Insects

Crazy Ants, Discovered in Houston a Decade Ago, Are Swarming Toward Dallas

First, the good news: Crazy ants don't sting. They do sometimes bite, but the pain is mild, and it fades quickly. Even better, they drive out their stinging cousins, fire ants, which have been tormenting Texans for decades. Now, the bad news: When entomologists say "crazy," they mean it. "When you ... More >>

Five Questions for Chef Pyles of Stampede 66

I don't know how else to say it, y'all. There's been a veritable stampede of new celebuchef restaurants saddling up to compete for diners' dollars in this town. McCallister's FT 33, Tesar's Spoon and now Pyles' Stampede 66 are all as big of a deal as the famous chefs behind them. Stampede 66 may be ... More >>

Hey, Bees Producing Blue Honey: Here Are 5 Other Places You Should Steal Sugar From

Some bees in France are producing blue honey, and the bee people have traced the source of the Smurfness to a nearby biogas plant that processes waste from an M&M factory. The bees are producing blue and green honey because they're picking up the bright-colored, sugary waste. I believe it's called ... More >>

Mike Rawlings Declares State of Emergency, Wants Entire City Blanketed With Pesticide

There have been 111 documented human cases of the West Nile Virus in the city of Dallas this year, a full quarter of cases nationwide. The county declared a state of emergency a couple of days ago and, this morning, Mayor Mike Rawlings followed suit this morning. That puts the decision over whether ... More >>

Bee Keepers Brace For Aerial Assault and They Need Your Super Large Boxes

As the battle against skeeters and their West Nile virus-infected souls continues to play out on the ground and now potentially in the sky, the Texas Honey Bee Guild has gathered in their war room, with maps spread out across the tables and phones buzzing (get used to it), in an all-hands-on-deck fi ... More >>

The Texas Honeybee Guild and their ZIP Code Honey Has Gotta Bee Real

When the weather drops below 50, most honeybees cluster in the hive. So with winter (technically) upon us, there aren't a lot of bees buzzing around right now. But, when you meet with Brandon and Susan Pollard of the Texas Honeybee Guild, there's no telling what bees will do. The February day I met ... More >>

Vandals Attack a Local Bee Colony. Like Facing Extinction Wasn't Hard Enough.

Vandalized bee hives at Eden's Organic.​Marie Tedei created Eden's Organic Garden Center and CSA farm for several reasons. One was self-fulfilling: She's a studied horticulturist and has a passion for living clean and healthy off the land. But the primary reason was to have a place where the l ... More >>

You Look So Beautiful With Those Wings in Your Teeth

I Ate Baby Butterflies in Carrollton, and I Think I Liked It. (Then Again, I Was Trashed.)

Don't worry they're not moving.​During my second trip to Tto Tto Wa, the Korean fried chicken joint I reviewed this week, I was determined to blow it out. I'd tried dumplings, chicken feet and some other dishes -- none of it as good as the spicy chicken, mind you -- and wanted to work even fur ... More >>

Pesticides Are Threatening the Bee Population, Dan Rather Reports

In preparation for Greek Fest I was warned: "Beware of bees with your loukomades." The fried dough balls, dripping with honey, seemed the perfect attractor for a violet swarm. I pictured myself going all Chris Farley as I ran through the festival. Bees! There were no bees, though. I ate loukomades ... More >>

We're Crawling With Excitement

Let's Bug Out

Bee Movie Screening at the Kessler
Sweetens the Pot

​Savvy locavores already know the sad story of declining bee populations; as The Dallas Morning News put it earlier this week, "Unless you've been living under a rock, you know that huge numbers of honey bees across the United States are succumbing to a mysterious phenomenon known as colony collap ... More >>

Read a penetrating chapter from former Phoenix New Times investigative reporter Terry Greene Sterling's book: ILLEGAL: Life and Death in Arizona's Immigration War Zone

Meet Big D's D-Files

Seasons Eatings

Seasons Eatings

Sandwich Time, Baby!

Review and Gallery: Dragonfly

Sara KerensAre we reading too much into the presentation if we see two bat signals drizzled onto the plate?​ If you haven't caught it already on a street corner near you, check out Dave's column in this week's paper, with his take on Dragonfly, the classy spot at the Hotel Zaza that's easily got t ... More >>

Fair Park Flutter

The Bees Needs

Marc Cassel Is Back

Could Another Train Wreck Be Far Behind?Cassel in his Dragonfly days: "I didn't like that place."That's how his trademark "collision cuisine" got it's name. Someone wrote that Cassel's cooking was like a train wreck on the plate--but it worked.At least that's how he recalls it. And it worked well en ... More >>

A Case of Hives

Couple encourages local homeowners to be sweet on bees

Buggin' Out

Get buzzed at Texas Discovery Gardens

Nice Rear

PETA, Don't You Have Anything Better to Do?

Ant Music to Winemakers' Ears

Fly Away

Learn how pretty dragonflies patrol our back yards

Best Soup

Dragonfly

Best Place to Act Wealthy and Hook Up With a Gold Digger

Dragonfly

Animal Collective and Ogurusu Norihide

July 12

Bug Off

Fun for the knee-high to a grasshopper

Of Flies and Damsels

Dragonfly works to avoid the bug zapper

Fly Cook

Jeff Moschetti joins team ZaZa

Skeeter Scare

Is the dousing doing any good?

End of the World

Americans may have tasted all there is to taste

Best Pet Tarantula Emporium

Pet Land

Out & About

Arlo

Twice Bitten

Ants claimed two victims at a troubled Flower Mound nursing home

Carrying a Torch

Sculptor Santiago Peña carves a new restaurant; Mignon gets a special cut in Plano

A bug's death

Our Endeavors puts the finishing touches of evil to Lorca's play

Hash Over

Fish stink; Dragonfly dunk

Hash Over

Buck naked saint

Hash Over

Dragonfly wash-out; Out of the Melrose

Bugged Club

The Dragonfly tries to take wing again amid claims of fraud and mismanagement

Lord of the Fly

Investors in the Dragonfly Bar & Restaurant say they were fleeced by partner Steve Kahn, but he claims his accusers had him framed

Hash Over

Making a mountain out of an anthill

The craftsmen at Pixar delight with the inventive and enchanting A Bug's Life

Swat it!

Dragonfly darts with a tedious buzz

Young Country repellent

With the Cicadas, Rodney Crowell exits Nashville's cocoon