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12 Scott MacIvor – The Bees of Toronto

Scott MacIvor is an Assistant Professor of Urban Ecology at the University of Toronto at Scarborough in the Department of Biological Sciences. Scott is also a researcher at the Green Roof Innovation Testing (GRIT) lab at the ...

Andony Melathopoulos | Jul 2017 | Podcast episode

74 Lila Westreich – Mason Bees and Landscapes

Lila Westreich is a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Washington in Seattle, WA, in the Department of Environment and Forest Sciences. She has a B.S. in Plant Breeding and Genetics from the University of Minnesota. Her ...

Andony Melathopoulos | Nov 2018 | Podcast episode

93 Dr. Elina L Niño – Pollinating California Almonds

Dr. Elina L Niño’s research interests are broad and range from understanding reproductive processes involved in queen bee mating to developing and evaluating new control methods to combat Varroa mites.

Andony Melathopoulos | Apr 2019 | Podcast episode

35 BEEvent – Oregon’s Pollinator Conference

BEEvent is really without equal in the US. Started in 2014, this annual event provides gardeners and land managers with the practical knowledge and tools to help bee pollinators. The conference is organized by the Linn County ...

Andony Melathopoulos | Jan 2018 | Podcast episode

73 Research Retinue – Is Glyphosate Harmful To Bees?

The OSU Research Retinue goes into depth on research papers that have been recently featured in the news. We convened Retinue this week to review a paper that got a fair amount of press over the past few months. ...

Andony Melathopoulos | Nov 2018 | Podcast episode

84 Kathleen Baughman – Nurseries and Pollinators

Kathleen Baughman is a 1995 graduate of Washington State University with a degree in Landscape Architecture. In 2009, Kathleen made a lateral shift into Horticulture and worked in pest management at a rose nursery for several years before coming to Iwasaki Bros., Inc.

Andony Melathopoulos | Jan 2019 | Podcast episode

83 Harry Vanderpool – Talking to Pesticide Applicators About Bees

Harry Vanderpool has been a beekeeper for 25 years in the south hills of Salem, Oregon. Vanderpool Farms is now a family operation providing pollination services and farm direct honey. Harry has served as Vice President and ...

Andony Melathopoulos | Jan 2019 | Podcast episode

88 Rebecca Perry and Grace Cope – The Benefits of Golf Course Flower Patches Depends on Course Management

This week we are joined by Rebecca Perry and Grace Cope from Dr. Adam Dale’s Landscape Entomology program at the University of Florida. Rebecca is a graduate student whose masters project focused on conserving monarch ...

Andony Melathopoulos | Mar 2019 | Podcast episode

122 – Alberta Agriculture and Forestry – What Happened in 2019?

What happened in 2019 when it came to Apiculture? We visit the Apiculture unit at Alberta Agriculture and Forestry in Lethbridge to find out. Hear about highlights from Apimonida, the introduction of an Asian giant hornet in ...

Andony Melathopoulos | Dec 2019 | Podcast episode

27 Sarah Johnson – Bumble Bee Decline and Recovery

Sarah Johnson is the lead biologist for Wildlife Preservation Canada’s Native Pollinator Initiative. WPC is a nation-wide organization focusing on hands-on recovery initiatives for critically endangered species, and the pollinator ...

Andony Melathopoulos | Nov 2017 | Podcast episode