Monitoring spring crop pollinators
Visit your crop field or orchard at start of bloom, during peak bloom, and again near end of bloom. If possible, visit when weather conditions are good and bees are mostly likely to be out (e.g. temp. above 55°F, wind is 10mph or less, sunny). Go about 1/3 of the way into the field, then walk slowly for 10 minutes toward (and maybe past) the center of the field, looking at one row and counting all the bees and other insects you see visiting crop flowers, keeping counts of each as you go. Count honey bees, bumble bees, and all other bees or insects you see that are touching open flowers.
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Date sampled
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Did the monitoring take place on a commercial farm? *
State
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Crop monitored
If other crop monitored, please list here:
Size of field monitored (acres or square feet):
Have you placed commercial bees in your field (i.e. honey bees or bumble bees)?
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If yes, date of placement of commercial bees in your field?
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If yes, date of removal of commercial bees from your field?
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Temperature at time of monitoring
<55F
56-85F
>85F
Temperature
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Wind speed at time of monitoring
Calm (still, smoke rises with little if any drift)
Light Breeze (4-7mph, wind felt on face, leaves rustle)
Gentle Breeze (8-12mph, leaves in constant motion)
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Sky condition at time of monitoring
Part sun
Sunny
Cloudy
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Number of bumble bees working flowers
Number of honey bees working flowers
Number of other bees or insect pollinators working flowers
Additional field conditions comments (e.g. recent spray, lots of flowering weeds present, etc)
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