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PolliNation Podcast

Andony Melathopoulos

PolliNation is a podcast from Oregon State University Extension Service that tells the stories of researchers, land managers and concerned citizens who are making bold strides to improve the health of pollinators.

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152 - August Jackson - The Steens Mountains

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2020/09/06

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151 - Sarah Peebles - Resonating Bodies

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2020/08/30

Native bees have secret and mysterious lives. Beyond their visits to flowers, they spend most of their lives beyond our experience. This week we hear from a sound artist whose work places us deep in the lives of our native bees.

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150 - Master Melittologists

PolliNation Podcast ·

2020/08/23

The OSU Pollinator Health Program and Oregon Bee Project have worked together to develop a first of a kind Extension certificate program, the Master Melittologist program. The program is designed for people passionate about native bees and who want to embark on the long term survey of these bees in the state.

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149 - Caydee Savinelli - BeSure

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2020/08/16

Growers and applicators learn about pollinator health from a wide range of sources. In this episode we hear about an initiative by a coalition led by industry groups to reduce pesticide exposure to pollinators.

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148 - John Ascher - 10 Oregon Bees

PolliNation Podcast ·

2020/08/09

There is some great information being collected about Oregon bees by non-experts use phone apps like iNaturalist. In this episode we hear about how to produce a solid record and some of the top 10 bees people are finding.

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147 - Christina Groziner - BeeScape

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2020/08/02

Do you ever wonder how good the area around you is for pollinators? This week we learn about a new tool that allows you to assess your landscape for flower resources, bee nesting habitat and aggregate pesticide use.

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146 - Shelby Kilpatrick - Checklist of Pennsylvania Bees

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2020/07/26

How do you figure out what bees are in a state, both in the present and historically. You build a checklist! In this episode we learn about how checklists are made from a recent effort in Pennsylvania.

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145 - Native Bee Society of British Columbia -...

PolliNation Podcast ·

2020/07/19

There are a growing number of people interested in native bees, but not many regional organizations you can belong to. Today we hear about an example of building such organizations in the Canadian province of British Columbia.

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144 - Mike Burgett - The “other” honey bees

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2020/07/12

The common European honey bee is not the only species of honey bee. The biodiversity of the species Apis is rich in SE Asia. In this episode we get to know each of the species in detail.

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143 - Hailey Wallace - What makes a bee garden tick?

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2020/07/05

Bee gardens involve matching plants that bloom at different times, to bees that emerge at different times. And not all bee species go to all flowers. In this episode we hear about how all these factors come together in Portland gardens.

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142 Megan Asche - Social Wasps

PolliNation Podcast ·

2020/06/28

Social wasps are in the news these days. They are often confused with bees. This week we take a deep dive into the world of our most fascinating social wasps, the paper wasps.

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141 - Neil Bell - The best pollinator shrubs and trees

PolliNation Podcast ·

2020/06/21

Shrubs and trees are key to any landscape designed for pollinators. This episode we tap OSU’s shrub and tree expert to list the top picks for spring, summer and winter and to learn how to care for them.

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140 Rebecca Sweet - Pollinator cover crops in vineyards

PolliNation Podcast ·

2020/06/14

Creating pollinator habitat on farms is not as simple as it sounds. To be successful the habitat has to integrate into the cropping system and have low establishment and maintenance costs. In this episode we hear about efforts to strike this balance in Oregon vineyards.

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139 Jay Evans - Beeoptimism: Reflections on the...

PolliNation Podcast ·

2020/06/09

It’s been over 10 years since Colony Collapse Disorder beset the beekeeping industry. We catch up with an author who looks back at the advances made over this period with a sense of Beeoptimism.

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138 Ron Spendal - The secret lives of mason bees

PolliNation Podcast ·

2020/05/31

We’ve all heard that mason bees are amazing backyard pollinators, but did you know you can make ground-making discoveries about these bee’s biology in your own backyard. This week we talk with a Master Gardener who has turned mason bees into a scientific and public outreach pursuit.

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137 John Ascher - The problem with measuring bee decline

PolliNation Podcast ·

2020/05/25

How are wild bees doing? On one hand we hear that they are in trouble and on the other we hear that surveying efforts are too small to detect differences. In this episode we explore issues associated with native bee survey with one of the world's leading native bee taxonomists.

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136 Mandy Shaw - Bee Entrepreneurship

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2020/05/17

The intense interest in beekeeping has created a new wave of beekeeping businesses. In this episode we hear about how these businesses are meeting the needs of a new generation of beekeepers.

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135 Suzie Savoie - Spring native pollinator plants

PolliNation Podcast ·

2020/05/10

Southern Oregon has some of the most amazing pollinator species, in large part because of the unique native plant communities. In this episode we learn about the best spring blooming plants for pollinators and how to grow them.

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134 Jim Cane - Spring Bees

PolliNation Podcast ·

2020/04/29

You are probably familiar with familiar spring bees like bumble bees and mason bees. In this episode we take a deep dive into the biology and ecology of these bees, as well as some of the weirder spring bee species. We also look into what you can plant to encourage these bees.

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133 Kim Patten - Pollinator habitat on working farms

PolliNation Podcast ·

2020/04/18

Putting habitat into a working farm involves juggling operational constraints and pollinator biology. In this episode we hear about an innovative example of how PNW cranberry growers are attracting and boosting bee populations around their bogs.

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