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68 Project Apis m. – Enhancing the Health of Honey Bees Through Research and Education

Our guest today is Danielle Downey, the Executive Director for Project Apis m., whose mission is to fund and direct research to enhance the health and vitality of honey bee colonies while improving crop production. Danielle has...

Andony Melathopoulos | Sep 2018 | Podcast episode

143 - Hailey Wallace - What makes a bee garden tick?

Bee gardens involve matching plants that bloom at different times, to bees that emerge at different times. And not all bee species go to all flowers. In this episode we hear about how all these factors come together in Portland gardens.

Andony Melathopoulos, Hailey Wallace | Jul 2020 | Podcast episode

03 Dr. Joseph Wilson – The Bees in Your Backyard

Assistant Professor of Biology at the University of Utah, Dr. Joseph Wilson has coauthored a marvelous book called The Bees in Your Backyard. We discuss the book in detail in the interview, including how to tell bees apart ...

Andony Melathopoulos | May 2017 | Podcast episode

28 Al Shay – Urban Landscapes for People and Pollinators

Al Shay is currently an instructor in the Horticulture Department at Oregon State University. Al holds undergraduate degrees in art as well as horticulture. Additionally Al has a Masters in Agriculture degree from OSU. Al has ...

Andony Melathopoulos | Nov 2017 | Podcast episode

Season 2, Episode 6 | Thinking Outside the Box for Nutrient Sampling

Learn about research to test alternative vine tissue for nutrient sampling.

Patricia A. Skinkis | Jan 2024 | Podcast episode Peer reviewed (Gray level)

103 – Rachel Mallinger – Bees in blueberries, forests and gardens (in Florida)

Oregon and Florida may seem miles apart, but the role of bees in both states has remarkable parallels. This week Dr. Rachel Mallinger University of Florida talks about blueberry pollination, bees in forest systems and interests of gardeners around bees in the Sunshine State.

Andony Melathopoulos | Jul 2019 | Podcast episode

238 - National Pollinator Week 2023

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. Links Mentioned: National Pollinator Week Pollinator Festival (Vancouver, WA, June 24)

Jun 2023 | Podcast episode

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