Penn State has an interesting pollinator survey for engaging citizen scientists. If you could find some volunteers or low-paid RAs, their handout and program is pretty slick. <http://ento.psu.edu/pollinators>
It wouldn't help you much with pawpaws, though. It's geared primarily for hymenoptera, whereas pawpaws are pollinated by carrion flies. If you want to maximize your crop, I would suggest finding some roadkill and putting that under the trees as they're budding up in early spring :) Scott On Wed, Apr 24, 2013 at 12:09 PM, Steven Corso <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello Ecologs, > > I have a small research grant to study pawpaw (Asimina triloba) in my local > park district. I am considering adding a pollination component. Can anyone > steer me to a (paper describing a) method of sampling pollinators, such > that I can not only see what's pollinating (I know this is generally know) > but can compare numbers of pollinators among different stands? > > Thank you, > Steve Corso > -- Scott Creary, M.S. Entomology, ISA Certified Arborist IPM Specialist Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens www.phipps.conservatory.org
