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80 Dr. Christina Mogren – Bees in Hawaii

Dr. Mogren is an assistant researcher of pollinator ecology at University of Hawaii Manoa, with a research program focused on how nutrition can be used to increase pollinator health to mitigate stress caused by pesticides, parasites, and disease.

Andony Melathopoulos | Dec 2018 | Podcast episode

79 Robyn Shephard – Hybrid Vegetable Seed Pollination

Oregon is one of the biggest vegetable seed producing states in the US. In this episode, we catch up with Robyn Shephard, an agronomist with Lakeside Ag-Ventures, in a red radish seed field to learn how hybrid systems work...

Andony Melathopoulos | Dec 2018 | Podcast episode

78 Emily Erickson – Breeding and The Attractiveness of Garden Plants

Emily is a PhD student in entomology at Pennsylvania State University. Her work focuses on the plant-pollinator interactions, with a focus to supporting pollinators and biodiversity in urban environments. Emily did her undergraduate ...

Andony Melathopoulos | Dec 2018 | Podcast episode

77 David Cantlin – More Clover In Your Turf? Lessons from the City of Fife

David Cantlin is the Facility and Operations Manager for the City of Fife in Washington State, where he is implementing his Bee Clover project. His goal is to educate the people of Fife of the wonderful benefits that clover...

Andony Melathopoulos | Dec 2018 | Podcast episode

76 Dr. Chelsea Cook – Honey Bee Scouting and the Virtues of Being Easily Distracted

Dr. Chelsea Cook is a postdoctoral researcher, funded by the NIH Ruth L. Kirschstein Postdoctoral Fellowship, at Arizona State University. Chelsea’s focus is using behavior, neurophysiology, and genetics to understand how social insects organize, especially to accomplish critical tasks.

Andony Melathopoulos | Dec 2018 | Podcast episode

75 Amy Cox – Eco-lawns and Pollinators

How can we ask not what greenspaces can do for us but what greenspaces can do for the environment? Portland-based Pro Time Lawn Seed was one of the first businesses to tackle this question, with the founder of the company...

Andony Melathopoulos | Nov 2018 | 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

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

72 Garth Mulkey – Specialty seeds and bees

This episode explores the fascinating relationship between bees and specialty seed crops. Oregon vegetable and flower seed industries are deeply invested in the health of pollinators. Moreover, the great conditions for growing seeds ...

Andony Melathopoulos | Nov 2018 | Podcast episode

71 Courtney MacInnis and Dr. Steve Pernal – Honey Bee Nosema Disease: An Old Disease With New Twists

Courtney MacInnis received her MSc from the University of Alberta in 2017. As a MSc student, Courtney examined the viability and infectivity of Nosema ceranae spores in various substrates associated with honey bee colonies. ...

Andony Melathopoulos | Oct 2018 | Podcast episode