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Delivering a gentle automated tap to the outside of a hive and recording the honeybees’ collective response can give an indication of the colony's health without having to look inside, new research has found.At last check, there were an estimated 115,000 to 125,000 beekeepers in the US, most of whom were hobbyists. In particular, ownership of honeybee colonies appears to have risen in recent years, with amateur apiarists wanting to help preserve these powerful pollinators in addition to generating their own source of…

As influential as the original Doom games are, it’d be interesting to know how much they’d stand the ravages of time were it not for modding and unusual ports. It set the building blocks for the FPS genre back in the day, but the fact that people continue to tweak the original formula shows just how much of an impact the series has had these past 30 years. Sometimes mods will even incorporate other horror franchises. Take this one that mixed Doom with Friday The 13th. Inspired. Now, here’s one for us Alien lovers,…

I’ve been patiently anticipating Chicken Police: Into the Hive since its announcement last June. I loved 2020’s Chicken Police: Paint it RED, and was hopeful for a continuation. I got an early look at the demo, and it’s a pretty bland taste, but it’s not necessarily indicative of a problem. I think it’s difficult to build a demo of any narrative-centric game. Usually, these sorts of titles have a slow build with character introductions, and they may not begin any meaty twisting until later in the game. Trying to fit both…

In this extremely silly vigilante revenge movie, Jason Statham plays a beekeeper, in the sense that he tends to hives and sells honey. He’s also a “Beekeeper”, a member of an elite clandestine organisation that enforces a unique brand of justice in instances where conventional law enforcement has failed. It’s not clear if the literal keeping of bees is part of the job requirements of the Beekeepers, but the commitments of apiculture would seem to be at odds with a job that entails lengthy murderous rampages across…

A recent study on over 300 chronic spontaneous urticaria (CSU) patients found that acupuncture might provide limited symptom relief, but the clinical significance remains unclear. An accompanying editorial highlights acupuncture’s potential in treating non-pain conditions and the need for broader clinical openness to its use.A randomized controlled study involving over 300 participants diagnosed with chronic spontaneous urticaria (CSU), or hives, suggested that acupuncture might provide some relief from symptoms. However,…

Honeybees in man-made hives may have been suffering the cold unnecessarily for over a century because commercial hive designs are based on erroneous science, my new research shows.For 119 years, a belief that the way honeybees cluster together gives them a kind of evolutionary insulation has been fundamental for beekeeping practice, hive design and honeybee study.More recently, California beekeepers have even been putting bee colonies into cold storage during summer because they think it is good for brood health.But my…

The Swedish rockers are looking to "franchise" themselves so they have a presence everywhere all the time Do you look good in a suit? Do you own a Rickenbacker? Do you have an opaquely Swedish accent that sounds good when screaming, “Hate to Say I Told You So”? If so, you and your cover band could become a Hives franchisee. “We have arrived at a point where the Hives can no longer keep up with public demand for concerts,” the band said in a statement. “This is where you come in. Help us create…

The Hives have released ‘Countdown to Shutdown’, the second single from their upcoming album ‘The Death of Randy Fitzsimmons’, which will be released on 11th August 2023 via FUGA.A fiery track with menacing guitar riffs, ‘Countdown to Shutdown’ follows ‘Bogus Operandi’. The music video for the song is directed by directed by SNASK (Viagra Boys) and can be watched at the top of this article. In the clip The Hives peer in from outside the floor-to-ceiling glass doors of a stifling corporate office. As the suited-up…

A woman sunbathes in a roped-off distancing zone on a beach in La Grande Motte, southern France, on May 21, 2020.Photo: CLEMENT MAHOUDEAU / AFP (Getty Images)Everyone knows you can be allergic to things like peanuts, bees, and cats. For people with such allergies, they can often get through life in relative safety by simply avoiding their triggers. But some unfortunate folks have rare allergies to things that are nearly impossible to avoid, like water and sunlight. Here are a few of the weirdest triggers known to drive…

Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the weekly TechCrunch series that recaps the latest in mobile OS news, mobile applications and the overall app economy. Global app spending reached $65 billion in the first half of 2022, up only slightly from the $64.4 billion during the same period in 2021, as hypergrowth fueled by the pandemic has slowed down. But overall, the app economy is continuing to grow, having produced a record number of downloads and consumer spending across both the iOS and Google Play stores combined in…