Luke O'Neill

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Show Me the Science with Luke O'Neill · The Science of Stings · 10 Sep 2026 podcast

And this week's one actually is a request, a specific request from Linda Crawford.

And Linda was on to me about three or four weeks ago now, I guess, and said, what I do, the science of wasp stings.

Now, it sounds unusual, doesn't it?

But still, we all get stung by wasps, don't we?

And Linda was saying, look, it's the summer and stings are happening now.

It's coming into the autumn now, but even still, there's an old wives tale or anecdote that wasps sting more as they start to die off, you know, and there's possibly some truth in that.

So this is still happening.

I guess I've noticed those as I've got older.

There's been less wasps and bees that these insects are under threat.

You know, I think people know when I was a kid, there seemed to be a lot more around.

But still, people still get stung.

So I'm very happy to cover the biochemistry of what's in a wasp sting.

And then also I'm going to do bee stings and nettles.

So this is the science of stings.

As I say, if you're a biochemist like me, the question you would ask is what is in these stings and how are they having an effect on us?

And I think Linda's request is a good example of just curiosity.

She must be wondering, what's happening when a wasp stings you?

And kids would wonder about wasp stings and bee stings.

So it's just pure curiosity.

So it's wonderful.

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