AS PART OF OUR SMITHSONIAN INSIDE SCIENCE SERIES, WE HAVE THE LATEST BUZZ ABOUT THE GIANT ASIAN HORNETS, 2 INCHES LONG, ARRIVING IN THE US FOR THE FIRST TIME. BUT LIKE SO MUCH ELSE, THE TRUTH ABOUT THE HORNETS ISN’T AS IT’S BEEN REPORTED

Murder Hornets — Not What You Think…

Smithsonian Inside Science Interview with Dr. Floyd Shockley

The Not Old Better Show, image courtesy of Smithsonian.

Here to help us understand these hornets is Smithsonian’s Dr. Floyd Shockley. Dr Floyd Shockley is the Collections Manager for the Department of Entomology at Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History. According to Dr. Shockley, “More people die of honey bee stings in the U.S. than die annually, globally, from these hornets.”

The Not Old Better Show, 2020

Welcome to The Not Old Better Show. I’m Paul Vogelzang, and this is episode #449.