100 Plants to Save the Bees - The Best Flowers, Herbs, Shrubs and Trees to Nourish and Sustain Native Bees, Honey Bees and Other Pollinators (2016).pdf Gooner

Publisher: Storey Publishing (27 Dec. 2016)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1612128866
ISBN-13: 978-1612128863

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 browsable profiles of 100 common flowers, herbs, shrubs, and trees that attract bees, butterflies, moths, and hummingbirds. 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 Save the Bees" will empower homeowners, landscapers, apartment dwellers anyone with a scrap of yard or a window box to protect our pollinators."