Managing alternative pollinators
Subtitle: a handbook for beekeepers, growers, and conservationists
By: Eric Mader, Marla Spivak, Elaine Evans ; with foreword by: Mace Vaughan.
Contributors: Spivak, Marla.; Evans, Elaine, 1969-; Natural Resource, Agriculture, and Engineering Service.
Series: SARE handbook -- 11; NRAES -- 186; NRAES (Series) -- 186.
Publisher: Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE), U.S. Dept. of Agriculture; Natural Resource, Agriculture, and Engineering Service (NRAES), Cooperative Extension; Brand: NRAES; NRAES
Published: 2010
Place of publication: [Beltsville, MD?]; Ithaca, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 158
ISBN-13: 9781933395203
Subjects: Bee culture; Bumblebees; Mason bees; Megachilidae; Pollinators
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The business of pollination; title: The status of the European honey bee in the U.S.; title: A brief natural history of bees; title: Pollination botany; title: Bumble bees; title: Mason bees; title: The alfalfa leafcutter bee; title: Other managed pollinators; title: The search for new managed pollinators; title: Habitat conservation for native pollinators.