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Laura Tyler
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Resources for Alternative Pollinators

Post by Laura Tyler » Fri Jun 22, 2012 2:59 pm

A terrific list of alternative pollinator links compiled by Beth Conrey, president of the CSBA.

General

Bee Conservation in the Southeast
http://www.ent.uga.edu/bees/BeeConserva ... gyUGA.html

Urban Bee Garden
http://nature.berkeley.edu/urbanbeegard ... tocol.html

Bee Pollinators in Your Garden
http://www.masterbeekeeper.org/aapa/publications.htm

Alternative Pollinators: Native Bees
http://attra.ncat.org/new_pubs/attra-pu ... html?id=DC

North American Pollination Protection Campaign
http://www.nappc.org/index.html

Xerces Society
http://www.xerces.org/

NRDC
http://www.nrdc.org/OnEarth/06sum/bees3.asp

The Pollination Home Page
http://pollinator.com/

Alfalfa Leafcutter Bees

http://www.gnb.ca/0171/10/0171100027-e.asp
http://www.pollination.com/publications/IPSpub01.cfm

Alfalfa Leafcutter Bee House
http://www.extension.org/pages/The_Loga ... il_Shelter
http://www.xerces.org/wp-content/upload ... ociety.pdf

Orchard Mason Bees/Blue Orchard Bees or BOBs

http://www.orchardbees.com/
http://www.sare.org/publications/bee/bl ... rd_bee.pdf

Orchard Mason Bee House
http://www.bee-outside.com/orchardmasonbees.aspx
http://www.ars.usda.gov/Main/docs.htm?docid=10743
http://www.gardeners.com/Mason-Bee-Hous ... lt,pd.html

Squash Bee

http://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/pollin ... bees.shtml
http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1603/0 ... 3-98.3.790
http://www.grit.com/Wildlife/Pollinator ... n-Pie.aspx
http://ohioline.osu.edu/cv-fact/pdf/1003.pdf

Squash Pollinators of the Americas Survey
http://www.fao.org/ag/AGP/agps/C-CAB/Ca ... /1-002.pdf

Sweat Bee

http://www.everythingabout.net/articles ... sweat_bee/
http://sites.ext.vt.edu/departments/ent ... atbee.html
http://bugguide.net/node/view/128

Alkali Bee

lhttp://www.ars.usda.gov/research/publications/ ... 115=214722

Digger and Mining Bees

http://bugguide.net/node/view/4968
http://ag.udel.edu/extension/horticultu ... ent-07.pdf

Bumblebees

Quick Bumblebee ID
http://www.ars.usda.gov/Main/docs.htm?docid=10749

Video, Oregon Public Broadcasting
http://www.opb.org/programs/ofg/segments/view/1684

Regulation of bumblebee shipments
http://www.ars.usda.gov/Services/docs.htm?docid=10749

Befriending Bumblebees
http://www.befriendingbumblebees.com/

Other Beneficial Insects

http://www.beneficialinsects101.com/
http://www.thebeneficialinsectco.com/
http://www.arbico-organics.com/category ... -parasites
http://www.buglogical.com/

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