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|  | | | | "Home Planet, the programme that tackles your queries about the world we inhabit and our interaction with it. From astronomy to geology, biology to environmental science. You set the agenda and our panel of scientists and conservationists come up with the answers."
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Panel
This week's guests:
Dr Sue Buckingham, Director, Centre for Human Geography
Brunel University
Dr Nick Brown, Department of Plant Science, University of Oxford
Professor Philip Stott
TOPICS
Wasp Watch
Richard Jones will be on next weeks programme, 11th of September, so please send us your latest wasp sightings by the end of this week, Friday 7th of September.
Home Planet is asking listeners to keep an eye out for wasps as our resident entomologist Richard Jones believes this could be a bumper year for the yellow and black insects. The dry April allowed them to build their nests in ideal circumstances whereas the past few years have seen wet or cold springs. Peak wasp time is late August to early September but Richard asks people to start watching from now.
If you see unusually large numbers of wasps, or fewer than normal, please email and let us know, putting Wasp Watch as the subject of the email. It would be a great help if you could identify the species of wasp.
Useful links
Follow this link to the BBC Wildlife magazine's guide to wasp identification
Recycling Low Energy Light Bulbs
UK based information on recycling light bulbs
US based information about recycling mercury containing light bulbs
Environment Agency FAQ on Hazardous Waste (Word Document)
Information on energy saving light bulbs from the US Government (PDF file)
Refrigerating foods
Information on storing food from the Food Standards Agency
Energy use in the home
Advice on fridge/freezers from the Consumers Association
Information on energy guides for fridges
How much carbon does a tree store?
Basic information on how trees store carbon.
Information on forests from World Land Trust
BBC information on the Carbon Cycle
Mice eating unusual things.
The woodmouse
Carnivorous mice threaten seabird population
Trees, Wasps and Badgers
The tree wasp
Page with pictures of social wasp and tree wasp nest
Picture of a wasp nest and bees nest dug out by badgers.
Wasp identification guide
Contact Home Planet
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Home Planet
BBC Radio 4
PO Box 3096
Brighton BN1 1PL
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