About pollinating morning glories: Usually the bees would do the job, but you can easily pollinate them yourself. What I do is to take a thin paintbrush (or something like that) and stick it deep into the throat of the
flower. That's where the pollen (on the stamens, the male parts of the
flower) is located. There should be a yellowish "dust" on the brush, in which you dab at the female part (the pistil). The pistil is usually longer (and larger) than the stamens and sometimes has a sticky surface. Make sure you get some pollen on there.
If it's pollinated correctly, the old petals will fall off leaving a "green knob". Then the "knob" will get swollen in time and increase in size. When it changes to a brown, crisp color, you can peel the skin apart and inside would be several morning glory
seeds. It's a great way to increase your
plants