SciShow: These Wasps Throw Awesome Parties

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Content of the Lesson: Large clumps of wasps can occasionally be found on the tops of tall structures, and although you probably still don’t want to mess with them, these aren’t angry swarms—they’re actually super chill parties. Hosted by: Olivia Gordon SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It's called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at http://www.scishowtangents.org ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: Avi Yashchin, Adam Brainard, Greg, Alex Hackman, Sam Lutfi, D.A. Noe, Piya Shedden, KatieMarie Magnone, Scott Satovsky Jr, Charles Southerland, Patrick D. Ashmore, charles george, Kevin Bealer, Chris Peters ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: https://askentomologists.com/2018/03/29/caught-on-camera-a-wasp-party/ https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00114-006-0104-3 http://www.sekj.org/PDF/anz43-free/anz43-583.pdf https://content.ces.ncsu.edu/paper-wasp-swarming-around-structures http://content.apa.org/journals/com/120/4/394 ---------- Images: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wasps_Building_Nest_01.jpg


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