Christmas tree care tips offered 6 hr ago | Add a comment Christmas tree care tips offered Here are a few tips from Tracey Payton, Cleveland County horticulture extension educator, for caring for your Christmas tree. →Buy your tree early. The...

Insect-like robotic spy could join war effort Sat, Nov 22, 2008 | Add a comment DAYTON, Ohio — If only we could be a fly on the wall when our enemies are plotting to attack us. Better yet, what if that fly could record video and even fire tiny weapons? That kind of James...

With help, butterfly migrates Thu, Nov 20, 2008 | Add a comment LAKE LUZERNE, N.Y. — A monarch butterfly has a chance at completing its species’ famed migration to Mexico, thanks to some tiny cardboard splints, a bit of contact cement and a trucker...

Daughter gives her aging mom KISS of reality Wed, Nov 19, 2008 | Add a comment Life just moves too fast nowadays. For example, take that wonderful window of time during which your children idolize you and think you’re the bee’s knees. That golden period used to...

British beekeepers buzzing over insect’s demise Wed, Nov 5, 2008 | Add a comment LONDON — Beekeepers swarmed Parliament and the prime minister’s office on Wednesday, demanding more funds for research after the number of Britain’s honey bees dropped by nearly a...

September Quiz Thu, May 18, 2006 Answer next week! --> Q: WEEK 4 Have you ever taken a big gulp of your favorite cold beverage and encountered a Brain Freeze? The symptoms are an immediate piercing headache...

Not everything that slithers or hangs by a web is bad Wed, Jun 21, 2006 His time as an educator with the Oklahoma County Extension Service has made one thing clear to Ray Ridlen: “There’s nothing that smells worse than a dead snake in a Tupperware bowl.”...

Not bad Fri, Jun 16, 2006 -- In Thursday's Home & Garden section: Snakes, spiders and other creepies eat threatening rodents, biting insects and bugs.

European bees killed Great Dane Thu, Jun 15, 2006 SAND SPRINGS -- The state Agriculture Department confirms today that testing by the U.S. Department of Agriculture confirms the bees that killed a 140-pound dog here last month were common...

4:45 Wed, Jun 14, 2006 The following is a script from a News9 broadcast State agriculture officials find killer bees in a Holdenville home. From News 9 I'm ----------- on the Radio Oklahoma Network. More than...

6:35am Wed, Jun 14, 2006 The following is a script from a News9 broadcast 6:35am A Choctaw family's thanking a stranger for saving a child's life: From NEWS 9, I'm ---------------- on the Radio Oklahoma Network ---...

tm-top stories a-vo Wed, Jun 14, 2006 The following is a script from a News9 broadcast ((ROB)) In the headlines across the state... --OP+ ESS/VO-- Tulsa based William's Company will likely pay shareholders 290 million dollars.....

tm-killer bees-mapvo Wed, Jun 14, 2006 The following is a script from a News9 broadcast --TAKE MAPVO-- ((ROB)) Killer bees are buzzing into our state. Authorities removed more than 3-thousand Africanized Honey Bees from a home in...

Africanized bees found in Hughes County Wed, Jun 14, 2006 HOLDENVILLE - Agriculture officials confirmed Monday that more than 3,000 bees removed from a Holdenville home Friday were the first case of Africanized bees discovered in Hughes County. More on...

Outdoors notebook Fri, Jun 9, 2006 Free fishing classes The first of nine free kids fishing classes offered by the Oklahoma City Parks and Recreation Department is Saturday at Metro Tech Springlake. The classes are for children...

Seminars garden fest highlight Thu, Jun 8, 2006 Q: When is this year's Garden Festival in the Park? A: The 15th annual Garden Festival in the Park will be from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at Will Rogers Garden Center, 3400 NW 36. In the...

Fishing report Fri, Jun 2, 2006 CENTRAL Hefner: Elevation 3 ft. below normal, water 76 degrees. Channel catfish are being caught at 4 to 8 ft. on the west side of the dam on cut shad. White bass are being caught on the north...

Lincoln County offers free mosquito repelling tablets Sat, May 27, 2006 CHANDLER - Mosquito repelling dunks are available for Lincoln County residents at the county Health Department. Mosquito dunks are wheel-shaped insecticide tablets that target the larvae and...

Warmer summer weather brings out plants' colors Thu, May 25, 2006 This is a wonderful time of year to garden in Oklahoma. Most of our plants just seem happy, rapidly adding fresh young growth, and many plants are in flower or fruit. Mother Nature is producing a...

Interview: Overrun with ants Thu, May 18, 2006 There's a good chance you've awakened this week to a kitchen or garden full of ants. They seem to be everywhere. With the warm winter and recent rains we've had, the breeding ground for...