Pollinators

26 September 2008
11:30
Botanical Garden, Willamette University, Salem, OR
Once again I am sitting in front of the array of reds, oranges, and yellows, though this time I am watching not just the flowers, but the visitors. For my biology class we have been asked to perform an experiment in the botanical garden concerning the visitation rate of pollinators. After a small debate my group settled on comparing whether pollinators preferred to visit clusters of flowers or individual flowers. I watch our samples and watch the different species of pollinators repeatedly turn to the clusters that we have created. The flowers sway gently in the breeze and jostle the pollinators here and there.