Attracting Native Pollinators The Xerces Society Guide to Conserving North American Bees and Butterflies and Their Habitat

Name: Attracting Native Pollinators The Xerces Society Guide to Conserving North American Bees and Butterflies and Their Habitat
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ISBN: 9781603426954

ISBN-10: 1603426957

ISBN-13: 9781603426954

Edition: 2011

Authors: The Xerces Society, Marla Spivak, The Xerces Society, Marla Spivak, Xerces Society Staff

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The recent decline of the European honey bee and other pollinators in North America poses a serious challenge to maintaining our food supply and ecological health. According to the National Academy of Sciences, close to 75 percent of all flowering plants rely to some degree on pollinators in order to set seed or fruit. From these plants comes one-third of the planet's food, including fruit and vegetable crops, as well as forage seed crops such as alfalfa, which are critical to dairy and meat production. Attracting Native Pollinators is a comprehensive guidebook for gardeners, small farmers, orchardists, beekeepers, naturalists, environmentalists, and public land managers on how to protect…

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List price: $37.95
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC
Publication date: 2/26/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 384
Size: 7.00" wide x 10.00" long x 0.87" tall
Weight: 2.244
Language: English

Marla Spivak, PhD, is Distinguished McKnight Professor of Apiculture and Social Insects at the University of Minnesota. She was a 2010 MacArthur Fellow.