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BreakingNews.ie
20-06-2025
- BreakingNews.ie
People flee in fright as giant ball of bees swarm traffic lights in Limerick City
Limerick City and County Council said it was investigating how best to deal with a swarm of bees that engulfed a light shrouds at a pedestrian-crossing junction in Limerick City Centre on Friday. The bees are understood to have swarmed the pedestrian lights to follow and protect their queen. Advertisement Some have suggested the Queen and her swarm took up residency at the light structure after being possibly discommoded from their hive following a thunder storm overnight. Persons were reported to have fled in fright when the swarm grew into a giant ball of bees Friday afternoon. The swarm is located at the junction of Catherine Street and Roche's Street. A passerby said: 'People were enjoying their coffees and the fine weather outside the cafes on Roche's Street and then everyone was going bananas, because inside on the lights there is a queen bee and the bees are all swarming inside it. Advertisement 'Everyone was avoiding the bees on the street - it was nuts. It's at the junction of Catherine Street and Roche's Street.' 'Once they are swarming around the Queen they won't harm you, so to speak, as they're too engrossed in the Queen, but if you go up to them and start annoying them then you might be in trouble, but that would be your own fault,' the man said. Ireland Man who drove with Lidl manager on car bonnet afte... Read More 'I believe a beekeeper is being called, I literally saw people running away scared and screaming, it looks like something out of a movie. 'A lot of motorists were stopping in traffic looking at it and all their windows were being wound up because the bees could, I suppose, get into your car. A spokesman for Limerick City and County Council said: 'We are assessing the situation to decide what action needs to be taken.' A Council spokesman said the Council had also reported the matter to - an online resource to contact a beekeeper which describes itself as 'Ireland's honeybee rescue network'.
CBS News
20-05-2025
- Health
- CBS News
North Texas beekeeper turns to politics to save bees, launching campaign for Texas Agriculture Commissioner
Beekeeper turns to politics to save bees, launches campaign for Texas Agriculture Commissioner Beekeeper turns to politics to save bees, launches campaign for Texas Agriculture Commissioner Beekeeper turns to politics to save bees, launches campaign for Texas Agriculture Commissioner A North Texas man who has made a fortune off of honey is turning to politics to save the creatures that made him rich. This could be the worst year in recorded history for honey bees, which are dying at an alarming rate. It has the McKinney man who started what's become the most popular brand of honey in America now running to become the next Texas Agriculture Commissioner. Fifteen years ago, what started as a hobby for Nate Sheets turned into an empire. "I wound up buying a beehive and just fell in love with it," Sheets said. Nature Nate's Honey, which was born in McKinney, now has around $4 million in annual sales. But the 55-year-old founder said he has always valued producing a healthy product over making money when he created the first line of raw and unfiltered honey. "So I started testing all the honey for herbicides and fungicides, the pesticides that C3, C4 sugars, which is like corn syrup. Started testing for the biotics because bees get sick, just like people do," said Sheets. Sheets now has concerns for the health of honeybees. "Sixty-two percent of all the bees in Texas, and really across the United States, have died over the past 12 months," said Sheets. "The bees are sick, but so are Americans. You know, almost the same statistics. Sixty percent of Americans have one chronic disease or more. We've got to change something. And I believe those are things that are directly related to what we eat." Bee colonies like these have been vanishing at an astonishing rate across the US, according to experts. Thirty-five percent of the world's food crops depend on bees for pollination. That concern is one of the main reasons Sheets said he wants to become the state's next agricultural commissioner. So much so that he resigned from the board of his company two weeks ago to launch a bid. Sheets will run against incumbent Sid Miller, who did not respond to our request for comment on his opponent. The campaign, Sheets said, will focus on a promise of cleaner food products and nature-conscious agriculture. "It's an extension of what RFK and others are doing in Washington, D.C. right now," said Sheets. "I mean, they're focused on processed foods and food dyes and things like that." Things that Sheets said he didn't need to become successful. Miller told CBS News Texas he welcomes Sheets to the race. "I welcome Nathan Sheets to the race and I appreciate his strong financial support for my reelection campaign last year," Miller said in a statement. "I am excited about the opportunity to discuss my proven record of conservative leadership, my strong working relationship with President Donald Trump, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins..."
CBS News
19-05-2025
- CBS News
Swarm of bees kills Texas man while mowing lawn
A swarm of bees killed a Texas man while he was mowing a lawn, according to police. The Eastland Police Department said officers were dispatched to a crash in the 700 block of North Lamar St. on the evening of April 27. As officers approached the vehicle suspected to be involved in the crash, they noticed the driver was being swarmed by bees. To avoid being stung further, EPD said officers helped the driver get into a police vehicle. Once the driver was in an ambulance, EPD said he stopped breathing. He died at a local hospital. EPD said officers called a local beekeeper to help figure out where the beehive was located – officers said it was found in an abandoned structure near where the man was mowing. The beekeeper safely removed the hive from the structure, according to EPD. Eastland is about 97 miles west of Fort Worth.
