What If There Were No Bees?
| Author | : Suzanne Slade |
| Publisher | : Capstone |
| Total Pages | : 14 |
| Release | : 2011 |
| Genre | : Agricultural ecology |
| ISBN | : 1404860193 |
Talks about each habitat and shows what would happen if the food chain was broken.
Crop Pollination By Bees
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Status of Pollinators in North America
| Author | : National Research Council |
| Publisher | : National Academies Press |
| Total Pages | : 327 |
| Release | : 2007-05-13 |
| Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
| ISBN | : 0309102898 |
Pollinators-insects, birds, bats, and other animals that carry pollen from the male to the female parts of flowers for plant reproduction-are an essential part of natural and agricultural ecosystems throughout North America. For example, most fruit, vegetable, and seed crops and some crops that provide fiber, drugs, and fuel depend on animals for pollination. This report provides evidence for the decline of some pollinator species in North America, including America's most important managed pollinator, the honey bee, as well as some butterflies, bats, and hummingbirds. For most managed and wild pollinator species, however, population trends have not been assessed because populations have not been monitored over time. In addition, for wild species with demonstrated declines, it is often difficult to determine the causes or consequences of their decline. This report outlines priorities for research and monitoring that are needed to improve information on the status of pollinators and establishes a framework for conservation and restoration of pollinator species and communities.
Insect Pollination of Crops
| Author | : John Brand Free |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 710 |
| Release | : 1993 |
| Genre | : Nature |
| ISBN | : |
The second edition of this text on the significance of insect pollination of crops has been expanded to include new information on many crops, particularly tropical ones, and on the use of managed populations of bees, both colonial and solitary.
Insect Pollination of Cultivated Crop Plants
| Author | : Samuel Emmett McGregor |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 428 |
| Release | : 1976 |
| Genre | : Abeille |
| ISBN | : |
Pollinators of Native Plants
| Author | : Heather Holm |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 316 |
| Release | : 2014-02-03 |
| Genre | : Gardening |
| ISBN | : 9780991356300 |
"This comprehensive, essential book profiles over 65 perennial native plant species of the Midwest, Great Lakes region, Northeast and southern Canada plus the pollinators, beneficial insects and flower visitors the plants attract ... Readers learn to attract and identify pollinators and beneficial insects as well as customize their landscape planting for a particular type of pollinator with native plants. The book includes information on pollination, types of pollinators, pollinator conservation as well as pollinator landscape plans."--
Bee Basics
| Author | : Stephen Buchmann |
| Publisher | : Government Printing Office |
| Total Pages | : 48 |
| Release | : 2015-09-16 |
| Genre | : Nature |
| ISBN | : 9780160929854 |
Native bees are a hidden treasure. From alpine meadows in the national forests of the Rocky Mountains to the Sonoran Desert in the Coronado National Forest in Arizona and from the boreal forests of the Tongass National Forest in Alaska to the Ocala National Forest in Florida, bees can be found anywhere in North America, where flowers bloom. From forests to farms, from cities to wildlands, there are 4,000 native bee species in the United States, from the tiny Perdita minima to large carpenter bees. This illustrated and colorful pamphlet provides valued information about native bees --over 4,000 in population --varying in a wide array of sizes, shapes, and colors. They are also different in their life styles, the places they frequent, the nests they build, the flowers they visit, and their season of activity. Yet, they all provide an invaluable ecosystem service - pollination -to 80 percent of flowering plants. Blueberry bees, bumble bees, yellow jacket bees, carpenter bees, and more are explored, including the differences in their gender, nests, and geographical regions that they visit.
Wasps
| Author | : Heather Holm |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : |
| Release | : 2021-01-25 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : 9780991356317 |
WASPS is the first full-color, illustrated guide featuring approximately 150 species of flower-visiting wasps that occur in eastern North America, and the specific native plants and habitat each species depends upon. Written with an ecological lens, this richly-illustrated book details wasp diversity and has full-page profiles for each wasp species that include identification tips, geographic range maps, biology, prey, natural history and habitat. Five introductory chapters cover wasp taxonomy, nesting biology, prey-hunting behaviors, diet, anatomy, as well as wasp habitat enhancement and management, and the ecosystem services provided by wasps-insect pest population control and pollination. Profiles of each wasp species comprise the major part of the book and are organized by family, showcasing twelve families and sixty-eight wasp genera. Also included are eastern North American regional native plant guides, tips on wasp observation, and over 1000 stunning photographs. This is an essential book for conservationists, naturalists, insect enthusiasts, biologists, nature photographers, native plant aficionados, and anyone interested in beneficial insects and pollinators.
Managing Alternative Pollinators
| Author | : Eric Mader |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 162 |
| Release | : 2010 |
| Genre | : Bee culture |
| ISBN | : 9781933395203 |
"Examines the history of the British fire service from 1800-1980, embracing certain key themes of modern British history: the impact of industrial change on urban development, the effect of disaster on political reform, the growth of the state, and the relationship between masculinity and trade unionism in creating a professional identity"--Provided by publisher.
Pollination Biology
| Author | : Dharam P. Abrol |
| Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
| Total Pages | : 812 |
| Release | : 2011-10-05 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 9400719426 |
This book has a wider approach not strictly focused on crop production compared to other books that are strictly oriented towards bees, but has a generalist approach to pollination biology. It also highlights relationships between introduced and wild pollinators and consequences of such introductions on communities of wild pollinating insects. The chapters on biochemical basis of plant-pollination interaction, pollination energetics, climate change and pollinators and pollinators as bioindicators of ecosystem functioning provide a base for future insights into pollination biology. The role of honeybees and wild bees on crop pollination, value of bee pollination, planned honeybee pollination, non-bee pollinators, safety of pollinators, pollination in cages, pollination for hybrid seed production, the problem of diseases, genetically modified plants and bees, the role of bees in improving food security and livelihoods, capacity building and awareness for pollinators are also discussed.
100 Plants to Feed the Bees
| Author | : The Xerces Society |
| Publisher | : Storey Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 241 |
| Release | : 2016-11-29 |
| Genre | : Nature |
| ISBN | : 1612127010 |
The international bee crisis is threatening our global food supply, but this user-friendly field guide shows what you can do to help protect our pollinators. The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation offers browsable profiles of 100 common flowers, herbs, shrubs, and trees that support bees, butterflies, moths, and hummingbirds. The recommendations are simple: pick the right plants for pollinators, protect them from pesticides, and provide abundant blooms throughout the growing season by mixing perennials with herbs and annuals! 100 Plants to Feed the Bees will empower homeowners, landscapers, apartment dwellers — anyone with a scrap of yard or a window box — to protect our pollinators.
