Bees Attraction to Flower Colour

The experiment was conducted over a 2 day span by ecology students at York University. The first day the data was collected was on Wednesday October 14th, 2015 for 1.5 hours at approximately 2:45-4:15pm. The temperature was 10 degrees celcius and cloudy with limited sun exposure. The second day the data was collected the following week on Wednesday October 21, 2015 for the same duration (1.5 hrs) at approximately 2:50-4:20pm. The temperature was 9 degrees celcius and cloudy and slightly windy with no sun. The experiment took place in the grassland along Pond road of York University Campus. The grassland was divided into three areas: the edge, the midde and the pond. The edge represented the area towards the mowed grass. The pond represented the area closer towards the pond. The middle represented the area between the edge and the pond. On day one, 4 red pans, 4 yellow pans and 4 white pans were randomly distributed in the edge of the grassland. 4 red pans, 4 yellow pans and 4 white pans were randomly distributed in the middle of the grassland. 4 red pans, 4 yellow pans and 4 white pans were randomly distributed close to the pond of the grassland. Each pan were at least 1 meter apart from each other within each grassland. The different insect species observed within each pan was recorded and the number of each type of species recorded in each pan was counted. The same procedure was repeated for day two. A total of 72 pans were used in the entire experiment. There were equal number of pans of each colour (24 red, 24 yellow and 24 white) and they were equallly distrubuted to each grassland location.