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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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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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46:49

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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39:58

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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35:04

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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44:32

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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43:00

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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19:58

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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14:14

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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40:09

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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29:48

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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37:24

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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37:13

232 - Shannon - Do adjuvants influence bee health?

PolliNation Podcast ·

2023/02/10

Pesticide applicators frequently add adjuvants to help their pesticide applications be more effective or safer to use. Adjuvants, however, are not assessed for their risk to bees by regulators. We hear about new research that assesses the safety of these products to bees.

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29:22

231 - Dean - Georgia bee license plate

PolliNation Podcast ·

2023/02/07

Oregon is going to be getting a new bee plate. We hear about our inspiration from beekeepers in Georgia.

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45:24

230 - Eeraerts - Stocking honey bee colonies for the...

PolliNation Podcast ·

2023/01/01

Extension guides often offer blanket recommendations for honey bee colony stocking rates on a field scale. This week we learn about new blueberry research that suggests these recommendations need to take the landscape into consideration.

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46:58

229 - Lu - Marker assisted selection 101 (for...

PolliNation Podcast ·

2022/12/21

Breeding honey bees is notoriously difficult. New molecular techniques may help.

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18:41

228 - Rinkevich - Are varroa resistant to amitraz?

PolliNation Podcast ·

2022/12/14

Beekeepers across North America depend on an acaricide containing amitraz to manage varroa mites, the most challenging pest problem bees face. In this episode we learn of a large scale effort to determine whether the mites are still susceptible to the treatments and what beekeepers can do if they face amitraz resistant mites.

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227 - Lindsay- Matching plants to bees

PolliNation Podcast ·

2022/12/07

It is often assumed that a single blend of flowers could serve all bees equally. In this episode we hear about some new research that considers how it might make sense to tailor resource availability in restored habitats to bee preference in an area.

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55:48

226 - Spendal - Those amazing mason bees

PolliNation Podcast ·

2022/11/07

Much of what we know about the life history of mason bees is based on very few observations. This week we hear from a new study that shows how many of our assumptions about these bees have underestimated these amazing bees.

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