Show Notes Episode 473: IT’S THE KILLER BEES

This week Host Dave Bledsoe had a terrible dream that he was being attacked by bees only to discover he was drunkenly taking a piss on a light socket. (Again.) On the show this week we examine a moment in our history when Americans were convinced their country was being overrun on our southern border, but with bees. Killer bees.

Along the way we rediscover why Dave is so messed up about sex. (Again, he tells this story at least once a year.) Then we dive right into why bees? (Honey is yummy.) We examine the importance of honey bees in the past and present.  We meet a suspiciously German sounding scientist in Brazil with an interest in genetic manipulation.  (But with bees.) And we learn how his experiments go horribly wrong.  (Again, talking about bees.) From there we follow the Africanized Honey Bees north to the United States and talk about the strange cultural fixation that came ahead of them.

Our Sponsor this week is The Bee In Your Car who wants you to calm down and focus on driving. We open with Elliot Gould in a pretty racist  SNL skit from the 1970’s and close with a love song to a Bee. (Or half of one anyway.) 

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Citations Needed: 

Africanized Honey Beeshttps://agriculture.okstate.edu/departments-programs/entomol-plant-path/research-and-extension/africanized-honey-bees

Hazards of Summer Week Three: Killer Bees!!https://cspn.us/2013/06/28/hazards-of-summer-week-three-killer-bees/

San Diego Officials Setting Traps for Expected Arrival of ‘Killer Bees’https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-05-10-mn-2787-story.html

What Happened to the Dreaded Killer Bees?https://kreolmagazine.com/music-entertainment/reflections-on-life/what-happened-to-the-dreaded-killer-bees/

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