Keep Those Bee Hotels Buzzing

05/18/22 • 13 min

World Bee Day is celebrated on May 20th this year. In honor of our buzzing pollinators, we sit down with Elsa Youngsteadt, of NC State's Urban Ecology lab, to learn more about the impact that bees have on urban environments, and what can be done in those spaces to help them.
To find the handbook referenced in the episode, check here:
https://uncpress.org/book/9781469659022/the-bees-of-north-carolina/

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The (Turf)grass is Always Greener on the Other Side

What do sports stadiums, golf courses, roadways and houses across the country have in common? They all benefit from turfgrass expertise. NC State's Turfgrass Management program has been churning out research and workers in the field for years shaping the way many of see and interact with the turf around us. On this episode we talk with NC State Extension Turf Specialist Grady Miller and Durham Bulls Ballpark Head Groundskeeper Grady Miller about all the work that goes into maintaining these fields.
If you're looking for more info about turfgrass in North Carolina check out TurfFiles:
https://www.turffiles.ncsu.edu/

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Plants In Space

On this episode, we talk with NC State professor Marcela Rojas-Pierce about her recent experiments conducted in space. She walks us through the prep work she and her team had to do to make sure that when their plants left the atmosphere, they could get the valuable information they wanted.
For more reading on this topic be sure to check out the latest issue of CALS Magazine:
go.ncsu.edu/calsmagazine