EPISODE · Nov 23, 2011 · 6 MIN
The Secret Life of the Termite Queen
from The Kitchen Sisters · host The Kitchen Sisters
The termite queen may be the mother who makes the ultimate sacrifice for her swarms of children. Isolated in an earthen capsule, she lays more than a quarter-billion eggs in her lifetime. On the eve of Mother’s Day, NPR honors this species’ story of struggle, rebirth and death below ground.
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