Bees

Ursula von der Leyen suggests a residence next to her office during her term as Commission president.

Luckily an apiarist was on hand to deal with the problem.

Beekeeper Paul Wood removed 50kg of honey from a beehive hidden in a woman's home in suburban Brisbane, Australia.

NOCOMMENT OF THE WEEK: Protests, Bees, balloons and Pandas

Environmental campaigners gathered outside the European Commission on Wednesday asking for an end to the usage of bee-killing pesticides.

In the Al-Hajar mountain chain of northern Oman, what appears to be just a pile of logs is actually an apiary of beehives. This is a centuries-old method of beekeeping which has been passed down from one generation to the next.

Urban beekeeping is a quickly emerging trend in the French capital.

European scientists are trying to save the bee population by creating robotic helpers to warn them of dangers, by reproducing the insects' hive mentality, and communication techniques.

Police had to close off a street by Times Square after around 30,000 bees set a hot dog stand abuzz.

Around 30,000 bees set a hotdog stand abuzz and caused the closing of the street near Times Square.

The tiny insects collect pollen from thousands of plants daily, in quite a tight radius and then their honey and wax are tested for various toxins. The project's been set up by Italian beekeepers and the carabinieri to understand the air pollution

Bees in France are fast dying, say beekeepers who staged a mock funeral in central Paris on Thursday (June 7).

At a mock funeral in Paris, beekeepers called on the government to come to the rescue and take urgent action to stave off an ecological disaster

This is the Berlin Cathedral, one of the most iconic buildings in the German capital.

Numbers of the stripy insects are declining every year largely due to human activity. They're the largest pollinators in the world and a third of the world's food production is estimated to be reliant on the yellow and black creatures.

A European court has upheld a partial ban on three insecticides, saying the European Commission had been right to restrict their use to protect bees.

European Union member states have backed a proposal to ban all outdoor use of neonicotinoid insecticides that studies show can harm bees.

There is little of Portugal's agricultural sector that hasn't been affected by the country's ongoing drought - and honey production is no exception.

Three-quarters of the honey produced around the world contains nerve agent pesticides that can harm bees and pose a potential health hazard to humans.