Bees, Turtles and Tampons

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