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Honey Bees and Golf At The University of Georgia with Jennifer Berry and Scott Griffith (S5, E39)

March 13, 2023

Close your eyes and think of a gold course. We’re pretty sure that when you think of the landscape and maintenance of a typical golf course, with lots trim flat greens, schedules of pesticides, herbicides, fertilizers and ot…

Apiary Habitat, Forage, Pollination Management

Seeds for Bees with Project Apis m. (S5, E35)

Feb. 13, 2023

Density, Diversity and Duration. These are the three Project Apis m. objectives when selecting the best Seeds For Bees plantings. Today, Rory Crowley and Stetcyn Malonado join us to talk about the importance of planting grou…

Guest: Rory Crowley
Education Habitat, Forage,

Chinese Tallow Update with Steven Coy (S5, E23)

Nov. 21, 2022

Today, we’ve invited Steven Coy back to the how to provide an update on the Chinese Tallow tree and efforts to eliminate them.  Chinese Tallow was brought to the USA in the 1700’s as an ornamental. They have very successfull…

Guest: Steven Coy
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The Bee Girl's Summer Tour with Sarah Red-Laird (S5, E8)

Aug. 8, 2022

On this week’s episode, we are joined by Sarah Red-Laird, the Bee Girl and she is on a mission this summer. Sarah is visiting all sorts of people in the Midwest who are trying to do the same thing she is doing from her home …

Education Habitat, Forage,

Earth Day Update from Dr. Jonathan Lundgren (S4, E44)

April 18, 2022

Happy Earth Day… week. Earth Day is this Friday, April 22… and in recognition of that day, we’ve invited Dr. Jonathan Lundgren back to the show to talk about his work at Blue Dasher Farm and with the Ecdysis Foundation’s res…

Habitat, Forage, Pollen

HBHC Part 3 - Pete Berthelsen, Habitat & Forage (S4, E13)

Sept. 13, 2021

Today, we pick up on the third installment of our exploration of the Honey Bee Health Coalition’s programs as we talk with Pete Berthelsen. Pete runs the Bee and Butterfly Habitat Fund, a non-profit organization working to i…

Education Habitat, Forage, Pollination Management Research

Bee City USA with Xerces' Molly Martin & City of Olympia's Amy Stull (S4, E8)

Aug. 9, 2021

In this episode we talk first with Molly Martin, the coordinator of Bee City USA, and Bee Campus USA, both supported by the Xerces Society. The Xerces Society is as Pro Pollinator as any group can get, there’s no doubt about…

Habitat, Forage, Honey Bee Biology Research

The Climate Change Impact on Bees & Floral Sources with Dr. Christina Grozinger (S3, E46)

April 12, 2021

In this episode, we talk with Dr. Christina Grozinger, from Penn State’s Department of Entomology. Her recent research and and plant growing season has confirmed many suspicions on the long term impact these changes have on…

Habitat, Forage, Pollination Science

Ernst Seed Company - Calvin Ernst with Kirsten (S3, E26)

Nov. 23, 2020

Protecting pollinators and improving the habitat for honey bees often entails planting nectar and pollen rich plants. In this episode, Kirsten talks with Calvin Ernst, founder of , who has been deeply involved with growing n…

Habitat, Forage, Research

Earth Day Special with Jonathan Lundgren Ecdysis Foundation (S2, E26)

April 21, 2020

Fifty years ago today, at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, there was a celebration of the very first Earth Day, sponsored by then Wisconsin Senator Gaylord Nelson, who had organized the event as a teach-in on campuses…

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The Pollinator Victory Garden with Author Kim Eierman (S2, E25)

April 17, 2020

Sit back and listen while Jeff and Kim talk with Kim Eierman, founder of EcoBeneficial, and the author of The Pollinator Victory Garden, How To Win The War on Pollinator Decline with Ecological Gardening. If you’ve been thin…

Guest: Rich Morris
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Planting Large Scale Pollinator Habitats with Lindsey White and Randi Grout (S2, E12)

Jan. 16, 2020

Lindsey White and Randi Grout work for Meadville Land Service, Inc., which is a "cousin" company of the Ernst Seed Company out of Cochranton, PA.  MLS specializes in planning, planting and maintaining large scale (multiple a…

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Jonathan Lundgren: Regenerative Agriculture and Honey Bee Health - (023)

March 28, 2019

Dr. Jonathan Lundgren is a former USDA-ARS soil scientist, having received his PhD in Entomology from the University of Illinois in 2004. Today he is Director of and CEO of . He has also recently contributed to magazine! …