Podcast archive

218 - Casey Holland - What the heck does IPM mean (in New Mexico)?: Casey Holland was born and raised in New Mexico and is currently the Farm Manager at Chispas Farm, a 4 acre urban farm located in the heart of Albuquerque, NM on occupied Tiwa land. We grow over 120 varieties of fruits...

217 - O'Shea-Wheller - Are varroa resistant bees ready for primetime with the POL line?: I am a research fellow based at the University of Exeter in the UK, interested in the ecology, behavior, and epidemiology of social insects. Currently, I am involved in projects examining the relative drivers of honey bee ...

216 - Yang and Henle - Machines learning to classify insecticides as toxic to bees: Ping Yang and Adrian Henle are graduate students at Oregon State University in Cory Simon's research group, studying the application of novel machine learning techniques to predicting properties of chemical systems.

215 - Mahood - Drone congregation areas: Julia Mahood is a Craftsman level Master Beekeeper in Georgia. Professionally she is a graphic artist and she’s been a hobby beekeeper since 2004. She is fascinated with the often disparaged drone honey bees and their ...

214 - Paul - Mason Bees in (an unusually) Cool Wet Spring: Jerry Paul from the Benton Soil and Water Conservation District (BSWCD). Heath is BSWCD’s Communication and Community Engagement Manager and Jerry has been involved with BSWCD as a volunteer and Board Member. PolliNation caught ...

213 - Whitford and Feken - The complex life of the honey bee: Frederick “Fred” Whitford, Clinical Engagement Professor, Botany and Plant Pathology and Director of Purdue Pesticide Programs. Fred received his bachelor’s degree in wildlife management from Louisiana Tech. He has expertise in ...

212 - Clay Bolt - Grassland Pollinators: Clay Bolt is the Communications Lead and pollinator specialist for World Wildlife Fund's Northern Great Plains Program and a Natural History and Conservation Photographer specializing in the world’s smaller creatures. Clay's work ...

211 - Morfin - New Tech Transfer Program in BC: The British Columbia Honey Producers recruited Dr. Nuria Morfin to lead up their new Tech Transfer Program last winter. Nuria comes to the position with fourteen years of experience as a beekeeper, researcher, and extensionist ...

210 - Coffan - What's going on with Western monarchs?: Robert has lived in Southern Oregon for 25 years and has passionately enjoyed researching the biodiversity of the northwest; from the headwaters of the Rogue River on the flanks of Mt Mazama, to the hills and rivers where ...

209 - Burgett - Working together in the PNW: Mike Burgett is the Emeritus Professor of Entomology at OSU, where he has taught since 1974. He has conducted a huge amount of work on apiculture research in the PNW region, but almost an equal amount of work in Thailand studying stingless bees and honey bees.