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182 - Miranda Jones - The Great Oregon Squash Bee Hunt

Miranda Jones is an Honors Associate pursuing her undergraduate in Biology (with an Entomology minor) at Oregon State University. She has worked in the OSU Pollinator Health Lab since 2020.

Andony Melathopoulos | Jun 2021 | Podcast episode

180 - Glyn Stephens - Splitting your booming colonies

Your honey bees have expanded many fold this spring. Now is the opportunity to split your colonies in half and get two colonies. In this episode we learn all the tricks associated with reliable and quick spring (and summer)...

Andony Melathopoulos | May 2021 | Podcast episode

179- Michael Branstetter - The deep history of the mason bees

Mason bees in the subgenus Osmia emerged sometime before the ice-age, likely in Europe and Asia, but they radiated into North America early on in their history, resulting in one of the most beloved solitary bees, the blue ...

Andony Melathopoulos | May 2021 | Podcast episode

178- Anna Ashby and Amber Reece - 10 beekeeping questions you were too afraid to ask

Amber Reese has been keeping bees for nine years and received her Oregon Master Beekeeper Certification in October 2019. She considers herself a hobby beekeeper with a strong interest in educating youth. She has given ...

Andony Melathopoulos | Apr 2021 | Podcast episode

177- Olivia Messinger Carril - A field guide to the common bees of North America?

Olivia has been studying bees for over 25 years. She got her start at the USDA Pollinating Insects Research Unit, aka the bee lab. Her advisor and mentor gave her numerous opportunities to study bees in ecosystems around ...

Andony Melathopoulos | Apr 2021 | Podcast episode

176- Fred Weisensee - The pollinator plants you need!

Fred is now living on the family farm in the foothills of the coast range, northwest of Corvallis and this is the location of Dancing Oaks Nursery and Gardens. He moved to this site in 1995 with his partner Leonard ...

Andony Melathopoulos | Apr 2021 | Podcast episode

175 - Marie Vicksta and Michael O'Loughlin - Pollinator Habitat on County Roadsides

Marie Vicksta has been with Yamhill Soil & Water Conservation District since 2010. Marie provides technical assistance to landowners on farm conservation practices to improve water quality, reduce erosion and enhance wildlife habitat....

Andony Melathopoulos | Mar 2021 | Podcast episode

174 - Veronica Wignall - Whacking bees for science: Competitive exclusion between honey bees and bumblebees in the UK

Dr Veronica Wignall is a recent PhD graduate from the Laboratory of Apiculture and Social Insects (LASI), which is based at the University of Sussex in Brighton, southeast UK. Her research explores several aspects of a big ...

Andony Melathopoulos | Mar 2021 | Podcast episode