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140 Rebecca Sweet - Pollinator cover crops in vineyards

Rebecca Sweet is the founder of Buzz Cover Crop Seeds, which provides diverse mixes of cover crop, pasture and insectary seeds to small and mid-sized farms in the Pacific Northwest. Rebecca has 16 years of experience ...

Andony Melathopoulos | Jun 2020 | Podcast episode

92 Jim Cane – The Weird And Wonderful World of Alfalfa Pollination

Dr. Cane is a Research Entomologist with the USDA’s Pollinating Insect-Biology, Management, Systematics Research in Logan, UT. Dr. Cane has been interested in comparative studies of solitary bees for 30 years, beginning with the ...

Andony Melathopoulos | Apr 2019 | Podcast episode

106 – Jim Cane – Squash and Sunflower Bees

Squash bees were recently discovered in Oregon last year. This week we talk to Dr. Jim Cane about the biology of squash bees and what how far (and fast) it might spread into the state. We also take this opportunity to ...

Andony Melathopoulos | Aug 2019 | Podcast episode

10 Aimee Code – Using Pesticides around Bee Habitat

Aimee Code is the Pesticide Program Director at the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation. During her career she has worked in urban and agricultural setting to mitigate the risks of pesticide use and promote integrated ...

Andony Melathopoulos | Jun 2017 | Podcast episode

85 Lynda Boyer – Producing Native Plants For Bees

Lynda Boyer was hired in 2001 by Heritage Seedlings to facilitate restoration of native habitats on nursery properties and manage a native seed production program. Heritage Seedlings now grows over 120 species of native Willamette...

Andony Melathopoulos | Feb 2019 | Podcast episode

72 Garth Mulkey – Specialty seeds and bees

This episode explores the fascinating relationship between bees and specialty seed crops. Oregon vegetable and flower seed industries are deeply invested in the health of pollinators. Moreover, the great conditions for growing seeds ...

Andony Melathopoulos | Nov 2018 | Podcast episode

Using Irrigation Water Legally, Part 2

Learn how to legally use water that flows through, under, or by your property. Listen to the Living on the Land podcast series - https://extension.oregonstate.edu/podcast/living-land. Or use the supplemental links below to listen to...

Ellen Hammond, Brian Tuck, Robert Wood, Shilah Olson, Susan Kerr | Jun 2017 | Podcast episode Peer reviewed (Gray level)

Episode 12: Pollinators

In this episode, Lauren Grand discusses the importance of pollinators with Jim Rivers. Rivers is an Assistant Professor of Wildlife Ecology at Oregon State University.

Lauren Grand, Jim Rivers | Mar 2022 | Podcast episode