Bees v Wasps

The Infinite Monkey Cage

BBC

Comedy, Science

4.7 • 9.4K Ratings

🗓️ 8 July 2023

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Brian Cox and Robin Ince tackle one of the most important questions posed by science: which is better, bees or wasps? To defend bees, ecologist Dave Goulson joins the panel, while entomologist Seirian Sumner comes to the defence of wasps. Although both species are known to deliver a nasty sting, Seirian and Dave battle to show why their species should be loved, not swotted, and how we unknowingly rely on them. Comedian Catherine Bohart takes on the role of judge. Which will she ultimately choose: bees or wasps? New episodes are released on Saturdays. If you're in the UK, listen to the full series first on BBC Sounds: bbc.in/3K3JzyF Producer: Caroline Steel Executive Producer: Alexandra Feachem

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts.
0:04.4	Hello, I'm Brian Cox.
0:06.7	Well, we can all dream, can't we?
0:08.8	And I'm Robin in, so God.
0:11.0	And we can also nightmare as well.
0:14.1	Welcome to Infinite Monkey Cage.
0:15.8	And actually, before there was a lovely thing,
0:17.6	I went to a barbecue just after the coronation
0:20.1	with a bunch of strangers,
0:21.5	and quite often people have come up to me
0:22.8	and asked me things about Brian,
0:24.3	and this man came up to me and went,
0:25.7	oh, hello, I've been wanting to talk to you,
0:27.9	you're the man that supports that hypnotist.
0:30.7	I know.
0:33.7	I've had so many people say, oh, you work with that astrologer.
0:37.4	Right, but the idea that you actually go on television
0:40.8	and kind of go, now listen.
0:43.2	The universe is 13.7 billion years old.
0:48.2	And now eat this onion, thinking it's an apple.
0:51.1	That's a human charming.
0:53.2	And that is what you sound like.
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