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FOX News - USA
A German beekeeper attracted more than 20,000 wasps into his home when he brought his honeycombs indoors, but managed to escape injury, police said Sunday.
German Beekeeper Escapes Harm After 20,000 Wasps Follow Him …
DailyTech - Chicago,IL,USA
The Chinese space program is scheduled to launch a satellite that is designed for breeding plant seeds. Shijian-8, expected to launch in September, will be launched from Jiuquan launch center on top of a Long March 2C rocket. Although nine Chinese spacecrafts have carried seeds into space, the China National Space Administration has not yet launched a satellite designed specifically to carry seeds. According to officials in the Commission of Science, Technology and Industry for National defense, the Shijian-8 will have a 15-day mission.
China Plans to Launch First Seed-breeding Satellite
Scotsman - United Kingdom
A COUPLE who infuriated their neighbours by taking over a memorial garden next to their house have been told they have no right to the land.
Joanna and John McCoach fenced off the garden at Chamberlain Road in Morningside last year, claiming it belonged to them.
But now the Registers of Scotland has ruled the land is owned by Edinburgh City Council.
MacNN - Santa Clara,CA,USA
From the creators of Diner Dash comes Plantasia, a game of gardening delight. Enter your luscious gardens, where magical flowers and a fairy-in-training are waiting to show you the way. Plant seeds, harvest flowers, restore fountains, and watch as your gardens bloom. But beware! Weeds, rocks, insects and the clock are all waiting to make your game a fun-filled challenge.
Eyewitness News - East Providence,RI,USA
By getting his artificial plants into private residences and public spaces, White is betting that more people will start appreciating the natural beauty of the real thing’s jagged, seven-point leaves, instead of thinking of marijuana as evil.
He’s even getting attention from Hollywood, where directors have purchased his product when they needed realistic-looking weed for movies.
Daily Telegraph - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia
Family farms which sell their produce by unmanned roadside stalls are being hit by unscrupulous thieves.
Hunter Valley farmer Tom Wright has closed his fruit and vegetable stall which relied on an “honesty system” where customers left money in a metal box.
His family has been operating it successfully for 50 years, but rampant stealing has forced his hand.
Food Consumer - Lisle,IL,USA
Black Pearl, an edible ornamental pepper from Agricultural Research Service scientists in Beltsville, Md., has been named a 2006 All-America Selection. The award recognizes new flowers and vegetables that demonstrate “superior garden performance” in trials conducted throughout the country.
National Geographic - Washington,D.C.,USA
Buzz Kill: Wild Bees—and the flowers they pollinate—are disappearing, according to a new study of bee diversity. The results raise concerns about food crops and plant communities that rely on animal pollinators to reproduce. ees and Flowers Disappearing, Study Says
Chicago Tribune - United States
SEBASTOPOL, Calif. — Did someone in this wine country town illegally plant an endangered flower to sabotage a proposed housing development? That is the question at the center of a quarrel folks here have dubbed “Foamgate.”
KXAN-TV - Austin,TX,USA
PELHAM, N.Y. A pink-and-white gardening glove was missing this morning from another porch in Pelham, New York. But there was no mystery about who’d taken it.
