How do everyday choices in Georgia yards affect bees, butterflies, and the other pollinators that live there? Conor Fair wants to hear what you think and what you do.
Conor Fair, a research scientist at UGA’s Griffin campus, studies a connection most of us never stop to consider: how the way we manage our yards, what we plant, what we spray, what we mow, what we leave standing, lines up with what we believe about pollinators. He is asking adult Georgia residents to share their own views, experiences, and habits. You do not need to know a sweat bee from a honey bee to take part.
Your answers stay anonymous. As a thank-you, the team mails a $2 cash incentive, so the first screen asks for a mailing address. That address never gets linked to your responses, stays with the research team alone, and is deleted once the incentives go out.
“Your participation will help us better understand public perceptions of residential landscaping and pollinator conservation.”
Conor Fair, PhD, UGA College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
Why Your Answer Counts
Pollinators do quiet work in Georgia yards and farms: the blueberries that need bees to set fruit, the squash that depends on squash bees, the home-garden tomatoes worked by bumblebees. Researchers know a great deal about the insects themselves and far less about what residents actually believe and do in their own yards.
Conor’s study fills that gap. What you report helps Extension meet homeowners where they are when it teaches pollinator-friendly practices.
- $2 thank-you: cash mailed to you for taking part in the survey.
- Anonymous: Your answers are never tied to your address.
- Any Georgian: All adults in the state welcome; no expertise required.
Know someone in Georgia with a yard, a garden, or an opinion about bees? Forward this to them. The more residents who weigh in, the more the findings reflect the whole state, not just the people who already think about pollinators.
Researcher: Conor Fair, PhD, Assistant Research Scientist in Applied Statistics, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, University of Georgia (Griffin campus)
Contact: cfair13@uga.edu · 770-229-3144
Questions about your rights as a participant? UGA Institutional Review Board (IRB): 706-542-3199
