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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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252 - Maximizing pollination potential in cherries

PolliNation Podcast ·

2023/11/27

Bees are just one part of maximizing cherry yield. Before the bees arrive, cherries have to be pruned properly and given the right nutrition. Also, bee attractive cover crops can help rejuvinate the soil before replanting. We hear about all the tricks to maximizing pollination success in cherries from Mike Omeg of Orchard View Cherries.

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251 - Surveying for American foulbrood in honey

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2023/11/12

American foulbrood (AFB) is one of the most damaging diseases of honey bees. Up until now, beekeepers have lacked an early warning system to know whether the disease is rising in their colonies. In this episode we hear from Dr. Sarah Wood about an innovative system for surveying for AFB in honey,

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250 - Garden bees of Portland

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2023/10/30

Have you ever wondered which fuzzy yellow bee you just saw visiting a flower? In this episode, guest host Jen Hayes interviews Nicole Bell about two new and free resources that explore 67 species of bees found in Portland area gardens. Jen and Nicole are both graduate student members of OSU's Garden Ecology Lab.

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249 - How to buy a native plant

PolliNation Podcast ·

2023/10/23

As nursery catalogs start to show up in our mailboxes and we think about the plants we want to grow next season, it's easy to get overwhelmed. In this episode, guest host Nicole Bell talks with Jen Hayes about two handouts that can help you better understand plant labels and discover if the plant in front of you is a wild-type native plant, a cultivar, or some other plant form! Jen and Nicole are both graduate student members of OSU's Garden Ecology Lab.

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248 - The art of pollination

PolliNation Podcast ·

2023/10/18

This week we hear a facinating conversation between an established mutimedia artist (Jasna Guy) and young artist and melittologist (Marek Stanton) on how art, ecology and the natural world overlap.

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247 - Too hot for pollen?

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2023/10/09

There have been extreme temperatures during the pollination of early season crops. In this episode we explore how these temperatures not only influence the activity of pollinating insects, but also the pollen they are shuttling around.

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246 - Prairie Strips

PolliNation Podcast ·

2023/09/25

Prairie ecosystems are essential to many pollinator species across North America. Generating prairie after its been lost can be challenging. This week we travel to Iowa to hear from the STRIPS (Science-based Trails of Rowcrops Integrated with Prairie Strips) team. They have been perfecting how to get growers to install prairie strips on the edges of their farms.

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245 - Bee Friendly Gardening with Elliott Gordon

PolliNation Podcast ·

2023/09/18

We continue on our bee friendly gardening kick with a trip to Albuquerque, New Mexico to hear how one naturalist transformed his front yard into biodiversity hotspot. Using tools like iNaturalist, he has documented over 90 bee species and 1,200 other insects on less than a quarter acre of land.

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244 - Bee Friendly Gardening with Lynn Kunstman

PolliNation Podcast ·

2023/09/11

This week we continue our September on Bee Friendly Gardening with a southern Oregon Master Gardener who has a passion for native plants.

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243 - Bee Friendly Gardening

PolliNation Podcast ·

2023/09/03

With the season for pollinator gardening winds down, it is a great time to start planning your garden for next year. In this episode we we learn about a national program to connect gardeners together and provide them with resources to up their pollinator gardener game.

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242 - Bee Friendly Wine (King Estate)

PolliNation Podcast ·

2023/08/09

The Oregon Bee Friendly Wine Tour is coming to an end for 2023. We hear about what makes King Estate a great place for bees, get some gardening tips and hear about an event hosted along with the Save the Bee Foundation.

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241 - Rip out your lawn (and replace it with...

PolliNation Podcast ·

2023/07/17

This week we hear from Dr. Phil Allen who has the audacious idea of reducing water use and increasing benefits to pollinator by replacing lawns with subalpine meadows.

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240 - Bumble bee nest relocation and rearing

PolliNation Podcast ·

2023/07/10

Bumble bees nest in the darndest places - like bird houses and water meters. In this episode we learn about how to relocate bumble bee colonies. We also figure out how to get bumble bee nests where you want them, by rearing colonies from queens that emerge in the spring.

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239 - Oregon Master Beekeeper Field Day

PolliNation Podcast ·

2023/06/26

Beekeeping takes a lot of training and mentorship. In many states, the place to learn the finer points of this trade is in state Master Beekeeper programs. We hear about the Oregon program through its annual field day.

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238 - National Pollinator Week 2023

PolliNation Podcast ·

2023/06/19

It's National Pollinator Week next week. We hear about what makes effective public engagement on pollinators and of a new event in Vancouver, Washington, the Pollinator Festival.

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237 - Bee Friendly Wine (Sokol Blosser)

PolliNation Podcast ·

2023/06/12

A number of Oregon vineyards are working together to enhance the habitat for bees (which includes over 700 species in Oregon). In this episode we visit one of those vineyards, Sokol Blosser Winery, and learn about how they are working to improve habitat for their bees.

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236 - Vanderpool - (Very) wet start to PNW beekeeping

PolliNation Podcast ·

2023/04/23

This week we hear about what this cold and wet spring has meant for Pacific Northwest beekeepers (and the crops they pollinate).

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235 - Kulhanek - Washington's new Pollinator Health...

PolliNation Podcast ·

2023/04/04

There are some amazing things happening for pollinators in Washington State these days. This week we hear about the brand new Pollinator Health Research and Extension Program.

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234 - Goldstein - Colony strength and blueberry...

PolliNation Podcast ·

2023/03/05

This week we hear why the strength of the colonies, not just the stocking rate, matters for blueberry pollination and how growers can evaluate strength in the field.

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233 - Hill - The Latest Buzz

PolliNation Podcast ·

2023/02/26

This week we hear about one of the best kept secrets, a newsletter from USDA that gives a regular update on what is going on in the pollinator world.

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