The Secret Pollinators
The Secret Pollinators is a native bee and pollinator podcast hosted by Kelly Parks, exploring bumblebees, mason bees, solitary bees, pollinator gardens, native plants, and food crops.
Native pollinators are responsible for 1 in 3 bites of food we eat — and most of them are disappearing because nobody knows they exist.
Secret Pollinators changes that. One tiny hero at a time.
Secret Pollinators reveals the secret world of native bees and wild pollinators — the 4,000+ species doing the real work in American gardens, farms, and wild landscapes.
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Explore recent episodes about native bees, pollinators, gardens, food crops, and wild landscapes.
Why Do Most Wild Bees Live Alone?
Why living alone beats living together for most of the native, wild bee world. This episod...
Where Do Native Bees Go During a Heat Wave?
You step outside on the hottest day of the year and the flowers are still there, but the b...
What Happens to Wild Bees When Data Centers Cover the Ground?
Most native bees don't live in hives — they live alone, underground, in tunnels a single f...
Do Native Bees Fight Like Tiny MMA Fighters?
Do bees actually fight? Yes, and it's more brutal than most people imagine. In this episod...
What Do Bug Zappers Actually Kill? It's Not Mosquitoes
That snap from the bug zapper on the patio? It's usually killing a night pollinator and al...
Bees Make Natural Polyester That Chemists Can't Replicate
Cellophane Bees Make Natural Polyester That Chemists Can't Replicate Transcript: Speaker A...
A Wild Bee That Shears Wool from Plants - The Wool Carder Bee
Say "wool" and you picture a sheep — so what do you do with a bee that shears wool off a l...
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