Dear Citizen Scientists,

Thank you for participating in Pollination Investigators this past summer!  We hope you found the project to be enjoyable and worthwhile.

Below is a link to a short survey to evaluate the project protocol in order to improve the program for the future.  We invite responses from all those that received a pollination toolkit.  We would really appreciate your feedback on this project!

https://osu.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_abNzzLvm5JbiY7P

This survey will not ask for any personal information.  All questions will be aimed to assess how to improve the program.  These data will be maintained at Ohio State University by Dr. Mary Gardiner.

Please, let us know if you have any questions.

Thank you,

Kayla Perry and Mary Gardiner

We have been hand pollinating flowers!  What about you?  Let us know how things are going!

Want to learn about bees and their ecological role?  The Stratford Ecological Center in Delaware, Ohio is hosting a Meet the Bees event tomorrow, July 22, from 10 – 11:30 am.  $10 per family.  Contact Dave Noble (740-363-2548) for availability.  Check out the link below for information!

http://stratfordecologicalcenter.org/event/meet-the-bees-2/

We are interested to hear about your progress as a Pollination Investigator!  Send us an update and a photo of your pepper plants!

Check out Joe’s pepper plants in his garden! Thanks for participating in Pollination Investigators, Joe!  Although I will admit, I didn’t give my Dad much of a choice.  🙂  I think he is pleasantly surprised with how much fun science can be!  Go Science!

Send pictures to: pollinationinvestigator@gmail.com, or email with any questions or concerns!

I hope the experiment set-up went smoothly for everyone!  Our pepper plants are in the garden and doing well.

Send us an update on your peppers and a picture of the experiment in your garden!  Check out Marlin’s peppers below.  Thanks for the photo and update, Marlin!

Send pictures to: pollinationinvestigator@gmail.com, or email with any questions or concerns!