Tag Archives: Garden Bee

Native Plants and Pollinator Survey

Posted on May 23, 2019 by Gail Langellotto

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 →

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Pollinator of the week: Bombus fervidus

Posted on March 5, 2019 by Gail Langellotto

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 →

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Plant of the Week: Douglas Aster (Revisited)

Posted on October 30, 2018 by Lucas Costner

This entry is from Lucas Costner, an undergraduate horticulture major at Oregon State University.  It highlights one of the plants that Aaron Anderson is using in his research. Original “Plant of the Week: Douglas Aster” post available here: http://blogs.oregonstate.edu/gardenecologylab/2017/11/07/plant-week-doulgas-aster/    Last … Continue reading →

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Webinar on Willamette Valley Native Plants and Pollinators

Posted on October 23, 2018 by Gail Langellotto

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 →

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Plant of the Week: Sunflower

Posted on September 17, 2018 by Lucas Costner

This entry is from Lucas Costner, an undergraduate horticulture major at Oregon State University.  It highlights one of the plants that Aaron Anderson is using in his research. As summer in the Pacific Northwest comes to a close, the sunflower (Helianthus … Continue reading →

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Do Gardeners Like the Same Flowers as Bees?

Posted on September 12, 2018 by Gail Langellotto

In 2017 and 2018, Aaron and Lucas took weekly counts of bees on their native plant plots. Aaron has summarized the data for 2017 (below) according to bee morpho-type. The morphotype categories are the same general categories that have been … Continue reading →

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First Bee List from Native Plant Study

Posted on September 4, 2018 by Gail Langellotto

We are so lucky that Lincoln Best has been in Oregon, supporting the work of the Oregon Bee Atlas. Linc was kind enough to take a look at Aaron’s bees, before going back to Canada. Aaron is currently taking a … Continue reading →

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First Publication from the Garden Ecology Lab!

Posted on June 16, 2018 by Gail Langellotto

Our paper on the potential for bee movements between gardens and urban/peri-urban agriculture has been published in a special issue on Agroecology in the City, in the journal Sustainability. Langellotto, G.A.; Melathopoulos, A.; Messer, I.; Anderson, A.; McClintock, N.; Costner, L. … Continue reading →

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Garden Bees, 2017

Posted on January 17, 2018 by Gail Langellotto

All bees have been pinned, labelled, and data-based. Now we’re (and when I say ‘we’re’, I’m mostly referring to Lucas and Isabella) are going through the painstaking process of photographing all specimens: head on, from the top, and from each … Continue reading →

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Pollinator of the Week: Yellow-Faced Bumble Bee

Posted on August 29, 2017 by Gail Langellotto

This entry is from Isabella Messer an undergraduate horticulture major at Oregon State University.  It highlights one of the most common pollinators that we see in Portland area gardens. Out of the twenty four different garden sites we visit, each month … Continue reading →

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