How To Participate In Georgia’s Upcoming Census Of Bees And Butterflies

The second official Great Georgia Pollinator Census is coming up in a few weeks. The community science project organized by the University of Georgia is a count of bees and butterflies with a goal of teaching people about the insects around them, and to learn how the insects are doing.

To participate, you need a plant that attracts pollinators, a piece of paper to keep count of insect visitors, internet access and 15 minutes.

“You don’t have to be a Ph.D. entomologist,” said Becky Griffin, the community and school garden coordinator for University of Georgia extension and the organizer of the pollinator census. “You just have to learn a little bit of entomology to participate.”