NPR People: The Kitchen Sisters
The Kitchen Sisters (Davia Nelson & Nikki Silva) are the executive producers, along with Jay Allison, of the DuPont Award-winning Hidden Kitchens series.
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A Termite Queen And Her Ultimate Sacrifice
May 6, 2011, 3:44 PM
(Courtesy of Barbara Thorne)
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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