Showing posts with label honey bees. Show all posts
Showing posts with label honey bees. Show all posts

Tuesday, March 9, 2021

Arthro-Pod EP 84: Pollinator Health with Judy Wu-Smart

 

Hello bug lovers! Join us today as we meet up with Dr. Judy Wu-Smart of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln to talk about her work with pollinator health. Dr. Wu-Smart runs the Bee Lab at UNL and is focused on mitigating stresses on honey bee hives and developing practical advice for beekeepers to use. She's also been in the news lately and we'll talk all about that experience. Tune in!



Show Notes:


Great Plains Anywhere Lecture




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Tuesday, February 13, 2018

Arthro-Pod EP 36 Bee Venom and Apitherapy



Hey there bug lovers! On our latest episode we are will dissect the contents of bee venom and discuss the possible medical uses of it. Bee venom is a chemical cocktail of pain inducing compounds but many people allow themselves to be stung for therapeutic reasons. Data suggests that there may be promising results but there is also reason for extreme caution before pursuing this course of action. 
Honey bees have many uses, is one of them medicinal? (Photo credit: Jim Kalisch; UNL Entomology)
A bee sting removed from the bee (Photo credit: Jim Kalisch; UNL Entomology)

Definitions to consider:

Apitherapy: The use of honey bee related products for medicinal purposes. Includes venom, honey, beeswax, etc.

Bee venom therapy (BVT):  "in which bee venom is used for medicinal purposes, is available worldwide, but is primarily utilized in Asia, Eastern Europe, and South America. The diverse therapeutic applications of BVT include various musculoskeletal conditions, such as arthritis and rheumatism, chronic recalcitrant neuralgia, arthralgia, and immune-related diseases. BVT is also used to desensitize patients to bee stings and thus inhibit allergic reactions"
A typical reaction a bee sting (Photo credit: Jim Kalisch; UNL Entomology)

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Friday, December 18, 2015

Arthro-Pod Episode 17: The Entomology Society Awakens!



Greetings listeners! Today we will be featuring some awesome and quick interviews that occurred at the 2015 national Entomological Society of America meeting in Minneapolis, MN! I was lucky enough to meet up with 24 different scientists who all had a great story to tell! It's a marathon show of over 2 hours so buckle in and get ready to learn about some of your fellow bug people!

Apologies up front as well for some sound issues, it's hard to record in a hopping convention center! Many of our guests mentioned their cool projects that you should check out, so here are some links for you to hit up!

 Breaking Bio Podcast

 Bumble Boosters

 On Six Legs podcast with Tom Turpin

 AntGirl on YouTube!

 Cicindela blog

Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT

 Ants and Honey Bees Project

 Livin Farms
     and their Kickstarter!

Finally, a huge thank you and shout out to The Entomological Society, Richard Levine, Laura Higgins, and Lisa Junker! 


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This episode is freely available on archive.org and is licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/




Beginning/ending theme: "There It Is" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
Intermission music: "On the Road Again" by  Willie Nelson. All rights reserved. Music was obtained legally. 

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