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24 Kristen Healy – Mosquito Abatement and Pollinators

Kristen Healy is an assistant professor in the Department of Entomology at Louisiana State University. She obtained her B.S. in Zoology and M.S. in Environmental Sciences from the University of Rhode Island, her Ph.D. in ...

Andony Melathopoulos | Oct 2017 | Podcast episode

23 George Hansen – Beekeeper Built Bee Habitat

After a short six-year career as a public school teacher, George and his wife Susan transformed a hobby beekeeping operation into a commercial endeavor. The business started from a few swarms and a collection of retrieved nuisance hives, but now runs 5000 + colonies in three states.

Andony Melathopoulos | Oct 2017 | Podcast episode

22 Oregon Flora Project – Making A New Natural Resource

Linda Hardison is the leader of the Oregon Flora Project, based out of Oregon State University’s Herbarium. The Oregon Flora Project seeks to present scientifically sound information about the vascular plants of Oregon that grow...

Andony Melathopoulos | Oct 2017 | Podcast episode

21 Dr. Jim Rivers – Seeing The Forest For The Bees

Dr. Jim Rivers is a vertebrate ecologist and leader of the Forest Animal Ecology Lab at Oregon State University. With broad research interests that are focused in the fields of animal behavior and physiological ecology, his ...

Andony Melathopoulos | Sep 2017 | Podcast episode

20 Erin Udal – Bringing Bees To The People

Erin Udal leads community pollinator conservation projects out of Vancouver, BC and was formerly the Program Manager and Pollinator Specialist with the Environmental Youth Alliance. With her background in conservation biology, she ...

Andony Melathopoulos | Sep 2017 | Podcast episode

19 David Phipps – Golf Courses as Pollinator Habitat

David Phipps is considered one of the Northwest’s leaders in golf course environmental stewardship and innovation. While working as the superintendent at Stone Creek Golf, he received the GCSAA President’s Award for Environmental ...

Andony Melathopoulos | Aug 2017 | Podcast episode

18 Lynn Royce – Bees in The Trees

Lynn A. Royce, Ph.D. did her doctoral research on tracheal mites of honey bees and has studied pollinators for over 30 years. She is a passionate scientist who cares deeply about implementing research in practical applications ...

Andony Melathopoulos | Aug 2017 | Podcast episode

17 Ellie Andrews – The Sociology of Pollinator Health

Ellie Andrews is a PhD student in Development/Rural Sociology at Cornell University. As honey bees across the US face a range of challenges, keeping bees healthy and productive requires ever more skill and investment. Her ...

Andony Melathopoulos | Aug 2017 | Podcast episode

16 Ellen Topitzhofer – Honey Bee Parasite Spread in Pollination

Ellen Topitzhofer works for the Bee Informed Partnership, an innovative organization across the U.S. that works with commercial bee keepers to tackle some of their most pressing pest management issues. In this episode, we discuss ...

Andony Melathopoulos | Jul 2017 | Podcast episode

15 Jen Holt – How to Become a Master Beekeeper

Jen Holt is the brand new Coordinator for the Oregon Master Beekeeper Program at OSU. In this episode, we’ll learn about how Jen got interested in bees, what she sees for the future of the program, and the ins and outs of how the program functions today.

Andony Melathopoulos | Jul 2017 | Podcast episode