Chas Newkey-Burden

Subheadline, Surge in Thefts Comes as a Bee-Killing Parasite Spreads.

By Chas Newkey-Burden of The Week UK.

Beekeepers in Australia are abuzz at the news that a series of stunning heists caused the disappearance of eight hundred thousand bees, said Smithsonian Magazine.

The loss of the stolen insects, which are worth tens of thousands of dollars to members of the apiary community in and around Queensland, has also sparked concerns for regional food production and comes at a tricky time for that sector.

Lisa Haseldine reveals what she has been stockpiling.

And finally, Chas Newkey-Burden provides his notes on pickled onions.

Up first, James Heale.

After Andy Burnham's speech at the Labour Party conference on Tuesday, one veteran factionist declared, "We're all Burnhamites now." Romantics love the rhetoric, cynics respect the ruthlessness.

One comments under her post, "Now I want The Great British Prep Off, you and Nigella in a field hospital or mass decontamination center style tent guiding contestants through apocalypse of the week themed tasks." Count me in, but only once my Sainsbury's shop arrives.

That was Lisa Haseldine.

And finally, Chas Newkey-Burden.

In the 1970s and 1980s, pickled onions lurked in dubious-looking jars on the counters of fish and chip shops and behind the bar in pubs.