{"id":15209,"date":"2023-07-04T11:00:29","date_gmt":"2023-07-04T15:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/?p=15209"},"modified":"2025-06-03T11:07:03","modified_gmt":"2025-06-03T15:07:03","slug":"ask-an-expert-whats-buzzing-or-not-buzzing-about-pollinators-webinar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/ask-an-expert-whats-buzzing-or-not-buzzing-about-pollinators-webinar\/","title":{"rendered":"Ask An Expert: What&#8217;s Buzzing or Not Buzzing About Pollinators, Webinar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Join alumna <a href=\"https:\/\/mn.gov\/portal\/whitepages\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Megan Benage<\/a>, a regional ecologist for the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, and <a href=\"https:\/\/ag.purdue.edu\/fnr\/Pages\/Profile.aspx?strAlias=overbey\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bee Redfield<\/a>, a postgraduate research assistant, as they explore the world of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=X4-PtRFQW-Q\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pollinators<\/a>. They cover the who&#8217;s, the what&#8217;s and how&#8217;s of pollination as well as how you can help bring pollinators to your yard and help the pollinator population in general. They also share about ongoing research and cool projects related to pollinators.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ask The Expert: What&#039;s Buzzing or Not Buzzing About Pollinators\" width=\"670\" height=\"377\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/X4-PtRFQW-Q?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>If you have any questions regarding wildlife, trees, forest management, wood products, natural resource planning or other natural resource topics, feel free to contact us by using our <a title=\"Ask an Expert\" href=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/got-nature-blog\/ask-an-expert\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ask an Expert<\/a>\u00a0web page.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Resources<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/edustore.purdue.edu\/item.asp?Item_Number=POL-8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Protecting Pollinators: Biology and Control of Varroa Mites in Bee Hives<\/a>, The Education Store, Purdue Extension resource center<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/edustore.purdue.edu\/item.asp?Item_Number=PPP-116\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Complex Life of the Honey Bee: Environmental, Biological, and Chemical Challenges to Colony Health<\/a>, The Education Store<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/extension.entm.purdue.edu\/publications\/pubs\/PollinatorProtection.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pollinator Protection<\/a>, Website, Purdue Extension<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/hla\/sites\/yardandgarden\/gardening-for-pollinators\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gardening for Pollinators<\/a>, Purdue Graden Articles<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mn.gov\/portal\/whitepages\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Megan Benage<\/a>, Regional Ecologist<br \/>\nMinnesota Department of Natural Resources<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ag.purdue.edu\/fnr\/Pages\/Profile.aspx?strAlias=overbey\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bee Redfield<\/a>, Postgraduate Research Assistant<br \/>\nPurdue Forestry and Natural Resources<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Join alumna Megan Benage, a regional ecologist for the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, and Bee Redfield, a postgraduate research assistant, as they explore the world of pollinators. They cover the who&#8217;s, the what&#8217;s and how&#8217;s of pollination as well as how you can help bring pollinators to your yard and help the pollinator population [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[42,43,45,49,54],"tags":[657,256,1149,566,602,67,704],"class_list":["post-15209","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-forestry","category-gardening","category-howto","category-plants","category-wildlife","tag-bees","tag-fnr","tag-fnr-ext","tag-forests","tag-garden","tag-plants","tag-pollinator","audience-for-enthusiasts","audience-for-homeowners","audience-for-landowners","audience-for-professionals"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15209","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15209"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15209\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33227,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15209\/revisions\/33227"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15209"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15209"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/fnr\/extension\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}