BB5 Episode 5: Aubrey Johnson

Hear from player and photographer Aubrey Johnson about her time on Salt Lake City Hive, based out of Utah. Besides talking about her own experiences playing on America’s sweetheart quadball team, Aubrey also gives some flowers to retiring players and teammates Katie Ely, Danika Liou, and Nathan Liou. This episode is part of our April 1, 2024 exclusive day of Bee-yond the Big 5 features on sports and pollinators.

• Resources about bees and pollinators:

• https://extension.usu.edu/pests/research/beginners-guide-to-common-native-bees

• https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/meet-7-lesser-known-pollinators

• https://www.xerces.org/pollinator-conservation/about-pollinators

• https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/extension_curall/724/

• Salt Lake City Hive on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/saltlakequadball/

  Aubrey’s photo account on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/akj.photos

Special thanks to scientist Brandi Cannon-Force for some initial suggestions about under the radar pollinators.

Host/editor/producer: Mary Kimball

Theme music: Jeff McBride

Episode cover photo: Mary Kimball