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A Wasp Mom’s Gift: Blankets of Bacteria
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A Wasp Mom’s Gift: Blankets of Bacteria
Season 1 Episode 5 | 9m 10s | CC
In this episode, Ed talks to Martin Kaltenpoth about something strange he found inside the mother beewolf’s antennae—a paste packed with bacteria called Streptomyces. Ed and Martin discuss what a beewolf is doing with this antibacterial goo, and what exactly would go wrong if she didn’t have access to it.
