Latest Healthofpollinators Podcast Episodes
259 - Washington State Update (so much news)
PolliNation Podcast - April 21, 2024 12:55 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 128 ratingsThis episode we catch up with Katie Buckley the Pollinator Health Coordinator for Washington State Department of Agriculture. She tells us about two new pollinator bills that passed in the Washington Legislature, as well as the growing Washington Bee Atlas.
258 - Tillamook Apiary and Garden Learning Center (aka there is more to Tillamook than cheese)
PolliNation Podcast - April 01, 2024 02:43 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 128 ratingsThis week we hear about a remarkable initiative in Tillamook, Oregon. Known for its world famous dairy, its home to an industrious beekeeping club that is providing top-notch education to the region (and the thousands of people who come through it each summer).
257 - Lotmaria... the bee gut organism you have never heard of
PolliNation Podcast - March 10, 2024 22:36 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 128 ratingsAdult honey bees have a variety of organisms that live in their guts. Some are benign but some, like Nosema ceranae, can be pathogentic. In this episode we hear of Courtney MacInnis' relentless pursuit of understanding the status of an organism you have never heard of - Lotmaria passim - both o...
256 - Backyard Habitat Certification
PolliNation Podcast - February 19, 2024 18:42 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 128 ratingsIn this episode we hear from Susie Peterson who is the co-manager of the very popular Backyard Habitat Certification Program in Oregon. The program is managed in partnership with Portland Audubon and can help you better design your backyard for biodiversity.
255 - Stay out! The perils of commercial bumble colonies to wild queens.
PolliNation Podcast - February 05, 2024 12:00 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 128 ratingsBumble bee queens have been known to try and take over already established nests. Sometimes they manage to take over the nest and increase their own reproductive success. But according to new research from Heather Grab this is not what happens when a wild bumble bee queen tries to take over a co...
254 - Restoring Pollinator Habitat with Greenbelt Land Trust
PolliNation Podcast - January 22, 2024 05:18 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 128 ratingsLand Trusts punch above their weight in creating pollinator habitat. In this episode we talk with Greenbelt Land Trust of some of their innovative methods for restoring pollinator habitat on a working farm.
253 - Bee Friendly Farming in the PNW
PolliNation Podcast - December 11, 2023 06:29 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 128 ratingsBee Friendly Farming is an initiative to certify agricultural production for taking steps to help bees. This week we hear about the expansion of the program to the Pacific Northwest, specifically with regards to wine grapes.
252 - Maximizing pollination potential in cherries
PolliNation Podcast - November 27, 2023 09:42 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 128 ratingsBees 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 cherrie...
251 - Surveying for American foulbrood in honey
PolliNation Podcast - November 12, 2023 22:38 - 11 minutes ★★★★★ - 128 ratingsAmerican 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,
250 - Garden bees of Portland
PolliNation Podcast - October 30, 2023 09:00 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 128 ratingsHave 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 Ga...
249 - How to buy a native plant
PolliNation Podcast - October 23, 2023 06:44 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 128 ratingsAs 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 plan...
248 - The art of pollination
PolliNation Podcast - October 18, 2023 23:55 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 128 ratingsThis 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.
247 - Too hot for pollen?
PolliNation Podcast - October 09, 2023 02:13 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 128 ratingsThere 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.
246 - Prairie Strips
PolliNation Podcast - September 25, 2023 02:26 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 128 ratingsPrairie 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 t...
245 - Bee Friendly Gardening with Elliott Gordon
PolliNation Podcast - September 18, 2023 06:59 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 128 ratingsWe 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.
244 - Bee Friendly Gardening with Lynn Kunstman
PolliNation Podcast - September 11, 2023 06:59 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 128 ratingsThis week we continue our September on Bee Friendly Gardening with a southern Oregon Master Gardener who has a passion for native plants.
243 - Bee Friendly Gardening
PolliNation Podcast - September 03, 2023 03:27 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 128 ratingsWith 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.
242 - Bee Friendly Wine (King Estate)
PolliNation Podcast - August 09, 2023 21:17 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 128 ratingsThe 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.
241 - Rip out your lawn (and replace it with subalpine meadow)
PolliNation Podcast - July 17, 2023 08:00 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 128 ratingsThis 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.
240 - Bumble bee nest relocation and rearing
PolliNation Podcast - July 10, 2023 06:55 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 128 ratingsBumble 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.
239 - Oregon Master Beekeeper Field Day
PolliNation Podcast - June 26, 2023 06:56 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 128 ratingsBeekeeping 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.
238 - National Pollinator Week 2023
PolliNation Podcast - June 19, 2023 06:59 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 128 ratingsIt'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.
237 - Bee Friendly Wine (Sokol Blosser)
PolliNation Podcast - June 12, 2023 06:59 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 128 ratingsA 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.
236 - Vanderpool - (Very) wet start to PNW beekeeping
PolliNation Podcast - April 23, 2023 07:00 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 128 ratingsThis week we hear about what this cold and wet spring has meant for Pacific Northwest beekeepers (and the crops they pollinate).
235 - Kulhanek - Washington's new Pollinator Health Research and Extension Program!
PolliNation Podcast - April 04, 2023 07:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 128 ratingsThere 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.
234 - Goldstein - Colony strength and blueberry pollination
PolliNation Podcast - March 05, 2023 08:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 128 ratingsThis 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.
233 - Hill - The Latest Buzz
PolliNation Podcast - February 26, 2023 08:00 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 128 ratingsThis 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.
232 - Shannon - Do adjuvants influence bee health?
PolliNation Podcast - February 10, 2023 23:14 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 128 ratingsPesticide 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.
231 - Dean - Georgia bee license plate
PolliNation Podcast - February 07, 2023 08:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 128 ratingsOregon is going to be getting a new bee plate. We hear about our inspiration from beekeepers in Georgia.
230 - Eeraerts - Stocking honey bee colonies for the landscape
PolliNation Podcast - January 01, 2023 08:00 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 128 ratingsExtension 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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