Those pesky mosquitoes and buzzing bees can be relentless and even a source of fear for some people. With mosquito season in full swing, you can learn how to protect yourself during a free workshop July 27 at Mesa’s Red Mountain Library, 635 N. Power Road.

Brown-Bag It: All About Bees: Bee natural, pack a sandwich and learn all about this tiny pollinator during Ranger B.’s one-hour presentation. There will be a snake-feeding immediately after and a free flashlight walk at 8 p.m.

As we push into spring and more people spend time outside, the possibility of bee stings becomes increasingly prevalent.

The Holistic Farmers Market kicked off on Friday, Jan. 14 at the Mercado Shopping Center in Ahwatukee Foothills, bringing together a range of vendors offering products and services that focused on a naturalistic approach to staying healthy.

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Five emergency calls in five hours were enough to prompt fire officials here to put out word that bee season has arrived, and that it could be a busy one after a wet winter.

LOS ANGELES - Movie-goers elected a "W," but it was Mark Wahlberg, not George W. Bush. Wahlberg's action flick "Max Payne" debuted with $18 million to outdo Oliver Stone's film biography of George W. Bush, according to studio estimates Sunday.

PHOENIX - As temperatures begin to rise again, experts say the outdoors can become especially dangerous because of bee swarms.

Recent rains have given this year's killer bee population in the Phoenix area a jump start.

WELLINGTON, New Zealand - Sir Edmund Hillary, the unassuming beekeeper who conquered Mount Everest to win renown as one of the 20th century's greatest adventurers, has died, New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark announced Friday. He was 88.

PHOENIX - Thousands of bees attacked a family dog and stung three people at a Glendale home. The attack began when Malissa Ramirez and her family heard their chow-German shepherd mix frantically pawing at the back door around 2:30 p.m. Tuesday.

STAMFORD, CONN. - At 92, Pete Perillo still has a workday routine. He says a prayer and then heads off in uniform to guard the city courthouse. “In the morning, I talk to St. Anthony and I come in,” Perillo said. “I come in every day. ... These people, they keep me alive.”

Given how eager many “mainstream” media outlets normally are to embrace the doomsday-of-the-month scenarios spun by The Environmental Anxiety Industry, it’s only fair that we take note when a publication takes a more sober tack.

They swarm. They sting. And in spring, millions of bees buzz around the East Valley looking for places to nest.

On Saturday, the start of Arizona State’s spring football game was nearly delayed by hundreds of bees that had taken residence in a hive attached to the south goalpost at Sun Devil Stadium.

Mesa resident Lupe Daniel said he’s used to danger — he grew up in a hardscrabble barrio, volunteered for Vietnam and claims to have dodged hit men.

Mesa resident Lupe Daniel said he’s used to danger — he grew up in a hardscrabble barrio, volunteered for Vietnam and claims to have dodged hit men.

The Arizona State Fair consistently attracts more than a million people to Phoenix with its high-flying rides, funky fried food and quirky exhibits, like this year’s cow sculpted out of hundreds of pounds of butter.

They come from trees, neighbors’ houses, sheds, backyards and the insides of walls. They’re intruders to most people. But to Jack TeWinkle, the bees he collects are beautiful, fascinating — and a nearly lifelong passion.

Roll this newspaper up — you’ll need it to greet "the guests." Arizona’s mild spring has drawn waves of insects to the East Valley, turning local yards into beetle-mania and residents into flamenco dancers.

The East Valley is learning the circle of life sometimes has a sting to it, as an army of Africanized bees fans out to feed on this year’s bumper crop of flowering plants.

January 10, 2005

A man whose mountain-climbing campanion fell to his death on Camelback Mountain Sunday after beeing attacked by bees was in stable condition Monday at Arizona Heart Hospital in Phoenix.