumatized by the death scene in the 1991 film – and it turns out even just filming it was terrifying. Macauley Culkin, who played 10-year-old Thomas J in the family classic, was stung to death by bees in a devastating twist, and as … Read more
The King and Queen have a royally pesky problem. On Thursday, Queen Camilla, 78, revealed she’s dealing with a “terrible” infestation of wasps at Sandringham. Sandringham is the Norfolk residence of King Charles, 76, and Queen Camilla, where the royal family traditionally celebrates Christmas. Queen Camilla on July 15, 2024 in St Helier, Jersey. Getty … Read more
They wanted to join the mile hive club. A flight in India was delayed for more than an hour after bees swarmed the door of the aircraft, as seen in buzzy footage taking off online. The un-bee-lievable incident occurred Monday morning on an Indigo flight that was slated to fly from Surat to Jaipur at … Read more
Taking Cannes by swarm! Emma Stone looked picture-perfect on the red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival on Friday — until one bee took a liking to her. Wearing a sleek white gown with a bib-like neckline to the premiere of her upcoming film “Eddington,” the actress, 36, appeared calm and collected while posing for photos … Read more
It’s the other Grubhub. Singapore’s state food agency redefined “mealworms” after approving a whopping 16 species of insects for human consumption, ranging from grasshoppers to beetle grubs. “With immediate effect, SFA (the Singapore Food Agency) will allow the import of insects and insect products belonging to species that have been assessed to be of low … Read more
It’s un-bee-lievable. Science’s latest and greatest breakthrough is using killer honeybees for a real stinger of a beer recipe. When microbiologists from Cardiff University in Wales went abroad to Namibia for a project on sustainability, they encountered the insects — the Africanised “killer” honey bee, to be exact — and discovered that the insects contained … Read more
If these walls could talk, they’d probably scream. A woman was shocked and revulsed after realizing the “monsters” her daughter had heard were actually a swarm of 50,000 honeybees living in their walls, as detailed in a TikTok video with 9.1 million views. “What nightmares are made of,” Ashley wrote in the clip’s caption while … Read more
Get ready for the end times. In “The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook: Apocalypse” (Quirk Books) authors Joshua Piven and David Borgenicht cheekily cover everything you need to maximize your chances of surviving a Doomsday disaster and reveal how you can “pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and start all over again.” “I’m positive about the … Read more
It’s one way to create some buzz. Boxes holding 5 million bees fell off a truck in Canada early Wednesday morning, causing a sticky situation for a group of local beekeepers who flew into action, collecting the buzzy insects off the road. Halton Regional Police Service officers were called to Guelph Line in Burlington, north … Read more
The beauty buffs are buzzing. Adult women on TikTok are claiming that bee pollen supplements have made their breasts grow — but experts are dubious. Influencer Ivey Cross went viral with over 1.3 million views on TikTok after she claimed that she noticed her bra getting tighter several weeks after adding the supplement to her … Read more
This horrifying video is causing serious buzz. Frightening footage captured by an electron microscope shows what happens after a person sustains a bee sting, with the insect’s stinger sawing into flesh and unleashing a potent venom that “destroys human cells.” The explainer video — shared to YouTube by Jon Perry, who creates informational clips via … Read more
They were badly beehived. An 81-year-old Oklahoma man is lucky to be alive following a savage three-hour attack by over 200 “killer bees” — which was so vicious he reportedly broke his hip trying to escape. “I hit some of them with my hands and you just can’t kill ’em fast enough,” Carl Amos told … Read more
Chance, a 100-pound Rottweiler-pit bull mix, died Sunday night in a California animal hospital after a swarm of bees stung him more than 700 times. On May 16, Brittany and Brian Engen’s dog Chance, 2, was playing outside in their Lake Matthews yard when a neighbor, Tommy Baker, attempted to remove a large bee hive that … Read more
She’s channeling her inner Queen Bee. A never-before-seen photo of Kate Middleton was released on Saturday in honor of World Bee Day – and it’s buzz-worthy. In the picture, which was posted on the official Instagram page for the Prince and Princess of Wales, the royal is seen dressed up in a beekeeping suit and … Read more
If you need another reason to avoid getting stung by a wasp, here it is. A 60-year-old man in China, who was stung four times on his head and back by wasps, went to the emergency room three days later with a headache, a stiff neck and swelling around the stings. He was admitted to … Read more
Six people, including an eight-year-old girl, have been killed by a swarm of bees after a bus they were riding plunged into a ravine and hit several beehives. The tragic incident occurred Monday in Nicaragua, with the vehicle veering off the road during an hourlong journey from Jinotega to San Sebastián de Yalí in the … Read more
Bee careful! An Arizona mother was stung 75 times while trying to protect her kids after being swarmed by killer bees during a photo shoot on Sunday. The unidentified family was taking photos in Buckeye Valley — about a 50-minute drive outside of Phoenix — when they were attacked by the bees, reports the Arizona … Read more
A professional rower tragically perished earlier this month after swallowing a bee while biking along the coast in Brazil. Waldonilton de Andrade Reis, 43, had reportedly been leading a cycling tour of Ponta Negra beach, in Manaus, Amazonas on March 2, reported Brazilian news outlet G1. Things took an unexpected turn, however, after a bee … Read more