Bees, Turtles and Tampons

In this episode, we learn about efforts to discover flower/bee partnerships, an app for monitoring the populations and distribution of turtles and other reptiles, and a new water quality testing technique that uses cotton tampons.

Projects and websites included in this podcast:

Ask A Bumblebee

Bees In Your Backyard

HerpMapper

What The Herp?

David M. Carroll

iNaturalist

Seek by iNaturalist

Tampling: Optical Brightener Water Quality Sampling

Image Credits (all public domain, except where noted):

Green Sea Turtle Hatchling

Pete Leary/USFWS

https://flic.kr/p/2pzRDd3

Galearis spectabilis, Showy Orchis

Helen Lowe Metzman

https://flic.kr/p/VSQspD

Micranthes virginiensis, Early saxifrage

Helen Lowe Metzman

https://flic.kr/p/XpVyfo

Echinacea purpurea, Coneflower

Helen Lowe Metzman

https://flic.kr/p/NDE3qc

Green-fringed orchid

Helen Lowe Metzman

https://flic.kr/p/2hWNCyv

Cercis, Redbud

Helen Lowe Metzman

https://flic.kr/p/27ipYfq

Yellow Corydalis

Helen Lowe Metzman

https://flic.kr/p/McNQTa

Honey bees in yellow pumpkin flower

Credit: Kirsten Strough/USDA

https://flic.kr/p/2maRLeD

Rusty Patched Bumblebee

Credit: Sarah Warner/USFWS

https://flic.kr/p/We58Uu

Backyard Bees of North America poster

BeesInYourBackyard.com

Sam Droege at desk

https://www.usgs.gov/media/videos/usgs-native-bee-inventory-and-monitoring-lab-eastern-ecological-science-center

USGS Media

Floating fuzzy bumblebee and flower

James Johnstone

https://flic.kr/p/2adZcpU

CC BY 2.0 DEED

Attribution 2.0 Generic

Eastern Box Turtle

Shendandoah National Park

https://flic.kr/p/fC5iYg

Tampling images and video

Kelly Albus, Ben Hendrickson, Desiree Jackson, and Miranda Waite

SciStarter Theme:

Podcast Theme

Kevin Hartnell

Additional Music:

Mess

Steven Combs

The Confluence

Gagmesharkoff