The Great Pollinator Project Blog

Twenty-five Bee Watchers turned out for a hot afternoon visit to the High Line on August 4th. We gathered on the south end of the park, near Gansevoort Street, and worked our way north, following the advice of a High Line gardener who suggested we’d see maximum bee activity on the sundeck near 14th Street [...]

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At the beginning of the season we distributed a survey at orientations and to new Bee Watchers who had signed up online. We received 154 responses from these mostly new – and some seasoned – Bee Watchers. We thought you might be interested in what your fellow citizen scientists said about why they watch bees.

How [...]

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In Dr. Seuss’s Did I Ever Tell You How Lucky You Are? there’s a Bee Watcher whose “…job is to watch…is to keep both his eyes on the lazy town bee. A bee that is watched will work harder, you see.”

When watching doesn’t result in harder work from the bee, a watcher is assigned [...]

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The following Frequently Asked Questions are in our presentation but I thought they would be worth posting here. Enjoy your bee watching and more posts will be coming next week!

Should I observing the entire plant or just one flower?
Answer- Record bee visitation to the entire plant (which may have multiple flowers). Some flowering plants, such [...]

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