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Season 2, Episode 8 | Adapting Research to Build Precision Viticulture Tools

Learn about how engineers work with viticulturists to develop a vine nutrition sensor.

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

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

157 - Katie Arstingstall - Bees collect pollen from more plants than you think

Katie was born and raised in Northern Kentucky, graduating from the University of Louisville in 2012 with a BS in Biology, conc. Ecology. She moved to Oregon in 2017 to pursue a MS in Wildlife Science at Oregon State ...

Andony Melathopoulos | Oct 2020 | Podcast episode

55 Mimi Jenkins – Watermelon Pollination: How native bees affect watermelon crops

Mimi Jenkins is a PhD candidate at Clemson University in wildlife biology studying how wildflowers in watermelon fields affect the diversity and crop pollination services by native bees to watermelon. Mimi works with watermelon ...

Andony Melathopoulos | Jun 2018 | Podcast episode

195 - Maddie Carpenter - What is the North American honey bee?

Maddie Carpenter is a graduate student pursuing her Masters of Science in Entomology from Purdue. Her focus is on the importation history of honey bees, and how those patterns inform present-day genetic diversity and differentiation among managed and feral stocks.

Andony Melathopoulos | Oct 2021 | Podcast episode

Episode 42: Mediterranean Oak Borer

In this episode, Lauren Grand is joined by Christine Buhl to discuss what the Mediterranean Oak Borer is, where it came from, and ways to identify infestations and prevent them from spreading.

Lauren Grand, Christine Buhl | Nov 2023 | Podcast episode

Episode 14: Forest Fungi

In this episode, Lauren Grand and Ariel Cowan discuss the role fungi play in maintaining a healthy forest.

Lauren Grand, Ariel Cowan | Mar 2022 | Podcast episode

189 - Spencer Leonard - Fable of the Bees (Part 2)

One of the most influential books about bees has little to do with bees, but rather reflects on the nature of modern society. Bernard Mandeville (1670-1733) wrote and revised his “Fable of the Bees”, after publishing a ...

Andony Melathopoulos | Aug 2021 | Podcast episode

161 - Kate LeCroy- Exotic Mason Bees

Kate LeCroy is a PhD Candidate at the University of Virginia studying mason bees (genus Osmia) with T'ai Roulston. Over the last three years, Kate has partnered closely with 200+ citizen science program participants to monitor ...

Andony Melathopoulos | Dec 2020 | Podcast episode

15 Jen Holt – How to Become a Master Beekeeper

Jen Holt is the brand new Coordinator for the Oregon Master Beekeeper Program at OSU. In this episode, we’ll learn about how Jen got interested in bees, what she sees for the future of the program, and the ins and outs of how the program functions today.

Andony Melathopoulos | Jul 2017 | Podcast episode