"Bees"

Around 20 villagers were stung by bees at a Buddhist monk ordainment rite at a temple in Phichit’s Pho Prathap Chang district on Tuesday.

SCIENTISTS in Finland have developed what they believe is the world’s first vaccine to protect bees against disease, raising hopes for tackling the drastic decline in insect numbers which could cause a global food crisis.

Bumblebees acquire a taste for food laced with a pesticide known to harm them, according to a study suggesting the chemicals pose an even greater threat to pollinators than previously thought.