Poplack, AaronKopec, KelseyJohnson, ChelseaPacheco, MiguelDaly, KeaneCypel, BretMaxon, MeaganWhitcomb, AmandaWard, Lauren2013-04-182013-04-182012-06-10https://hdl.handle.net/1794/12846Submitted to the Undergraduate Library Research Award scholarship competition: 2012-2013. 25 pages.The purpose of this study was to monitor the behavior and population counts of Bombus spp. and Apis mellifera on Vaccinium farms in the Willamette Valley of Oregon. With global pollinator populations declining there is a concern for the reproduction of plants that rely on biotic pollination, most notably food crops. Through this study we obtained a better understanding of the role each genus plays within pollination services. This research project had two separate studies: first, to monitor behavior through observing the number of Vaccinium flowers pollinated per minute per bee, also described as floral handling rate. We observed three Bombus and three Apis along each transect, following as they moved from flower to flower. The second study was to monitor bee populations in order to establish a comparison between Apis and Bombus presence.en-USrights_reservedOther