S1E9 - Bees Do It Sweeter

Content Warning: Discussions about sexual acts and copulation rituals in bees, including some graphic "traumatic mating events." :) "It can't always be roses." - Nicole Brown, 2024

THIS IS OUR LAST EPISODE OF THE SEASON! We're taking a winter break, and we'll be back at the end of March with a new slate of episodes. Thanks for tagging along with us this year.

Wasp orgy videos [Source 3]: https://summit.sfu.ca/item/12712

Nicole's Sources:

1. Buchmann, S. 2023. What a Bee Knows: Exploring the Thoughts, Memories, and Personalities of Bees. Island Press.


2. Marshall, L., Alcock, J. 1981. The evolution of the mating system of the Carpenter bee Xylocopa varipuncta. Journal of Zoology.


3. Ablard, K. 2006. Local Mate Competition, and Mechanisms, Functions and Fitness Consequences of Courtship and Mating Behaviour in the Parasitoid Wasp Ooencyrtus kuvanae (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae). Ph.D. Dissertation Simon Fraser University.

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