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Is the humble bee losing its buzz?

Is the humble bee losing its buzz?

As I walked into the office of Frank Ryde, I was overwhelmed by the breathtaking photographs of elephants, tigers, exotic birds and a plethora of w ...

July 18 - 24, 2007
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Cover Story
Honey, we lost the bees

Honey, we lost the bees

YOU have to hand it to businessman Frank Ryde … he knows a thing or two about honey bees.

Wearing just a teeshirt and shorts he handles a s ...

July 18 - 24, 2007
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Cover Story
Frank’s remedy for a bee sting

Frank’s remedy for a bee sting

Twenty-five is the maximum number of times Frank has been stung by honeybees at one time.

He advises people to stay calm because according ...

July 18 - 24, 2007
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Cover Story
Alert over disease wiping out bees

Alert over disease wiping out bees

Dave Hackenberg, an apiarist from West Milton, Pennsylvania, began lifting the lids off hives at his winter yard in Tampa Bay, Florida, last Novemb ...

July 18 - 24, 2007
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Local News
Willy Wonka-style chocolate factory

Willy Wonka-style chocolate factory

Chocolate lovers rejoice! This week a luxury ‘chocolaterie’ complete with sumptuous vats of liquid milk chocolate and a menu that even the most ded ...

July 18 - 24, 2007
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Local News
Wanted: ace coach

Wanted: ace coach

IN one of the hottest places on the planet … one of the coolest games in the world is growing in popularity … but an SOS (Save Our Sport) has gone ...

July 18 - 24, 2007
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Local News
Do away with sectarianism

Do away with sectarianism

Some time ago, I was sitting in a cafe and heard a commotion at a nearby table.

Apparently, two teenage boys were debating about something ...

July 18 - 24, 2007
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Sport News
Karting team revs up

Karting team revs up

Batelco karting team is preparing for a major endurance challenge beyond the Gulf region and the Middle East.

The team has just received t ...

July 18 - 24, 2007
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Sport News
Street kids’

Street kids’

THE Bahrain Football Association (BFA) in co-operation with a soft drink’s company has launched the kingdom’s first-ever ‘Pepsi Street Soccer Chall ...

July 18 - 24, 2007
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Golf Scene
Beck clinches medal

Beck clinches medal

Richard Beck was the overall winner of a members’ all day medal competition at Riffa Golf Club with a net score of 74 on count back.

Steve ...

July 18 - 24, 2007
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Golf Scene
Another close finish in tee-off

Another close finish in tee-off

The pairing of Louise Robertson and Ed Daly narrowly won first place in the penultimate match of the Energade Summer Series at Riffa Golf Club for ...

July 18 - 24, 2007
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Golf Scene
Members take a look at new course site

Members take a look at new course site

Around 20 members of Riffa Golf Club were conducted on chauffeur driven tours of the club’s new Colin Montgomerie-designed golf course construction ...

July 18 - 24, 2007
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Sport News
Bring on Saudi

Bring on Saudi

When the going gets tough, the tough get going’ is one of my favourites among some of the famous sayings.

It has got a special aura, a sur ...

July 18 - 24, 2007
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Sport News
Let’s hope Gayle magic potion lasts

Let’s hope Gayle magic potion lasts

THE West Indies team’s ‘Mr Cool’ turned ‘Mr Hot’ to change the fortunes of a side which had plummeted to depths of despair.

Chris Gayle was ...

July 18 - 24, 2007
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Sport News
Wide open at Car-nasty!

Wide open at Car-nasty!

Tomorrow morning on a windswept coastline of Scotland, 156 golfers will try and tame ‘the beast’, more commonly known as Carnoustie Golf Course.

July 18 - 24, 2007
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