PolliNation | A Pollinator Health Podcast
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.
- Website
- http://blogs.oregonstate.edu/pollinatorhealth
- Description
- 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.
- Language
- 🇬🇧 English
- last modified
- 2025-03-24 21:36
- last episode published
- 2025-03-17 10:00
- publication frequency
- 10.33 days
- Contributors
- Andony Melathopoulos | Pollinator Health Extension Specialist | Oregon State University
- Author
- Oregon State University
- Owner
- Explicit
- false
- Number of Episodes
- 286
- Rss-Feeds
- Detail page
- Categories
- Education Natural Sciences Higher Education Science & Medicine Government & Organizations Regional
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Episodes
| Date | Title & Description | Contributors |
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| 2025-03-17 | This week on PolliNation Itai Kanot and Shelbi Perkins from BeeHero discuss how their in-hive and in-field sensors are improving pollination efficiency by providing real-time data on bee colony strength, benefiting both growers and beekeepers. BeeHero:... | |
| 2025-03-10 | Dr. Diana Cox-Foster joins us to discuss her and her team's research at the USDA on honeybee and native bee competition. From lab tests to field studies, they uncover the effects of this competition on pollination. | |
| 2025-02-24 |
284 - Queen Bee Honey Co Takes Beekeeping Back to School | PolliNation Queen Bee Honey Company in Alpine, Oregon built up from a Datsun pickup truck to a commercial beekeeping business. In this episode we hear about how Karen Finley built her business and the increasing problem of lack of summer forage for honey bees in O... |
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| 2025-02-17 |
283 - BEEvent: the Mighty Conference on Pollinators for Gardeners | PolliNation The BEEvent, hosted annually by the Linn County Master Gardeners, provides gardeners and small farmers with essential knowledge and practical tools to support and protect bee pollinators. This week, Master Gardeners Ranee Webb and Rich Little join us t... |
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| 2025-02-03 |
282 - Checklist of the Bees of Washington State | PolliNation While there has been a lot of attention to the plight of wild bees, we are increasingly discovering that there is a lot more that we don’t know. A state checklist of bees is a great starting point for taking stock of what we do know. This week I am joi... |
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| 2025-01-27 | This week on PolliNation, Fred Weisensee from Dancing Oaks Nursery in Monmouth, OR shares tips on creating a pollinator rock garden using native and exotic plants inspired by Oregon's high-elevation landscapes Dancing Oaks Nursery: https://dancingoak... | |
| 2025-01-20 | Karen Pedersen is a fifth generation commercial beekeeper and apiary owner in Cut Knife, Saskatchewan, Canada. Pedersen Apiaries make hundreds of pounds of honey bee colony, while wintering single brood chamber colonies outdoors when temperatures are ... | |
| 2025-01-13 | In this episode we learn about an effort to map pollinator habitat, as well as their stories, in Southern Oregon. The Southern Oregon Buzzway is a collaboration between Southern Oregon University and Pollinator Project Rogue Valley. Pollinator Project... | |
| 2025-01-06 | This week on our Commercial Beekeeping segment, Nick VanCalcar from VanCalcar Apiaries in Amity, Oregon joins us to discuss the importance of doing your own fabrication in beekeeping operations. | |
| 2024-12-23 | There are over a thousand species of bees in the Pacific Northwest. However, The resources available for someone to tell the bees apart is lacking for this region. In this episode we hear from the team that is working to solve this problem. Carol Yamad... |