Pollinator Partnership

Honeybee Health Podcasts from NAPPC 2008 International Conference

Note: Due to technical difficulties we have only 2 out of 8 reports available

Recorded on Thursday, October 23, 2008

Dr. J. Spencer Johnston, Department of Entomology, Texas A&M University "Enabling genetic selection for resistance to viral pathogens: Developing a rapid and inexpensive cytometric method for screening honey bees for viral resistance."
Funded by Dr. Peter Swift, GDS Legacy Foundation and Reid and Margaret E. Dennis

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Dr. Dennis VanEngelsdorp, Pennsylvania State University "Year long survey of honey bee colony pollen supplies in relation to colony health"

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Q + A Following Honeybee Health Reports

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Pollinator Week 2008 Podcasts

Monday, June 23 - The Pollinator Partnership: Bringing Together Pollinators and People

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Tuesday, June 24 - Endangered Pollinators, Endangered Plants

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Wednesday, June 25 - Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Altitudes: Pollinators, Phenology, and Climate Change

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Thursday, June 26 - Busy Bees in the Beltway: Native Bees and Cities

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Friday, June 27- Managing Mini-Fauna: Pollinators on Public Lands

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National Pollinator Week is your chance to listen to a series of podcasts and learn more about the essential birds, bees, bats, and even beetles that pollinate your food and flowering plants, and make our wild areas beautiful and healthy.

The podcasts were produced for National Pollinator Week by the North American Pollinator Protection Campaign (NAPPC) and its federal partners in the Department of the Interior – Bureau of Land Management, National Park Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the U.S. Geological Survey

Keep checking in! More Podcasts to come this week!

Monday, June 23. The Pollinator Partnership: Bringing Together Pollinators and People. Discusses an overview of pollinator issues, The Pollinator Partnership and Pollinator Week events, gardening guides for pollinators, educational curriculum and free posters and pollinator wheels.
Tuesday, June 24. Endangered Pollinators, Endangered Plants. Discusses imperiled butterflies and plants as well as some of the challenges facing their recovery.
Wednesday, June 25. Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Altitudes: Pollinators, Phenology, and Climate Change. Discusses how climate change may be affecting pollinators and their phenology - the timing of their life-cycle events.
Thursday, June 26. Busy Bees in the Beltway: Native Bees and Cities. Focuses on specific studies of native bees in Capital-area national parks and reveals how natural areas in even urban environments contribute to the conservation of native bees.
Friday, June 27. Managing Mini-Fauna: Pollinators on Public Lands. Discusses steps land managers can take to start managing for pollinators.

Also, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will have additional pollinator podcasts available at http://www.fws.gov/pollinators.