100 plants to feed the bees
Subtitle: provide a healthy habitat to help pollinators thrive
By: the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation, Eric Lee-Mäder, Jarrod Fowler, Jillian Vento & Jennifer Hopwood
Contributors: Lee-Mäder, Eric, 1972- author; Fowler, Jarrod, author; Vento, Jillian, author; Hopwood, Jennifer (Jennifer L.), author
Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 239
ISBN-13: 9781612127019; 9781612128863
Subjects: Pollinators; Conservation; Bees; Pollination
Other titles: One hundred plants to feed the bees
Description: 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 attract bees, butterflies, moths, and hummingbirds. The recommendations are simple: sow seeds for some plants--such as basil, rhododendron, and blueberries--and simply don't mow down abundant native species, including aster, goldenrod, and milkweed. 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.
Table of contents: title: Preface: What's old is new; title: Plants and pollinators : an overview; title: Pollinators and pesticides; title: Native wildflowers; title: Native trees and shrubs; title: Introduced trees and shrubs; title: Introduced herbs and ornamentals; title: Native and nonnative bee pasture plants; title: Average number of flower and herb seeds per pound.