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194 - Joe Maresh - Oregon State Beekeepers Association Conference

Joe Maresh is the Vice President of the Oregon State Beekeepers Association. He was born and grew up in North Portland, Oregon. As a child, he did a lot of agricultural work and noticed that all of the farms that he ...

Andony Melathopoulos | Oct 2021 | Podcast episode

193 - Laurie Adams and Josette Lewis - California Pollinator Coalition

Laurie Davies Adams, Director of Programs of the Pollinator Partnership, (www.pollinator.org), has for 19 years led the world’s largest nonprofit devoted solely to the health of all pollinators. As Executive Director for 21 years,...

Andony Melathopoulos | Oct 2021 | Podcast episode

2021 Oregon Mason Bee Health Survey

What is the 2021 Mason Bee Survey about? The blue orchard bee (Osmia lignaria) is a native solitary bee that many Oregonians rear in their backyards and small orchards. The bees is an excellent pollinator of fruit trees, ...

Andony Melathopoulos | Sep 2021 | Article

192 - Lisa DeVetter - Blueberry Pollination Planner

Lisa DeVetter is an Associate Professor of Small Fruit Horticulture at Washington State University.

Andony Melathopoulos | Sep 2021 | Podcast episode

191 - Jen Hayes - Natives v nativars for pollinators

Jen Hayes is a graduate student pursuing a PhD degree in Horticulture & Entomology. Jen is a Vermonter who is passionate about pollinators; she fell in love with native bees as an undergraduate in the Ricketts Lab at the ...

Sep 2021 | Podcast episode

190 - Maxime Eeraerts - Sweet cherry pollination

Dr. Maxime Eeraerts is from Belgium, the heart of Europe. At Ghent University he obtained his Bachelor’s and Master’s degree of Bioscience Engineering in Forest and Nature Management in 2013 and a Master’s degree in ...

Andony Melathopoulos | Aug 2021 | Podcast episode

How can I keep bees away from my hummingbird feeder?

Q: How can I keep bees away from my hummingbird feeder?

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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

188 - Spencer Leonard - Fable of the Bees (Part 1)

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

Getting to know bee mouthparts

Mouthparts are fascinating parts of bee anatomy, but like mouths of insects in general, they can be difficult to understand (see Gary Larson cartoon). Mouthparts are easy to ignore because we don’t understand much about them. ...

Robert "Pete" Pederson | Aug 2021 | Article