Wild Bee Sunflower Nectar Preferences with Dr. Jarrad Prasifka

"Wild bee visitation unaffected by disparate nectar phenotypes in a sunflower inbred line population" with Dr. Jarrad Prasifka. Bees are important pollinators for sunflowers. But, just like humans, they also have preferences, which means it's important for sunflower breeders to breed the kinds of sunflowers that bees like best. In this episode, Dr. Jarrad Prasifka joins me to discuss sunflower nectar and how much it affects wild bee preferences for sunflower lines. Tune in to learn: · How sunflower lines are bred · How researchers check for bee preferences · How nectar phenotypes affect wild bee preferences in sunflower · Which other factors affect wild bee preferences in sunflower If you would like more information about this topic, this episode's paper is available here: This paper is always freely available. Contact us at podcast@sciencesocieties.org or on Twitter @FieldLabEarth if you have comments, questions, or suggestions for show topics, and if you want more content like this don't forget to

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Wild Bee Sunflower Nectar Preferences with Dr. Jarrad Prasifka is an episode from Field, Lab, Earth by ASA, CSSA, SSSA.

This episode is 40:28 long.

This episode was published on Apr 17, 2026.

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