Episode 275
275 - Do Filter Strips Help Bees and Butterflies?
PolliNation Podcast · Oregon State University
December 9, 202423m 36s
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Show Notes
Filter strips surround agricultural fields and reduce soil loss and pesticide effluent reaching streams and rivers. They can also host flowering plants that bees and butterflies like. We talk to Dr. Amy Toth about whether these narrow ribbons of land can actually benefit pollinators.
Toth Lab website: https://www.tothlab.org/people
Episode 246 on filter strips: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MIcDh_SreU