{"id":2426,"date":"2014-06-03T09:05:07","date_gmt":"2014-06-03T16:05:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jcmgf.org\/mg2\/?p=2426"},"modified":"2018-03-30T12:48:51","modified_gmt":"2018-03-30T19:48:51","slug":"the-great-sunflower-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jcmgf.myparkpack.com\/mg2\/the-great-sunflower-project\/","title":{"rendered":"The Great Sunflower Project"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Do you want to help the bees in your garden and everywhere? Join with gardeners around the country who are planting\u00a0<span style=\"color: #37404e;\">Lemon Queen sunflowers in the name of research. Choose seeds not treated with the pesticide neonicotinoid which has been linked to honey bee colony collapse disorder. \u00a0Then, count the bees that are attracted to this beautiful\u00a0<i style=\"color: #252525;\">Helianthus annuus. \u00a0<span style=\"font-style: normal; color: #37404e;\">Follow the link below to read more, register and enter your data.\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.greatsunflower.org\">www.greatsunflower.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"tb-lightbox-shortcode\" style=\"max-width: 620px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/jcmgf.org\/mg2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/safe-gardens-slide_0.jpg\" title=\"safe-gardens-slide_0\" class=\"themeblvd-lightbox mfp-image tb-thumb-link image thumbnail\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/jcmgf.org\/mg2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/safe-gardens-slide_0-620x387.jpg\" alt=\"safe-gardens-slide_0\" width=\"620\" \/><span class=\"thumb-link-icon\"><i class=\"fas fa-plus-square\"><\/i><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Written by Ali D.<\/p>\n<p>Calling All Gardeners!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s time again for The Great Sunflower project!\u00a0 What\u2019s that you say?\u00a0 What\u2019s the Great Sunflower Project?\u00a0 Well, let me tell you and then you can decide if you\u2019d like to participate.<\/p>\n<p>This project is actually a large scale experiment designed to try to detect the effects of neonicotinoids on pollinators using lemon Queen sunflowers\u00a0 It was created by Dr. Gretchen LeBhun, a professor of biology at San Francisco State University.<\/p>\n<p>How do you participate in The Great Sunflower Project?\u00a0 I\u2019m glad you asked!\u00a0 It\u2019s really easy and helps in so many ways!\u00a0 The first step is to go to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greatsunflower.org\">www.greatsunflower.org<\/a>.\u00a0 On this website you\u2019ll find a place to register for the program.\u00a0 It also explains how gardeners will be planting Lemon Queen sunflowers and then when blossomed, they will count the number of pollinators that visit the sunflowers a few times each day.<\/p>\n<p>What is a pollinator?\u00a0 That\u2019s a good question! \u00a0Many things pollinate, but the most common are honey bees, solitary bees (also called native bees), butterflies, moths and hummingbirds.\u00a0 This study will be focusing on our bee friends.<\/p>\n<p>What is a neonicotinoid?\u00a0 Another great question!\u00a0 Neonicotinoids are a relatively new class of insecticide that is chemically related to nicotine and acts on certain receptors in nerve synapses.\u00a0 Toxicity for invertebrates is quite high, yet relatively low for mammals, birds and other similar organisms.<\/p>\n<p>I hope we can enlist as many of you as possible to give our pollinators a hand.<\/p>\n<p>Bee well and happy gardening!\u00a0 Ali D.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do you want to help the bees in your garden and everywhere? 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