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I am studying the “Bee Garden” that is located on the Thompson Rivers University campus in Kamloops beside the Ken Lepin building. It is a small garden with a variety of plants that are supposed to attract bees/ pollinators. There are a few benches that are near and two sets of stairs where people walk by. The first day that I visited the Bee Garden was June 2nd, 2019. That Sunday was relatively warm, within the twenties, and it was mid-day.
The three questions I have thought about are:
How many bees go to each plant?
Does the colour of the plant attract bees more? Or does the symmetry of the plant? (symmetry vs colour)
Does the change in weather seem to affect how many pollinators are out and about?
After going to talk to Dr. Lyn Baldwin about my hypothesis, and my questions, I decided to change my questions. Lyn suggested looking at the weather or the time of day, and then counting the number of pollinators. Therefore, my new questions would have to be:
Does weather seem to affect how many pollinators are out and about?
Does the temperature affect how many pollinators are out and about?
Does the time of day seem to change how many pollinators are out and about?
Attached are pictures of the Bee Garden that I was studying and the other page was some species that I noted and found some information about.
