Oregon State University hosted an NSF-funded program for undergraduate students to conduct research in pollination biology in natural and manipulated ecosystems, beginning summer 2009. Students conducted individual research projects comparing native bee pollinator diversity and dynamic mutualistic interactions with local flora, at three ecologically diverse habitats. Participants will receive initial training on the main campus in Corvallis on research skills related to pollination biology, and on professional development as scientists. Prior to implementing their independent research projects, undergraduates learned about bees, flowers, and habitat diversity, and became skilled in identification of local bees and flowers. This gallery is a sample of images from field work in the high meadows of the H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest, in summer 2018. For images of plants and their pollinators, see the Meadow Plants and their Pollinators 2018 image gallery.
Pollination Biology Research 2018
Blanca Peto, Ryan Cook (L to R). Ryan has captured a pollinator.
Lookout main meadow
Ryan Cook in Lookout meadow
Rachel Towner in Lookout meadow
Rachel Towner in Lookout meadow
pollinator sample
sampling vials for pollinator samples
Ryan Cook, labeling vials containing bumblebee samples
Ryan Cook, Gareth Jones (L to R). Ryan is carrying a styrofoam cooler in which he sampled and chilled bumblebees in order to safely release them after weighing.
Undergraduate Rachel Towner in the Lookout Bog meadow
Undergraduates Blanca Peto (L), Ryan Cook (R), Gareth Jones (far R), sampling pollinators in the Lookout Bog meadow
Undergraduate Blanca Peto sampling in Lookout Bog meadow
Lookout Bog meadow
Undergraduate Blanca Peto sampling in Lookout Bog meadow
Flower and pollinator
Blanca Peto, Rachel Towner, Ryan Cook, Gareth Jones (L to R) in the forest on the way to Lookout Bog meadow