The Ups and Downs of November 2016
As we are are fast approaching Christmas and the New Year it is safe to say that November left us with many emotions. November 2016 might go down in climate change history as the starting point of either disaster or success. It was a month that held climate talks,...Outrage for vegetarians and vegans over new £5 notes!
The new plastic £5 notes which came into circulation in September have been found to contain tallow, an animal fat, much to the disgust of many vegetarians and vegans. When this was confirmed by the Bank of England, in response to question on Twitter, a petition was...
Where have all the bees gone?
Although bumblebees and honeybees are closely related, their strategies for surviving the winter are quite different. Despite maintaining a colony throughout the summer, it is the bumblebee queens alone that hibernate during the winter months. The last brood produced...
