100 Plants to Feed the Bees: Provide a Healthy Habitat to Help Pollinators Thrive

Provide a Healthy Habitat to Help Pollinators Thrive

Author: The Xerces Society

In an at-a-glance, photo-driven format, 100 Plants to Feed the Bees presents 100 nectar- and pollen-rich plants that home gardeners can cultivate to create a more bee-friendly world.

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In an at-a-glance, photo-driven format, 100 Plants to Feed the Bees presents 100 nectar- and pollen-rich plants that home gardeners can cultivate to create a more bee-friendly world.

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In an at-a-glance, photo-driven format, 100 Plants to Feed the Bees presents 100 nectar- and pollen-rich plants that home gardeners can cultivate to create a more bee-friendly world. 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 brow sable profiles of 100 common flowers, herbs, shrubs, and trees that attract bees, butterflies, moths, and honeyeaters. 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. AUTHOR: The Xerces Society is a non-profit organisation based in Portland, Oregon, that protects wildlife through the conservation of invertebrates and their habitat. Established in 1971, the Society is at the forefront of invertebrate protection worldwide, harnessing the knowledge of scientists and the enthusiasm of citizens to implement conservation programs. They are the authors of 100 Plants to Save the Bees, Farming with Native Beneficial Insects, and Attracting Native Pollinators. SELLING POINTS: . Broad media attention has made the plight of honey bees - and the need for a solution to the pollinator crisis - widely known. By browsing the plant profiles from aster to lupine, plum trees to basil, and rhododendrons to buckwheat, readers will learn about the broad range of insects that pollinate our food and how essential their activities are. . Authoritative and high-visibility authorship. The Xerces Society has a strong international platform . Accessible information in an at-a-glance giftable package. This handy guide will appeal as a gift and as a practical guide with striking photos, highly browseable text, and at-a-glance format. Full colour

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“"A wonderful and much-needed book that will inspire and inform the creation of bee-friendly wildflower gardens. Perhaps we can turn our gardens, neighborhoods, towns, and cities into vast, colorful havens for bees, butterflies, and other vital insects!" -- Dave Goulson, biologist, founder of the Bumblebee Conservation Trust, and author of A Sting in the Tale "If you're ready to help save the bees, this is a great place to start. No matter where you live, this well-organized companion shows you the best plants to use." -- Joe Lamp'l, creator, executive producer, and host of Growing a Greener World”

2017 GWA Media Awards Silver Medal winner

"A wonderful and much-needed book that will inspire and inform the creation of bee-friendly wildflower gardens. Perhaps we can turn our gardens, neighborhoods, towns, and cities into vast, colorful havens for bees, butterflies, and other vital insects!"
-- Dave Goulson, biologist, founder of the Bumblebee Conservation Trust, and author of A Sting in the Tale

"If you're ready to help save the bees, this is a great place to start. No matter where you live, this well-organized companion shows you the best plants to use."
-- Joe Lamp'l, creator, executive producer, and host of Growing a Greener World(R)

"The ever-helpful Xerces Society shows us how to bring back our threatened species, one gorgeous garden at a time. Everybody wins!"
-- Dar Williams, singer, songwriter, and environmental activist

About the Author

The Xerces Society is a nonprofit organization based in Portland, Oregon, that protects wildlife through the conservation of invertebrates and their habitat. Established in 1971, the Society is at the forefront of invertebrate protection worldwide, harnessing the knowledge of scientists and the enthusiasm of citizens to implement conservation programs. They are the authors of 100 Plants to Feed the Bees, Farming with Native Beneficial Insects, and Attracting Native Pollinators.

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Plant for Pollinators The first simple step toward protecting our pollinators is to provide the flowers they need, using no pesticides. With abundant native wildflowers, your task is even simpler: don't mow them down! This field guide identifies the plants that honey bees and native bees - as well as butterflies, moths, and hummingbirds - find most nutritious, including flowers, trees, shrubs, herbs, and pasture plants. With guidance from the Xerces Society, the global authority on insects and other invertebrates, you can turn your backyard, farm, or commumity into a thriving pollinator habitat. Each plant profile includes which pollinators visit the plant, the quality of honey the nectar produces, when it blooms, how best to use it in the landscape, planting tips, and spectacular photography.