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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

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

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