Springtime snowmelt has been happening earlier and earlier over the past few decades due to global climate change. Spring snowmelt initiates the flowering season for many plants, therefore, plants have been flowering earlier as a result of the early snowmelt. Part of my dissertation focuses on finding out what the consequences of early snowmelt (and thus early flowering) are for plant reproduction and interactions between plants and their pollinators. Early snowmelt increases risk of frost damage and drought, and could lead to mismatches in the timing of plant emergence and the emergence of their insect pollinators. What's more, conditions such as frost and drought can affect they way flowers look, changing their attractiveness to pollinators. I use shovels to simulate early snowmelt, then collect the fruits produced by several species of flowering plants to compare reproduction as the timing of snowmelt varies.