Ep. 368 - Bumblebees and their Habitat
In Defense of Plants Podcast
In Defense of Plants
4.8 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 8 May 2022
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
If we care about organisms like bumblebees, we need to protect and restore their habitats and plants are that habitat. In this episode we hear from Senior Program Officer, Communications Lead, WWF Northern Great Plains Program Clay Bolt about the work being done to restore habitat and bolster bumblebee populations. This episode was produced in part by Judson, Ella, Alex, Dan, Pamela, Peter, Andrea, Nathan, Karyn, Michelle, Jillian, Chellie, Linda, Laura, Miz Holly, Christie, Carlos, Paleo Fern, Levi, Sylvia, Lanny, Ben, Lily, Craig, Sarah, Lor, Monika, Brandon, Jeremy, Suzanne, Kristina, Christine, Silas, Michael, Aristia, Felicidad, Lauren, Danielle, Allie, Jeffrey, Amanda, Tommy, Marcel, C Leigh, Karma, Shelby, Christopher, Alvin, Arek, Chellie, Dani, Paul, Dani, Tara, Elly, Colleen, Natalie, Nathan, Ario, Laura, Cari, Margaret, Mary, Connor, Nathan, Jan, Jerome, Brian, Azomonas, Ellie, University Greens, Joseph, Melody, Patricia, Matthew, Garrett, John, Ashley, Cathrine, Melvin, OrangeJulian, Porter, Jules, Griff, Joan, Megan, Marabeth, Les, Ali, Southside Plants, Keiko, Robert, Bryce, Wilma, Amanda, Helen, Mikey, Michelle, German, Joerg, Cathy, Tate, Steve, Kae, Carole, Mr. Keith Santner, Lynn, Aaron, Sara, Kenned, Brett, Jocelyn, Ethan, Sheryl, Runaway Goldfish, Ryan, Chris, Alana, Rachel, Joanna, Lori, Paul, Griff, Matthew, Bobby, Vaibhav, Steven, Joseph, Brandon, Liam, Hall, Jared, Brandon, Christina, Carly, Kazys, Stephen, Katherine, Mohsin Kazmi Takes Pictures, Manny, doeg, Daniel, Tim, Philip, Tim, Lisa, Brodie, Bendix, Irene, holly, Sara, and Margie.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello everyone and welcome to the In Defensive Plants podcast, the official podcast of Indefensiveplants.com. |
| 0:06.2 | What's up? This is your host, Matt. Welcome to the show. How's everyone doing this week? |
| 0:09.9 | I'm doing great because I have Clay Bolt, who is the senior program officer and communications lead for the World Wildlife Fund, Northern Great Plains program on the show today to talk about bumblebees, insects |
| 0:22.3 | at general, and the need for habitat, big and small, and what really all of us can do personally |
| 0:28.6 | to help insects like bumblebees out. Clay is deeply passionate about insects, conservation, |
| 0:34.5 | and photography. And if you have not explored his photography, stay tuned in the end or check the show notes |
| 0:40.2 | for his Instagram. |
| 0:41.5 | It'll be a great jumping off point. |
| 0:43.5 | He's got photographs in places like Nat Geo, for instance. |
| 0:46.5 | But I don't want to steal any of his thunder. |
| 0:48.1 | This is really important work and a really great conversation. |
| 0:51.8 | So let's just jump right into it. |
| 0:53.1 | Without further ado, here's my conversation with Clay Bolt. |
| 0:56.1 | I hope you enjoy. |
| 1:13.6 | All right, Clay Bolt. It is so great to have you on the podcast. |
| 1:15.5 | I'm super excited to talk to you today. |
| 1:17.7 | But first, how about we start off with an introduction? |
| 1:21.3 | Tell everyone a little bit about who you are and what it is you do. |
| 1:22.5 | Sure, Matt. |
| 1:24.4 | And thanks so much for having me on the podcast today. |
| 1:29.5 | I am the conservation lead for WWF's Northern Great Plains program, |
| 1:34.2 | and I'm also the unofficial insect expert for the organization, |
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