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Season 10: The Buzz Around Bees | Episode 11: Breeding A Better Bee
Humans have been breeding honey bees for centuries to help them adapt to new environments, and with technology improving at a rapid pace, breeders may now have the too...
Season 10: The Buzz Around Bees | Episode 10: A Perfect Symbiosis
ARS research entomologist Dr. Shawn Steffan works in cranberry country, USA – aka Madison, WI. Here, bees are vital to cranberry production, so keeping them healthy an...
Season 10: The Buzz Around Bees | Episode 9: The Hunt For A Predator
Join us at the National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C., where we talk with ARS researcher Matthew Buffington, who explains how a deadly predator to the ...
Season 10: The Buzz Around Bees | Episode 8: Bee Diversity
How many different types of bees can you think of? Bumble bees, honey bees, mason bees. There’s actually a lot more bee diversity than you think, a lot more. Find out...
Season 10: The Buzz Around Bees | Episode 7: Honey Bees And Pesticide Exposure
Pesticides are an important tool for managing hungry and destructive insects and invasive species. But there is little known how pesticides affect the bees that pollin...
Season 10: The Buzz Around Bees | Episode 6: How To Make Your Yard Pollinator Friendly
Bee experts Liz Walsh and Lanie Bilodeau offer tips for making your home yards more bee friendly.Find out how you can help honey bees by clicking on the extension serv...
Season 10: The Buzz Around Bees | Episode 5: The Queen Bee
Being the queen bee may have its perks, but there’s a lot of stress to the job. Sure, you have worker bees bringing you food, grooming you, and caring for your babies....
Season 10: The Buzz Around Bees | Episode 4: A Mite-y Big Problem For Bees
The varroa mite is one of the biggest threats to honey bees around the world. Essentially, it’s a modern honey bee plague. Varroa is an invasive species that originate...
Season 10: The Buzz Around Bees | Episode 3: Can Bees Adapt To A New Environment?
Today, bees and other pollinators are facing many pressing issues, either directly related or amplified by extreme weather conditions and new weather patterns. And the...
Season 10: The Buzz Around Bees | Episode 2: Bee Health And Survival Long Term
Take a trip with us to ARS’s Invasive Species and Pollinator Health Unit in Albany, CA, where researchers are looking at long-term factors affecting bee health and col...
Season 10: The Buzz Around Bees | Episode 1: The State Of The Honey Bee
We sat down with one of the world's leading honey bee experts, Dr. Jay Evans to find out the state of honey bee populations. Are honey bees dying at an alarming rate? ...
Season 9: Healthier & Tastier - It's All In The Formula
Here at ARS we love food as much as you do, and we’re also conscious of making healthy food choices. That’s why in this episode we’re going to show you a trio of new p...
Season 9: Healthier & Tastier - It's All In The Formula | Episode 7: Move Over Bees, This Almond Pollinates Itself
Yorizane is the first self-pollinating almond in the U.S., and it has the traits industry and consumers are looking for. It won’t be long before these delicious nuts a...
Season 9: Healthier & Tastier - It's All In The Formula | Episode 6: Wrapping Up More Flavor
Dr. Tara McHugh may be the GOAT when it comes to creating foods that are both healthy and tasty. Dr. McHugh and her team have a created a variety of delicious treats ...
Season 9: Healthier & Tastier – It's All In The Formula | Episode 5: Waxing Poetic About Healthy Oils
Wouldn’t it be great if the oils and margarines you cook with were actually healthy for you and still enhanced the flavor of your foods? Researchers at ARS’s Functiona...
Season 9: Healthier & Tastier – It's All In The Formula | Episode 4: Breaktime: Getting Healthy
Here at ARS, we are constantly researching ways to make the food in your shopping cart healthier and tastier, including for those who have to be careful about the food...
Season 9: Healthier & Tastier – It's All In The Formula | Episode 3: These Peaches Are A Real Joy
We travel to Byron, Georgia, to the ARS Fruit and Tree Nut Research Unit, and visit with Research Horticulturist Chunxian Chen. Dr. Chen and his group recently release...
Season 9: Healthier & Tastier – It's All In The Formula | Episode 2: Cheers To A Heartier New Hop
We travel to Corvallis, Oregon, to meet with ARS research geneticist John Henning. Here at the Forage Seed and Cereal Research Unit, John and his team recently releas...
Season 9: Healthier & Tastier | Episode 1: A Healthier Milk Chocolate
The U.S. imports around $5 billion in cocoa and chocolate products annually, and we produce millions of pounds of chocolate for consumers. The health benefits of dark ...
Season 8: Wearable Science
Americans spend millions, maybe billions, on clothes every year. It’s a huge industry. And when you think about clothes, do the words style, fit, and comfort come to m...
Season 8: Wearable Science | Episode 7: Back to the Future with Hemp
Is hemp the plant of the future? See if this crop, which has been around for thousands of years, will find its place in the US agricultural marketplace.Connect with u...
Season 8: Wearable Science | Episode 6: Spotting A Good Hide
Get the inside story of how ARS researchers created an automated, objective method for detecting imperfections on a hide - a method that greatly benefits U.S. leather ...
Season 8: Wearable Science | Episode 5: Breaktime
Learn about scientific breakthroughs from ARS. Check out jeans that don’t scratch, insect repellents made from natural ingredients, and the Super Slurper!Connect with...
Season 8: Wearable Science | Episode 4: Preparing For Combat
ARS is showing its military might by developing insect-repellent treatments that could be applied to service member uniforms to protect our brave men and women from a ...
Season 8: Wearable Science | Episode 3: Turning Down the Flames
What if your clothes were naturally flame-retardant, and that protection were durable enough to remain effective after multiple washes? Well, that’s just what ARS rese...
Season 8: Wearable Science | Episode 2: Getting Cozy with Wool
Did you know that many of the advances in wool and leather clothing were developed in Wyndmoor, PA, including a technique to get rid of the yellowing of wool?Connect w...
Season 8: Wearable Science | Episode 1: COVID-Busting Clothing
Learn how ARS researchers in New Orleans are finding innovative ways to enhance masks, clothing, and other wearable materials that help protect against coronavirus.Con...
Season 7: Sports and Science
Every part of a sport, from the clothing to the equipment, even to the playing field, has been enhanced by science. In this podcast, we look at how agricultural scien...
Season 7: Sports and Science | Episode 7: Nutrition is Part of Training Too
Wendy Shaw, a registered dietitian formerly with the National Agricultural Library, discusses the importance of nutrition, from the world’s elite athletes to the weeke...
Season 7: Sports and Science || Episode 6: Good Leather
The leather industry in the United States, while not as prosperous as in days past, is still a significant market in textiles, clothing, and sports. ARS researchers h...
