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Tree debris and the humble bee

Honeybees just placed in a cherry orchard. May 1, 2025. (Photo: Izzy Ross/IPR News)
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Honeybees just placed in a cherry orchard. May 1, 2025. (Photo: Izzy Ross/IPR News)

It’s a big dose of nature on this week’s Up North Lowdown: How storm debris can turn into electricity, our gardening expert guides us through good fertilizer for northern Michigan soil, and we receive a shipment of bees!

When trees snapped in the late-March ice storm that hit northern Michigan, many also took down power lines. Now, the same stuff that knocked out the power could help make electricity.

We’ll learn how bees interact with northern Michigan’s ecosystem.

And about the regional history of barn architecture … plus a related road trip you might enjoy.

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Max Copeland is the local weekday host of All Things Considered on Interlochen Public Radio and the producer of The Up North Lowdown, IPR’s weekly news podcast.
Ed Ronco is IPR's news director.