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Biography
Andony Melathopoulos is an Assistant Professor of Pollinator Health Extension in the Department of Horticulture at Oregon State University. OSU’s work around pollinator health comes from mandates passed by the Oregon Legislature. He has three primary responsibilities: 1) working with land managers on reducing pesticide exposure to bees and increasing bee habitat, 2) organizing a state-wide native bee survey (the Oregon Bee Atlas), 3) outreach to Oregonians on bee biodiversity, which includes hosting a weekly podcast on pollinator health (PolliNation). He also sits on the Steering Committee of the Oregon Bee Project, which coordinates pollinator health work across state agencies. In he was recognized as the 2018 US Pollinator Advocate by the North American Pollinator Protection Campaign (NAPPC).
Content by Andony Melathopoulos
175 - Marie Vicksta and Michael O'Loughlin - Pollinator Habitat on County Roadsides
Marie Vicksta has been with Yamhill Soil & Water Conservation District since 2010. Marie provides technical assistance to landowners on farm conservation practices to improve water quality, reduce erosion and enhance wildlife habitat....
174 - Veronica Wignall - Whacking bees for science: Competitive exclusion between honey bees and bumblebees in the UK
Dr Veronica Wignall is a recent PhD graduate from the Laboratory of Apiculture and Social Insects (LASI), which is based at the University of Sussex in Brighton, southeast UK. Her research explores several aspects of a big ...
173 - Jessica Rendon - Japanese beetle (is no friend of pollinators)
Jessica Rendon is with the Oregon Department of Agriculture’s Insect Pest Prevention and Management Program. She works alongside her fellow entomologists and colleagues to monitor, identify, and eradicate invasive insect species from ...
172 - Theresa Pitts-Singer - Where next for managed solitary bees
Theresa Pitts-Singer is a Research Entomologist at theUSDA-ARS Pollinating Insects Research Unit in Logan, Utah. Her 18+ years of research on alfalfa leafcutting bees and blue orchard bees focuses on bee reproduction during crop ...
171 - Brittany Goodrich - How pollinator markets work
Brittney Goodrich is an Assistant Cooperative Extension Specialist in the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics. She grew up in a rural farming community in Iowa where uncertainty in agricultural production and marketing ...Report ID:
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