Management and its effects on native pollinators
with Rachel Mallinger
Topics
- John leads off with an update about weather and spray conditions
- Rachel Mallinger — discusses her research on wild bees’ response to orchard management techniques
– Wild bees pollinate at 3-4x rate of honey bees
– Wooded habitat encourages native bees, surrounding agricultural land and toxicity discourages them
– Managing to encourage native pollinators, finding good spray windows
– Building and maintaining native bee habitat - John talks about applying protectant and oil this week
- On European red mite
- Answers question about the fungicide Oxidate
- On Brown marmorated stink bug
- Question: Where is the best place to for help identifying bugs?
- Question: On scouting for and managing red-banded leaf rollers and leaf miners
- Question: Scouting for Spotted wing drosophila
– NOTE: John will be ordering traps in bulk. To buy some, contact him at .
– For information about making your own trap, see this article (note that the sticky paper is not necessary). - Round-headed apple borer
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Next call will be on Tuesday, May 10 at 8am Central Time! We will have UW horticulturalist Rebecca Harbut on the line. If you have any questions for John or Rebecca, send them to John at (or, if you can’t email, call at 608-604-0234) or Alex at by Monday of next week.
