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The OSU Pollinator Health Program focuses on designing, developing, implanting, and evaluating a state-wide pollinator health strategy; The Oregon Bee Project. The focus of the Oregon Bee Project is not restricted to the Oregon’s four managed pollinator species (honey bees, alfalfa leafcutter bees, orchard mason bees and alkali bees) but also to the state’s rich endowment of wild species. Over the coming months we will be working with partners to develop the Oregon Bee Project website with other state agency partners to provide a round-up of tools for pollinators in Oregon.
The program is currently working on:
The position arises from an initiative from the Oregon Legislature to improve pollinator health in the state (see House Bills 3361 and 3362).
Thank you, Oregon for taking these steps to protect pollinators!
Welcome to PolliNation - a Pollinator Health podcast!
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Links to ODA Pesticide and Fertilizer Program and ODA Oregon Bee Project.
Links to OSU Master Gardener program, Master Beekeeper program, and Master Naturalist program.
Link to OSU Entomology Program.
Ever heard the term “native beekeeper” before? Me neither, until I talked with Gregory Lynch from the Miel Montral Co-op. In this episode he explains how the Co-op has developed a wide range of educational services that goes beyond (honey bee) beekeeping, to promoting native bees and urban biodiversity more generally. The mission of Miel… Continue reading
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In this episode we take a stroll through the tradeshow at the world’s largest beekeeping conference, Apimondia, which was held in Montreal, Canada in September. In this episode you’ll hear about a machine that can turn 1000lbs of liquid honey into velvety-creamed honey, the latest in varroa control, styrofoam hive equipment and tips on how… Continue reading
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Roads crisis-cross the state of Oregon, making roadsides an appealing focus for creating an interconnected network of pollinator habitat. But roadside habitat has to fit within the constraints faced by Departments of Transports. In this episode we hear about some of those constraints and successes achieved by Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT). Our guest this… Continue reading
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There is a lot of ground under solar panels that could be planted to pollinator habitat. In this episode guest host Maggie Graham (MSc candidate, Water Resources Science, OSU) talks with John Jacob, a Southern Oregon beekeeper, who has been working with solar panel companies to make sure new installations include habitat for bees. John… Continue reading
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ow important are trees to the health of bees? In many cases we don’t know because trees are a lot bigger than us. That doesn’t stop our next guest from scaling into the canopy for her research. This week we feature PhD Candidate Kass Urban-Mead. Kass is working on PhD in Entomology at Cornell University. She… Continue reading
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