Tag Archives: Portland

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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Garden Ecology Lab News, January 2018

Posted on January 26, 2018 by Gail Langellotto

It’s been a busy month in the Garden Ecology Lab. Gail’s manuscript on bees in home and community gardens has been published in Acta Hort. Briefly, the results of this literature review are that: 213 species of bee have been collected … 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: Gray Hairstreak

Posted on September 6, 2017 by Gail Langellotto

This post was written by Isabella Messer, an undergraduate working in the Garden Ecology Lab. The Gray Hairstreak (Strymon melinus(Hübner, 1818)) is a common butterfly in the US. Its habitat spans most of the country with the exception of some … Continue reading →

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