{"podcast":{"title":"Crime Pays But Botany Doesn't","slug":"crime-pays-but-botany-doesn-t-244480","podcast_index_feed_id":244480,"rss_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/5634537/episodes/feed","website_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/crime-pays-but-botany-doesnt","image_url":"https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/aabef98da4722f208d0d3b834538f52f.jpg","author":"Tony Santore","episode_count":289,"summary":"Why do some plants grow where they do? How can geology cause new plant species to evolve? Why are some plants pollinated by flies, some by bats, some by birds, and others by bees? How does a plant evolve to look like a rock? How can destroying lawns soothe the soul? This is a show about plants and plant habitat through the lens of natural selection and ecology, with a side of neurotic ranting, light humor, occasional profanity, & the perpetual search for the filthiest taqueria bathroom.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/crime-pays-but-botany-doesn-t-244480"},"episode":{"title":"Please Don't \"Save the (honey)Bees\"","slug":"please-don-t-save-the-honey-bees","published_at":"2025-11-15T16:07:18+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/crime-pays-but-botany-doesn-t-244480/please-don-t-save-the-honey-bees","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/crime-pays-but-botany-doesn-t-244480","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/please-don-t-save-the-honey-bees--68541630","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/68541630/killers_bees.mp3","summary":"Reed Booth and his assistant Hosh are killer bee exterminators based out of Bisbee, Arizona. In this episode we talk about the ferocity of the scutellata hybrid (aka \"killer bees\"), the fact that this hybrid doesn't occur in nature ANYWHERE, why most feral honeybee colonies end up being dominated or taken over by the scutellata hybrids, the reductions in native bee and plant biodiversity that the presence of both feral and domesticated honeybees results in, and why it may just not be a good idea to keep backyard honeybees anymore (at least in North America).","meta_description":"Reed Booth and his assistant Hosh are killer bee exterminators based out of Bisbee, Arizona. In this episode we talk about the ferocity of the scutellata…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":6813,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/crime-pays-but-botany-doesn-t-244480/episodes/please-don-t-save-the-honey-bees/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/crime-pays-but-botany-doesn-t-244480/please-don-t-save-the-honey-bees.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}