Fact Sheet – Why Do Bees Buzz ?

Originally scientist thought that bees made a buzzing sound with the rapid beats of their wings, which were though to course air vibrations that the human ear detected as a buzz.  Larger bees had slower wing beats, which were thought to cause the lower buzz pitch, and smaller bees that had higher wing beats also had higher pitched buzzes. However this did not explain why some bees could buzz whilst completely at rest, and so scientists were forced to look deeper for answers.  It has now been discovered that it is not the wing beat that actually causes the buzzing noise, but instead it...

What Training Is Required To Become A Top Chef?

There are hundreds of culinary schools throughout the world, and if you are thinking of a career in catering, in particular in becoming a top executive chef (head chef and overall kitchen manager), then here are a few ideas to help you get started. You can join the catering profession with no virtually no qualifications, and start at the bottom in low skilled kitchen positions.  After a few years of in house training in food preparation, hygiene and basic cooking skills you should be able to advance to an assistant cook position, and beyond that you could become a head cook, running establishments...

Charles Darwin – A Brief History of the Great Naturalist

Charles Robert Darwin was one of the foremost naturalists in the world, and published a number of detailed works that took some of the new but very vague thoughts and conjectures on the notion of evolution, and compiled them into a series of very credible and intellectual theories, with a compelling body of scientific research and data to back them up.  Darwin’s works transformed that way in which we thought about the roles of nature and humanity, and was one of the most influential and controversial scientific advances ever made. Charles Darwin was born in Shrewsbury, Shropshire on...