Jun 26, 2020
As part of the pollinator week special, guest host Kirsten Traynor chats with Dr. Dave Goulson, an expert on pollinator health from the University of Sussex. Dave Goulson has been fascinated with insects since he was a boy and was able to turn this love of all things that fly, creep and crawl into a career. One of...
Jun 25, 2020
Bee Friendly
Farming has a good friend in Ron Bitner, Co-Chair of this
Pollinator Partnership program. Ron runs Bitner Winery near Boise
Idaho in Treasure Valley and for 40 some years was involved in
non-apis bee management for pollination. Bee Friendly Farming has
between 800 – 900 Bee Friendly Farmers, who practice...
Jun 24, 2020
Andony
Melathopoulos is the Pollinator Health Extension Specialist for
Oregon State University. He’s not just about honey bees, but every
pollinator out there. But honey bees are a big part of what he does
because of the multitude of crops grown in Oregon that need
‘mostly’ honey bees for pollination. He works...
Jun 23, 2020
Dr.
Orley, “Chip” Taylor started Monarch Watch about
30 years ago. So far, he and his group have managed to tag over two
million monarchs so they can study the migration habits of this
beautiful butterfly. His research has also determined where
monarchs spend their time all year, the flyways they follow going
from...
Jun 22, 2020
Welcome to the
first of our Pollinator Week Special Episodes. Each day this week
we’ll release new interviews with teams and individuals who are all
working to protect, provide and propagate pollinators all over the
globe!
Pollinator Week was started by Pollinator Partnership and we kick-off the week with P2’s...