Pollination | A Pollinator Health Podcast

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Sinopsis

PolliNation is a podcast from Oregon State University Extension Service that tells the stories of researchers, land managers and concerned citizens who are making bold strides to improve the health of pollinators.

Episodios

  • 257 - Lotmaria... the bee gut organism you have never heard of

    10/03/2024 Duración: 23min

    Adult honey bees have a variety of organisms that live in their guts. Some are benign but some, like Nosema ceranae, can be pathogentic. In this episode we hear of  Courtney MacInnis' relentless pursuit of understanding the status of an organism you have never heard of - Lotmaria passim - both on its own, and in combination with Nosema ceranae. Her findings are most unexpected. 

  • 256 - Backyard Habitat Certification

    19/02/2024 Duración: 27min

    In this episode we hear from Susie Peterson who is the co-manager of the very popular Backyard Habitat Certification Program in Oregon. The program is managed in partnership with Portland Audubon and can help you better design your backyard for biodiversity. 

  • 255 - Stay out! The perils of commercial bumble colonies to wild queens.

    05/02/2024 Duración: 51min

    Bumble bee queens have been known to try and take over already established nests. Sometimes they manage to take over the nest and increase their own reproductive success. But according to new research from Heather Grab this is not what happens when a wild bumble bee queen tries to take over a commercial bumble bee colony. 

  • 254 - Restoring Pollinator Habitat with Greenbelt Land Trust

    22/01/2024 Duración: 35min

    Land Trusts punch above their weight in creating pollinator habitat. In this episode we talk with Greenbelt Land Trust of some of their innovative methods for restoring pollinator habitat on a working farm. 

  • 253 - Bee Friendly Farming in the PNW

    11/12/2023 Duración: 20min

    Bee Friendly Farming is an initiative to certify agricultural production for taking steps to help bees. This week we hear about the expansion of the program to the Pacific Northwest, specifically with regards to wine grapes. 

  • 252 - Maximizing pollination potential in cherries

    27/11/2023 Duración: 32min

    Bees are just one part of maximizing cherry yield. Before the bees arrive, cherries have to be pruned properly and given the right nutrition. Also, bee attractive cover crops can help rejuvinate the soil before replanting. We hear about all the tricks to maximizing pollination success in cherries from Mike Omeg of Orchard View Cherries. 

  • 251 - Surveying for American foulbrood in honey

    12/11/2023 Duración: 11min

    American foulbrood (AFB) is one of the most damaging diseases of honey bees. Up until now, beekeepers have lacked an early warning system to know whether the disease is rising in their colonies. In this episode we hear from Dr. Sarah Wood about an innovative system for surveying for AFB in honey,

  • 250 - Garden bees of Portland

    30/10/2023 Duración: 13min

    Have you ever wondered which fuzzy yellow bee you just saw visiting a flower? In this episode, guest host Jen Hayes interviews Nicole Bell about two new and free resources that explore 67 species of bees found in Portland area gardens. Jen and Nicole are both graduate student members of OSU's Garden Ecology Lab. 

  • 249 - How to buy a native plant

    23/10/2023 Duración: 17min

    As nursery catalogs start to show up in our mailboxes and we think about the plants we want to grow next season, it's easy to get overwhelmed. In this episode, guest host Nicole Bell talks with Jen Hayes about two handouts that can help you better understand plant labels and discover if the plant in front of you is a wild-type native plant, a cultivar, or some other plant form! Jen and Nicole are both graduate student members of OSU's Garden Ecology Lab. 

  • 248 - The art of pollination

    18/10/2023 Duración: 49min

    This week we hear a facinating conversation between an established mutimedia artist (Jasna Guy) and young artist and melittologist (Marek Stanton) on how art, ecology and the natural world overlap.

  • 247 - Too hot for pollen?

    09/10/2023 Duración: 45min

    There have been extreme temperatures during the pollination of early season crops. In this episode we explore how these temperatures not only influence the activity of pollinating insects, but also the pollen they are shuttling around. 

  • 246 - Prairie Strips

    25/09/2023 Duración: 35min

    Prairie ecosystems are essential to many pollinator species across North America. Generating prairie after its been lost can be challenging. This week we travel to Iowa to hear from the STRIPS (Science-based Trails of Rowcrops Integrated with Prairie Strips) team. They have been perfecting how to get growers to install prairie strips on the edges of their farms. 

  • 245 - Bee Friendly Gardening with Elliott Gordon

    18/09/2023 Duración: 01h07min

    We continue on our bee friendly gardening kick with a trip to Albuquerque, New Mexico to hear how one naturalist transformed his front yard into biodiversity hotspot. Using tools like iNaturalist, he has documented over 90 bee species and 1,200 other insects on less than a quarter acre of land. 

  • 244 - Bee Friendly Gardening with Lynn Kunstman

    11/09/2023 Duración: 46min

    This week we continue our September on Bee Friendly Gardening with a southern Oregon Master Gardener who has a passion for native plants. 

  • 243 - Bee Friendly Gardening

    03/09/2023 Duración: 39min

    With the season for pollinator gardening winds down, it is a great time to start planning your garden for next year. In this episode we we learn about a national program to connect gardeners together and provide them with resources to up their pollinator gardener game.  

  • 242 - Bee Friendly Wine (King Estate)

    09/08/2023 Duración: 35min

    The Oregon Bee Friendly Wine Tour is coming to an end for 2023. We hear about what makes King Estate a great place for bees, get some gardening tips and hear about an event hosted along with the Save the Bee Foundation. 

  • 241 - Rip out your lawn (and replace it with subalpine meadow)

    17/07/2023 Duración: 44min

    This week we hear from Dr. Phil Allen who has the audacious idea of reducing water use and increasing benefits to pollinator by replacing lawns with subalpine meadows. 

  • 240 - Bumble bee nest relocation and rearing

    10/07/2023 Duración: 43min

    Bumble bees nest in the darndest places - like bird houses and water meters. In this episode we learn about how to relocate bumble bee colonies. We also figure out how to get bumble bee nests where you want them, by rearing colonies from queens that emerge in the spring. 

  • 239 - Oregon Master Beekeeper Field Day

    26/06/2023 Duración: 19min

    Beekeeping takes a lot of training and mentorship. In many states, the place to learn the finer points of this trade is in state Master Beekeeper programs. We hear about the Oregon program through its annual field day. 

  • National Pollinator Week 2023

    19/06/2023 Duración: 14min

    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. 

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