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Author Archives: Gail Langellotto
Unpopular Opinion: Saving Honey Bees Does Very Little to Save the Bees
Although I have been studying garden bees for the past three years, I was never focused on honey bees. From a biodiversity point of view, they are not very interesting to me. They are non-native and abundant. In fact, honey … Continue reading
Posted in bees, science
Tagged bee-washing, competition, garden bees, honey bees, native bees
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How Alan Alda Helped Me to Become a Better Teacher
A few weeks ago, I tweeted about the difference that the Alda Center for Communicating Science has made in my teaching. To my sincere surprise and delight, Mr. Alda, himself, quoted my tweet, in one of his own. It made … Continue reading
Native Plants and Pollinator Survey
Aaron Anderson is repeating his original survey on native plants and pollinators. This time, he is trying to understand how knowledge of a plant’s ecological function may alter impressions of native plants. The survey takes about 25-30 minutes to complete. … Continue reading
Posted in Beneficial Insects, Native Plants, science
Tagged Aaron, ecology research, Garden Bee, Garden Pollinator, Native Plants
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Is the Insect Apocalypse Upon Us?
With all due respect to Beyonce, insects were recognized as ‘The Little Things that Run the World‘ by entomologist E.O. Wilson, decades before Beyonce’s 2011 hit song. As Wilson wrote in his iconic perspective piece: The truth is that we … Continue reading
PolliNation Podcast and Lab Update
If you love bees, and you have not yet subscribed to PolliNation, you’re missing out! OSU Professor and PolliNation podcast host, Andony Melathopolous, does a wonderful job assembling a diverse array of guests to talk all things pollinator. Aaron Anderson … Continue reading
Posted in Lab News
Tagged Aaron, Angelee, ecology research, Gabe, Isabella, Lauren, Lucas, mykl, Native Plants, research, Signe
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Pollinator of the week: Bombus fervidus
This entry is from Angelee Calder, and undergraduate Agricultural Science student at Oregon State University. It highlights a bumblebee that can be found in Oregon gardens, but that is currently listed as ‘Vulnerable’ to endangered species status, due to documented population declines … Continue reading
Posted in Pollinator of the Week
Tagged Angelee, Garden Bee, Garden Pollinator, Isabella, Portland
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Isabella Featured on Pollination Podcast
Isabella Messer has been a member of the Garden Ecology Lab for more than two years, where she primarily assists with the garden pollinators study, but will is also developing her own research project. Her independent research project will look … Continue reading
Webinar on Willamette Valley Native Plants and Pollinators
Aaron’s webinar on his Ph.D. research has been posted on YouTube. He highlights some really interesting results from his 2017 and 2018 field seasons, including recommendations for what to plant, if you are interested in attracting native bees to your … Continue reading
Posted in Native Plants
Tagged Aaron, Garden Bee, Garden Pollinator, Native Plants, research, webinar
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Garden Bee Webinar
In case you missed the webinar on our garden bee research, I’ve embedded the video, below. The entire webinar is about an hour. And, make sure to mark your calendars for Monday, October 22nd at 11am PST. Aaron Anderson will … Continue reading
Pollinator Survey
Lauren Bennett, a Master’s student at OSU, is doing her capstone project on pollinators She has a short survey (10-15 minutes) on pollinators and pollinator plants. If you could spare a few moments of your time, we would appreciate your … Continue reading
Posted in Beneficial Insects, science
Tagged ecology research, garden plants, Garden Pollinator, Lauren
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