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Radio 2,02 Sep 2021,28 mins

Series Bees in a Pod with Rob Beckett

Bee Enemies and the Cuckoo Bee

Let It Grow

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David Attenborough is saving the planet, Brian May is saving badgers, now Comedian Rob Beckett is saving the bees. With help from comedy friends and proper bee experts. This week entomologist Dr George McGavin enthrals Rob with tales of the threats and enemies bees face. Find out about parasites that eat bees from the inside out and how the bee of the week - cuckoo bees - hide and take over other bees’ nests. Comedian Michael Odewale wants to know if there are any bees you should pick a fight with, and Rob hears from Bee rescuer extraordinaire, Erika Thompson. Series Producer Jo Newsholme.

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