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An Introduction to Native Bees
From the Pollinator Partners in co-op with the Forest Service – a nicely illustrated publication on the basics of bee biology and an overview of major bee pollinators.
Managing Alternative Pollinators: A Handbook for Beekeepers, Growers and Conservationists
From SARE, a new conservation planning document for pollinators. 
“ ‘Managing Alternative Pollinators: A Handbook for Beekeepers, Growers and Conservationists‘ is a first-of-its-kind, step-by-step, full-color guide for rearing and managing bumble bees, mason bees, leafcutter bees and other bee species that provide pollination alternatives to the rapidly declining honey bee.”
Thanks to my graduate student Jolie Goldenetz-Dollar for finding this.
Pollinator Resource Center
The Xerces Society has re-organized their pollinator resources – now you can get regionally-specific information on native plants, pesticides, pollinator conservation, and native bee nest management. If you are coming here for pollinator resources, hop over there because they do pollinators better than anyone.
How many bee species in New York City?
227 in New York City!! Maybe there is hope for an agricultural urban Detroit.
National Pollinator Week
June 22-27, 2009 is National Pollinator Week to recognize the importance of pollinators to our food system. The Pollinator Partnership and US Fish & Wildlife Service both have lots of resources about pollinators in recognition of this week.
Here are two videos for this week.
One about the problems pollinators face:
And one about what NRCS is doing and can do to help:
Native Pollinators in Agriculture Video
Importing Bees
Southeast AGNET discusses the reasons for and dangers of importing bees….
If ever there was a reason to start creating habitat for native pollinators, this is it.
Landscape Agro-ecology
Agricultural Biodiversity Weblog thinks that landscape agro-ecology – the study of agriculture and its biodiversity beyond the field scale – is coming of age. I agree with them.
Pollinator Habitat – Updates
More pollinator resources from the Xerces Society have been added to the Pollinator Manuals page. The updates are listed below.
Pollinators in Natural Areas: A Primer on Habitat Management.
Pollinator-friendly Parks. How to enhance parks, gardens and other greenspaces for native pollinator insects.
Making Room for Native Pollinators: How to Create Habitat for Pollinator Insects on Golf Courses.
