Beekeeping Today Podcast26 Juni 2023

Using "Mating Disruption" To Reduce Pesticide Use with Amelia Cadwell (S6, E02)

In today's episode we talk with Amelia Cadwell who grew up with a grandfather who kept bees, which lead to time spent working for a commercial beekeeper and today, keeps bees herself. She also works with Suterra, a global pest management company headquartered in Bend, Oregon. Suterra specializes in providing a pesticide-free approach protecting crops including citrus, nut, vine and vegetable using a technique called 'mating disruption'.

Amelia works primarily with Almond and citrus growers in California.

Mating disruption is a management technique that disrupts the mating patterns of pests, effectively reducing their population without the need for harmful chemicals. By releasing synthetic pheromones or using other innovative methods, this approach confuses male pests, making it challenging for them to find females for reproduction.

The result? There is less exposure of honey bees and other pollinators to synthetic pesticides, including neonicotinoids. Many states are requiring a broad IPM plan to reduce the use of hard chemicals. Mating disruption can help reduce grower use to one, or zero spray of the hard insecticides, thereby reducing environmental harm to their use.

There are many people and companies working to find alternatives to hard chemical pesticide sprays. The naturally occurring compounds used in mating disruption help growers maintain a 'certified organic' labeling, and protect all pollinators in the process.

Listen in as Amelia talks about what she does and how mating disruption protects our honey bees!

We hope you enjoy the episode. Leave comments and questions in the Comments Section of the episode's website.

Links and websites mentioned in this podcast:

Suterra: https://www.suterra.com
Mating Disruption: https://www.suterra.com/mating-disruption
Honey Bee Health Coalition, Varroa Management Resources: https://honeybeehealthcoalition.org/resources/varroa-management/
Good Food Awards Honey Competition: https://goodfoodfdn.org/awards/entry-form/
Beekeeping Today Podcast on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@beekeepingtodaypodcast
Honey Bee Obscura: https://www.honeybeeobscura.com

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