California bees & blooms
Subtitle: a guide for gardeners and naturalists
By: Gordon W. Frankie, Robbin W. Thorp, Rollin E. Coville, Barbara Ertter ; with Mary Schindler ; foreword by Peter Bernhardt
Contributors: Thorp, Robbin W., 1933-; Coville, Rollin E.; Ertter, Barbara; California Native Plant Society
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 296
ISBN-13: 9781597142946
Subjects: Bees; Honey plants; Gardening to attract wildlife
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The buzz about bees; title: Observing bees commonly found in California urban gardens; title: Andrenidae; title: Apidae; title: Colletidae; title: Halictidae; title: Megachilidae; title: Cuckoo bees; title: Bees and flowers: a love affair; title: Plant profiles: urban California's best bee attractors; title: Recipes for a bee-friendly habitat garden; title: Beyond bee gardening: taking action on behalf of native bees.