“Bugonia” refers to the ancient Greek belief that bees could spawn spontaneously from dead cow carcasses, and that cow dung was beneficial to the hive. It’s a myth, of course, but that didn’t stop ...

A hobbyist beekeeper died after suffering a severe allergic reaction to a bee sting, an inquest heard. Alan Ransom, 55, went ...

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Few directors are capable of dissecting human behavior with the surgical absurdity of Yorgos Lanthimos. His newest tour de force, “Bugonia,” is no exception to this treatment. Placed in the context of ...

Scientists in Australia have identified a new species of native bee with tiny, devil-like horns that have earned it a playfully hellish name – “lucifer.” The species, Megachile lucifer, was discovered ...

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“Bugonia” opens not with action, but with a conversation: two men, Don and Teddy, talking about bees. Teddy explains colony collapse disorder: a phenomenon where bees abandon their queen, leaving the ...

Take me to your leader: Emma Stone, Aidan Delbis and Jesse Plemons “I follow a very expensive anti-ageing programme,” she tells Teddy, who works as a packer in the Auxolith warehouse, and Don. This is ...

Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the University of Southampton, and specializes in animal behavior, evolution, palaeontology, and the environment. Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the ...