Organic Gardener Podcast

  Olivia Shangrow is an Awesome Rockstar Millennial and the biologist and operations specialist for https://www.rentmasonbees.com/ (Rent Mason Bees.) She completed her bachelor of science degree in biology from the University of Washington. She’s passionate about teaching the public about wild bees and her research focuses on increasing the value of rural and urban habitats for native insects. I can share information on the mason bee lifecycle, what to grow in your garden to support them, and the best ways to care for/host them in your backyard We’re up north of Seattle in Bothel, we do some propagation in Oregon too! We travel a lot but when we’re actually hands on in Washington Tell us a little about yourself. I’ve always been interested in bees my whole life, myself have been hearing the bees are struggling and our bee populations are down.  I just decided when I was finishing school I wanted to do more to help bees and that’s how I ended up running a https://www.rentmasonbees.