UC-Santa Barbara seeks blueberry growers for pollination study
UC researchers are surveying growers on managed and wild bee use in specialty crops. Take the survey to share your insights.
Researchers with the University of California-Santa Barbara are launching a new grower survey to better understand the use of managed and wild bees in specialty crop production.
UC-Santa Barbara says the purpose of the survey is to understand how blueberry growers decide on managing habitat for wild pollination and using managed pollination to pollinate blueberries, an insect-pollination dependent crop.
The research project is being conducted jointly by the University of Maryland (UMD), University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) and University of North Texas (UNT), and is funded by USDA’s National Institute on Food and Agriculture.
The survey takes roughly 15 to 20 minutes to complete, and individual survey responses will be kept confidential. Click to take the online survey now.