Pollinator Update, 2/15 2024

Kunz-Brundige Franklin County Extension Building, 2548 Carmack Rd, Columbus, OH 43210

9:30  Coffee and AM refreshments

10:00 Welcome, introductions and housekeeping, Denise Ellsworth

10:15  Jamie Strange, Strange Lab project update

10:45 Chia Lin and Reed Johnson, honey bee research update

11:15  Introduce Janna Thompson-Chordas, Academic Program Coordinator

11:30 Kayla Perry, Forest Entomology program update

11:45 Ellen Danford, specialist bees and Perennials for Pollinators research update

12:05 Program sharing

 Amber Barnes  Pollinator Partnership  ab@pollinator.org
 Pam Bennett  State MGV Program/Clark County  bennett.27@osu.edu
 Michele Bouquet  Madison County Master Gardener Volunteer  Micbouq@yahoo.com
 Joe Carter  Chadwick Arboretum  jcarte@columbus.rr.com
 Petra Schmalbrock  Chadwick Arboretum  petmafra@gmail.com
 Catherine Herms  OSU Secrest Arboretum  herms.3@osu.edu
 Dianne Kadonaga  FCMGV, Pollinator Specialization Advocate  sunnyglenwellness@gmail.com
 Randy Katz  Summit Master Gardener, County Apiary Inspector  randy.steven.katz@Gmail.com
 Claudia Khourey-Bowers  Central Ohio Beekeepers Association  claudiakhoureybowers@gmail.com
 Cheryl Sims  MGV Franklin County  ggsims13@outlook.com
 Jamie Walters  President ~ Ohio State Beekeepers Association  j.walters1054@yahoo.com

Logan Minter introduction, research and IPM program including Ohio Trees for Pollinators

Blooms for Mason Bees webinar, 2/28/24@1PM

Plant by Numbers: native plants, growing steps and sample designs to support pollinators

1:00  Lunch, City Barbeque

Time to meet and greet —

Jeni Filbrun, United Titanium Bug Zoo (on the Wooster campus)

Jeni Ruisch, Insectary and BUGmobile (based out of the Columbus campus)

2:00  Visit to Rothenbuhler Bee Lab (optional) or Safe trip home (not optional)

 Central Ohio Beekeepers Association  Bob Bowers bbowers53@att.net
 Central Ohio Beekeepers Association  Winnie Williams
 Central Ohio Beekeepers Association  Claudia Khourey-Bowers
 Chadwick Arboretum volunteer  Joe Carter jcarte@columbus.rr.com
 Chadwick Arboretum volunteer  Petra Schmalbrock petmafra@gmail.com
 Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden  Mark Plucinski plucinmd@miamioh.edu
 Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden  Jerome Stenger
 Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden  Gertrude Lorenz
 Clark County Extension  Beth Brooks brooks.1320@osu.edu
 Clark County, HCS  Tony Dobbesl dobbels.1@osu.edu
 Coshocton County Extension  Chris Allen allen.236@osu.edu
 EEOB graduate student  Lizzy Sakulich
 Entomology PhD Student, Strange Lab  Liam Whiteman
 Entomology post-doctoral researcher, Strange Lab  Pinar Barkan barkan.24@osu.edu
 Entomology PhD Student, Strange Lab  Dante Centuori
 Entomology graduate student, Gardiner Lab  Carlee Shepard
 Entomology PhD Student, Strange Lab  Brooke Donzelli
 Entomology, ESGP graduate student  Michelle Pham pham.457@osu.edu
 Entomology post-doctoral scholar, Strange Lab  Mo Christman christman.181@osu.edu
 Franklin County Master Gardener Volunteer (MGV)  Joe Lansing toborjl@sbcglobal.net
 Franklin County MGV  Cheryl Sims ggsims13@outlook.com
 Franklin County MGV  Steve Herminghausen
 Franklin County MGV, Pollinator Specialization Advocate  Dianne Kadonaga
 HCS Weed Ecology Lab, Wooster  Roger Downer downer.2@osu.edu
 Hort and Crop Science  Milagro Vasquez vasquez.205@osu.edu
 Lorain County Extension  Thomas Becker becker.643@osu.edu
 Madison County Master Gardener Volunteer  Michele Bouquet Micbouq@yahoo.com
 Madison County Master Gardener Volunteers  Sue Cline
 Medina County Extension  Ashley Kulhanek kulhanek.5@osu.edu
 Miami County Extension  Amanda Bennett bennett.709@osu.edu
 Montgomery County ANR Educator  Leeoria Willis willis.615@osu.edu
 Ohio Certified Volunteer Naturalist (OCVN)  Mark Miller Memnavr@gmail.com
 OCVN, volunteer pollinator specialist  Alesia Miller
 OCVN, volunteer pollinator specialist  Susan Moore Birdtracks@att.net
 ODNR, volunteer pollinator specialist  Kelley Capuzzi Dragonet13@gmail.com
 Ohio State Beekeepers Association  Roger Myers
 Ohio State Beekeepers Association, president  Jamie Walters
 Osmia Bee Company, bee enthusiast  Justina Block justina@osmiabee.com
 OSU Chadwick Arboretum  Anna Williamson williamson.596@osu.edu
 OSU Chadwick Arboretum  Pam Poeth poeth.3@osu.edu
 OSU Entomology/Extension, pollinator education  Denise Ellsworth ellsworth.2@osu.edu
 OSU Secrest Arboretum  Catherine Herms herms.3@osu.edu
 OSU Secrest Arboretum  Paul Snyder snyder.1062@osu.edu
 OSU Secrest Arboretum  Jason Veil Veil.11@osu.edu
 OSU Pesticide Safety Education Program  Mary Ann Rose Rose.155@osu.edu
 OSU Pesticide Safety Education Program, retired  Joanne Kick-Raack kickraack@gmail.com
 Pollinator Partnership  Amber Barnes ab@pollinator.org
 Ross County Extension, ANR Educator  Ryan Slaughter slaughter.71@osu.edu
 Seneca county Master Gardener  Susan Nighswander sjnnigh55@gmail.com
 State MGV Program/Clark County  Pam Bennett bennett.27@osu.edu
 Summit County Master Gardener, County  Apiary Inspector  Randy Katz
 Volunteer pollinator specialist  Carolyn L Hufford chufford@gmail.com
 Wayne County Extension  Frank Becker becker.587@osu.edu

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