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34 Dr. Gail Langellotto – What do Bees Need from Your Garden?

Dr. Gail Langellotto is an Associate Professor of Horticulture at Oregon State University, and coordinator of OSU Extension Master Gardener program. As the secretary of the National Initiative for Consumer Horticulture, Gail works ...

Andony Melathopoulos | Jan 2018 | Podcast episode

33 Mehmet Ali Döke – How Honey Bees Survive The Winter

Mehmet Ali Döke earned his bachelor’s in Molecular Biology and Genetics, and master’s in Biology from Middle East Technical University in Turkey. During his junior year, he started working with honey bees and was a part of...

Andony Melathopoulos | Dec 2017 | Podcast episode

32 Matt Arrington – Pollinating Blueberries in the Pacific Northwest

Matt Arrington recently graduated with a Ph.D. in horticulture from Washington State University. He has experience in applied plant research with small fruit and tree fruit. Matt is currently working with Dr. Lisa DeVetter at the...

Andony Melathopoulos | Dec 2017 | Podcast episode

31 Doug Sponsler – The Risk of Pesticides to Honey Bees and Ecotoxicology

Doug is currently a postdoctoral scholar at Penn State University’s Center for Pollinator Research. He was born and raised in Philadelphia, PA, and he went on to receive his PhD from Ohio State University. His research brings...

Andony Melathopoulos | Dec 2017 | Podcast episode

30 Steve Frank – Healthy Trees, Healthy Pollinators

Dr. Steve Frank is an entomologist who recognizes that urban trees provide a lot of services back to people living in cities. Trees also provide a lot resources to pollinating insects as well. Given the importance of trees ...

Andony Melathopoulos | Nov 2017 | Podcast episode

29 Alan Turanski – What companies can do to Save the Bee

Alan leads vision, innovation and continuous improvements at GloryBee. Ranging from sustainability, technology, facilities and being a cause forward company, he is committed to ensuring GloryBee is a business as a force for good. ...

Andony Melathopoulos | Nov 2017 | Podcast episode

28 Al Shay – Urban Landscapes for People and Pollinators

Al Shay is currently an instructor in the Horticulture Department at Oregon State University. Al holds undergraduate degrees in art as well as horticulture. Additionally Al has a Masters in Agriculture degree from OSU. Al has ...

Andony Melathopoulos | Nov 2017 | Podcast episode

27 Sarah Johnson – Bumble Bee Decline and Recovery

Sarah Johnson is the lead biologist for Wildlife Preservation Canada’s Native Pollinator Initiative. WPC is a nation-wide organization focusing on hands-on recovery initiatives for critically endangered species, and the pollinator ...

Andony Melathopoulos | Nov 2017 | Podcast episode

26 Skyler Burrows – Bringing Taxonomy to Citizen Scientists

Our guest today on PolliNation is Skyler Burrows, a taxonomist working with Utah State University, the USDA Bee Lab, and formerly with the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute’s Virginia Working Landscape program.

Andony Melathopoulos | Oct 2017 | Podcast episode

25 Dr. Dewey M. Caron – Managing and Preventing Varroa Mites

Dr. Dewey M. Caron is Emeritus Professor of Entomology & Wildlife Ecology, Univ of Delaware, & Affiliate Professor, Dept Horticulture, Oregon State University. He spent 40+ years teaching, doing bee extension and bee research at ...

Andony Melathopoulos | Oct 2017 | Podcast episode