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Telling the bees
“London Bridge is down” is how Sir Edward Young, Queen’s private secretary, conveyed the official news about the death of Queen Elizabeth II on Thursday. As the news spread through the world, a headline
Did bees need to be told about human affairs? Would they have any sort of opinion on the matter?
But some beekeepers,
“It’s a very old and
The tradition holds that bees, as members of the family, should be informed of
In the 18th and 19th centuries, it was believed that neglecting to tell the bees could lead to various
Stephen Fleming, a beekeeper for 25 years and the co-editor of BeeCraft, a magazine for British beekeepers, said he once
“It was just something I thought my friend would have enjoyed,” he added.
Mr. Fleming said most beekeepers would most likely be aware of the tradition, but not as many would practice it.
“It’s generally thought to be a good and nice thing to do,” he said.
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New Year’s Eve celebrations will still be on in Times Square, but with smaller crowds
NEW YORK — Revelers(狂欢者)will still ring in the new year in New York’s Times Square next week, there just won’t be as many of them as usual under new restrictions announced Thursday as the city struggles with a spike in COVID-19 cases.
Viewing areas that normally accommodate about 58,000 people will be
“There is a lot to celebrate and these additional safety measures will keep the fully vaccinated crowd safe and healthy as we ring in the New Year,” de Blasio said, noting the city’s success in getting residents vaccinated while also keeping businesses open.
The added precautions for New Year’s Eve in Times Square were spurred by the rapid spread of the omicron variant in the Big Apple, where lines for testing have snaked around blocks in recent days.
On Wednesday, the city set yet another one-day testing record with 22,808 new cases, though a true comparison to the number of cases during the initial COVID-19 surge in spring 2020 is impossible because tests were very limited at the time.
Because of vaccinations, hospitalizations and deaths from the current surge are far fewer than at the pandemic’s height.
The new wave of cases has
Little more than a month ago, de Blasio gladly announced that a fully vaccinated crowd of hundreds of thousands of people would be back at the iconic celebration — dressing goofy 2022-themed glasses and watching a crystal-clad ball drop at midnight — after it was limited last year to small groups of essential workers.
But that was before omicron caught fire,
On Tuesday, the Fox network gave its decision, pulling the plug on a planned live broadcast from the New Year’s Eve event.Other networks plan to air the festivities, including Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve on ABC, the loyal program now hosted by Ryan Seacrest.
De Blasio said along with Thursday’s announcement that the city is
On New Year’s Eve last year, Times Square was mostly empty, with Jennifer Lopez and other artists
“New York is the best place in the world to celebrate New Year’s Eve and now it will be one of the safest against COVID as well,” Mayor-elect Eric Adams said in a written statement supporting the new precautions.
“New Yorkers and visitors alike can now enjoy Times Square and the rest of our city as we ring in 2022.”
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What Sociology Can Teach UsAbout Thanksgiving
Sociologists (社会学家) believe that the celebrations practiced within any given culture serve to restate that culture’s most important values and beliefs. This theory dates back to founding sociologist Émile Durkheim and has been proved true by
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In most households across the U. S. women and girls do the work of preparing, serving, and cleaning up after the Thanksgiving meal.
One of the most interesting sociological research findings is that overeating