Bees, Turtles and Tampons Citizen Science

In this episode, we learn about efforts to discover
flower/bee partnerships, an app for monitoring the populations and distribution of turtles and other reptiles, and a new water quality testing technique that
uses cotton tampons.

Projects and websites included in this podcast:

Ask A Bumblebee

Bees In Your Backyard

HerpMapper

What The Herp?

David M. Carroll

iNaturalist

Seek by iNaturalist

Tampling: Optical Brightener Water Quality Sampling

Image Credits (all public domain, except where noted):

Green Sea Turtle Hatchling

Pete Leary/USFWS

https://flic.kr/p/2pzRDd3



Galearis spectabilis, Showy Orchis

Helen Lowe Metzman

https://flic.kr/p/VSQspD

 

Micranthes virginiensis, Early saxifrage

Helen Lowe Metzman

https://flic.kr/p/XpVyfo

 

Echinacea purpurea, Coneflower

Helen Lowe Metzman

https://flic.kr/p/NDE3qc

 

Green-fringed orchid

Helen Lowe Metzman

https://flic.kr/p/2hWNCyv

 

Cercis, Redbud

Helen Lowe Metzman

https://flic.kr/p/27ipYfq

 

Yellow Corydalis

Helen Lowe Metzman

https://flic.kr/p/McNQTa

 

Honey bees in yellow pumpkin flower

Credit: Kirsten Strough/USDA

https://flic.kr/p/2maRLeD

 

Rusty Patched Bumblebee

Credit: Sarah Warner/USFWS

https://flic.kr/p/We58Uu

 

Backyard Bees of North America poster

BeesInYourBackyard.com

 

Sam Droege at desk

https://www.usgs.gov/media/videos/usgs-native-bee-inventory-and-monitoring-lab-eastern-ecological-science-center

USGS Media

 

Floating fuzzy bumblebee and flower

James Johnstone

https://flic.kr/p/2adZcpU

CC BY 2.0 DEED

Attribution 2.0 Generic



Eastern Box Turtle

Shendandoah National Park

https://flic.kr/p/fC5iYg

 

Tampling images and video

Kelly Albus, Ben Hendrickson, Desiree Jackson, and Miranda
Waite

 

SciStarter Theme:

Podcast Theme

Kevin Hartnell



Additional Music:

Mess

Steven Combs



The Confluence

Gagmesharkoff