| Deep Look: Yellowjackets Roll Tiny Meatballs For The Babies | | Why is that yellowjacket crashing your BBQ? Well, she wants what you’re having: burgers, hot dogs, fish and turkey. But she doesn’t eat them herself. Her nest’s larvae need that protein to develop. So she carves up your dinner and makes teeny-tiny meatballs for them. | | |
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| Behind the Scenes: Filming Yellowjackets | | Meet Mimi Schiffman, the producer of Deep Look’s yellowjackets episode. She’s the one holding the hamburger. Also, pictured from left to right are: Josh Cassidy, Deep Look’s lead cinematographer and producer; and Molly Barber and Casey Hubble researchers who helped with the filming of this episode. Native flowers were also used to capture pollination shots in the video. Find out more about Mimi Schiffman in a short interview we did with her when she first joined the Deep Look team back in August. | | |
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| Bees and Pollinators Playlist | | Who is gold and fuzzy with green eyes, smells like perfume, drinks nectar and can’t even sting? The male Valley carpenter bee— affectionately known as the “teddy bear” bee. Meet this busy bee and other pollinators in this special Deep Look playlist. | | |
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