Pollinator Week: Dr. Jennifer Tsuruda, Honey Bee Pollination - (029)

Dr. Jennifer Tsuruda is an Assistant Professor at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, where she focuses her time on honey bee health, pollination and as the State's Extension Service apiculturist. Prior to her current position, she was the apiculturist for Clemson University. Her research includes honey bee foraging behavior, behavioral resistance to mites, genomic imprinting and pesticide exposure.

Jennifer joins Jeff & Kim in today's Pollinator Week episode to discuss the work she is doing at her new role at the University of Tennessee, pollination gardens, honey bee photography and pollination in general.

Websites and links mention in the podcast include:

• University of Tennessee Entomology Homepage: https://epp.tennessee.edu
• Tennessee Beekeepers Association: http://www.tnbeekeepers.org
• Pollination Partnership: (see episodes #1 and #27): https://www.pollinator.org
• Xerces Society: (see episode #2): https://xerces.org
• Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center: https://www.wildflower.org
• Tennessee State Apiarist: https://www.tn.gov/agriculture/businesses/bees/state-apiarist.html
• University of Tennessee Bee Lab: https://ag.tennessee.edu/EPP/Pages/Bees%20and%20Beekeeping/home.aspx

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Podcast music: Young Presidents, "Be Strong"