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; Natural Resource, Agriculture, and Engineering Service
Published: 2010
Place of publication: [Beltsville, MD?]; Ithaca, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 162
ISBN-13: 9781933395203
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; title: Appendix A: Managing parasites and disease in solitary bee operations; title: Appendix B: Xray procedures for cavity-nesting bees; title: Apendix C: Plants for bee ranching; title: Appendix D: Reducing bee poisoning from pesticides; title: Appendix E: Hybrid Nest blocks for Cavity-Nesting Bees; title: Appendix F. Nest material comparison for Leafcutter and Mason Bees; title: Appendix G: IPM for beekeepers.