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226 - Spendal - Those amazing mason bees

Ron Spendal is a Washington County Master Gardener who has been researching and educating on mason bees for over 15 years. He operates educational mason bee displays across Washington County, Oregon and runs a highly-sought after courses on mason bee management through Washington Co Extension.

Andony Melathopoulos | Nov 2022 | Podcast episode

225 - Chabert - Would blueberry yield benefit from planting different cultivars together?

Dr. Chabert defended his PhD in 2018 on integrated crop pollination in France in the National Institute of Agricultural Research. His research focuses on assessing the pollination demand of a crop in relation with the ...

Andony Melathopoulos | Oct 2022 | Podcast episode

Bats in my attic—what should I do?

Q: Before sunrise, I sit on my deck and a couple of times recently, I've seen a bat fly into the eves and not come out. I can see there is a separation where a bat could squeeze in. I am wondering what to do to get rid of the bats and not put my family at risk of disease.

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224 - Jennings and Willson - Washington Native Bee Society (WANBS)

David Jennings is the President of the WANBS. He started young as a naturalist. He had the opportunity to study for two summers on the Smithsonian Institute’s Barro Colorado Island in Panama, where he worked as a field ...

Andony Melathopoulos | Oct 2022 | Podcast episode

Bees in the woods

Videos and other resources that help you enhance bee and pollinator habitat on your small private forestland

Lauren Grand | Oct 2022 | Collection Peer reviewed (Gray level)

Master Beekeeper program adds groundbreaking Spanish-language track as it celebrates 10th year

It's the first program of its kind in the United States.

Kym Pokorny | Oct 6, 2022 | News story

223 - Youngsteadt - Urban bees: what drives diversity and how do we measure it?

Dr. Elsa Youngsteadt is an Assistant Professor and Extension Urban Ecology Specialist at North Carolina State University. She is an insect ecologist interested in how urbanization and climate change alter the interactions between ...

Andony Melathopoulos | Oct 2022 | Podcast episode

222 - Danielsen - Pollinator habitat on water pipelines?

Alix Danielsen has worked in the environmental field for over 14 years, including stints in agricultural conservation management, environmental social marketing, non-profit management, and river restoration. At the Hood River Watershed ...

Andony Melathopoulos | Sep 2022 | Podcast episode

221 - Taylor - Bees and school farms

Cherie Taylor is the lead teacher at College Hill school Horticulture program in Corvallis, Oregon and oversee the Urban Farm

Andony Melathopoulos | Sep 2022 | Podcast episode

220 - Washington Co Master Gardener - Pollinator Outreach (par excellence)

2022 was the year we were able to get back out to public events to talk to the public about pollinators. Some of us were a little rusty. In this episode we hear about how to pull off an excellent event and how to involve Master Gardeners.

Andony Melathopoulos | Sep 2022 | Podcast episode