Illustrative image of a bee brick, undated. City councillors in Brighton and Hove have agreed on making so-called bee bricks mandatory for every new construction project in a bid to protect pollinators. (NewsX/Bee)
A tree frog (Dryophytes japonica) spitting out a male wasp (Anterhynchium gibbifrons) after being stung (by pseudo-stings), undated. Male wasps use genitalia to sting their predators. (Current Biology/Sugiura et al., NewsX/Bee)
Wasp Species Uses Genital Spikes To Fend Off Frogs
Agriculture Minister Norbert Totschnig (left) and entomologist Thomas Zuna-Kratky pose in an undated photo. The team of scientists headed by Dr Thomas Zuna-Kratky from Vienna University's Department of Evolutionary Biology found that 1,580 square kilometres of soil - which is four times the size of the federal capital - had been sealed within the last 30 years. (BML/Hemerka, NewsX/Bee)
Soil-Sealing Advances In Austria As Scientist Urges To Protect Water Sources
Gerhard Riesenberger, 46, from the small town of Kilb, Lower Austria, poses in undated photo. Gerhard - whose cattle farm consists of around 140 animals - got into beekeeping as a teenager and has kept going ever since. (Gerhard Riesenberger, NewsX/Bee)
CO2 Emissions Won’t Decline If We Continue This Way, Beekeeper Warns
Picture shows the swarm of bees which interrupted the clash between rival football clubs for half an hour in Ndola, Zambia. No one was injured in the 30-minute incident, according to a statement by visiting team, Forest Rangers Football Club. (NewsX/Bee)
Football Match Interrupted As Bees Invade The Pitch
Illustrative image of a wild bee, undated. (NewsX/Bee)