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Wasps! What are they good for? Absolutely Everything, (Say it again) with Seirian Sumner
Wasps! What are they good for? Absolutely Everything, (Say it again) with Seirian Sumner
Send us Fan Mail In this episode of the Nature Recovery Podcast, Stephen Thomas speaks with Professor Seirian Sumner, one of the world’s leading experts on social insects and a passionate advocate for rethinking our relationship with wasps. Seirian reveals how a reluctant PhD choice turned into a 25-year research career uncovering the remarkable societies, behaviours and ecological roles of these misunderstood insects. Together, they explore how social evolution unfolds inside a wasp colony, ...