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A listener finds mud dauber nests near a bald-faced hornet's nest. Mud dauber wasps are solitary and do not defend their nests, and so rarely sting humans. Hornets do defend their nests.

Mike Switzer interviews John Warner, a serial entrepreneur whose insights are published online at Medium under the title “Control Your Destiny”. He is based in Greenville, S.C.

Agribusiness is big business in our state and an announcement last year for a $314 million ag-tech center in Hampton County has made it even bigger. Using artificial intelligence and blockchain technology on a 1,000-plus acre site with a 150,000-square-foot distribution center, produce will be shipped within 24 hours of harvest to an estimated 50 million people in the Southeast. Not to mention that the facility is also expected to create over 1,500 new jobs over the next five years.Mike Switzer interviews John Fleming, a project manager with the Southern Carolina Regional Development Alliance in Barnwell, SC.

Many years ago our next guest came to the US from Kazakhstan to get his masters degree from the University of South Carolina in computer science and since then he decided to stay and see if he could take what he learned to new levels in this land of opportunity. His latest endeavor is owning and operating a trucking company out of the Midlands that continues to grow and hire more people.Mike Switzer interviews Alex Abrashkin, CEO of Motor Supply, Inc. in Columbia, SC.

Peucetia viridans, the green lynx spider, is a bright-green lynx spider usually found on green plants. It is the largest North American species in the family Oxyopidae. This spider is common in the southern U.S., Mexico, Central America, and in many West Indies islands, especially Jamaica.

Pizzicato is the Italian word for “plucked.” To play pizzicato on a stringed instrument means to make the notes sound by plucking the strings with the fingers, rather than by using the bow.

Romalea is a genus of grasshoppers native to the south-eastern and south-central United States. It is commonly called the eastern lubber grasshopper.

The fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) is a species in the order Lepidoptera and is the larval life stage of a fall armyworm moth. The term "armyworm" can refer to several species, often describing the large-scale invasive behavior of the species' larval stage. It is regarded as a pest and can damage and destroy a wide variety of crops, which causes large economic damage.

Today, at 3:21 p.m. EDT, is the Fall Equinox.

This week Bobbi Conner talks with Dr. Vanessa Diaz about monoclonal antibody therapy for patients diagnosed with COVID-19 who at high risk of severe disease. Dr. Diaz is a Professor of Family Medicine and she is Associate Chief Medical Officer for MUSC Physicians.