NATURE | The Queen of Trees | Preview | PBS

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/the-queen-of-trees/introduction/1362/ It may be one of nature’s oddest couples: a tiny wasp that can barely be seen, and a giant fig tree, the sycomore, which shelters a remarkable menagerie of wildlife among its limbs in Kenya’s outback. The wasp and the fig depend on each other for survival. Without the wasp, the tree could not pollinate its flowers and produce seeds. Without the fig, the wasp would have nowhere to lay its eggs.

NATURE’s “The Queen of Trees” airs on PBS Sunday, September 7, 2008 at 8 p.m. (check local listings), part of the 27th season of the Peabody and Emmy award-winning series produced by Thirteen/WNET New York for PBS. Major support provided by Canon U.S.A. Inc., Toyota, SC Johnson, and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. For more information, visit http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/the-queen-of-trees/introduction/1362/

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