Author: John Harvey Lovell
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Category : Bee culture
Languages : en
Pages : 426

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Author: John H. Lovell
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780936028200
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 408

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Author: John Harvey Lovell
Publisher:
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Category : Bee culture
Languages : en
Pages : 408

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Author: National Research Council
Publisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309102898
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 327

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Pollinators-insects, birds, bats, and other animals that carry pollen from the male to the female parts of flowers for plant reproduction-are an essential part of natural and agricultural ecosystems throughout North America. For example, most fruit, vegetable, and seed crops and some crops that provide fiber, drugs, and fuel depend on animals for pollination. This report provides evidence for the decline of some pollinator species in North America, including America's most important managed pollinator, the honey bee, as well as some butterflies, bats, and hummingbirds. For most managed and wild pollinator species, however, population trends have not been assessed because populations have not been monitored over time. In addition, for wild species with demonstrated declines, it is often difficult to determine the causes or consequences of their decline. This report outlines priorities for research and monitoring that are needed to improve information on the status of pollinators and establishes a framework for conservation and restoration of pollinator species and communities.

Author: Frank Chapman Pellett
Publisher:
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Category : Bee culture
Languages : en
Pages : 312

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Author: Frank C. Pellett
Publisher: Read Books Ltd
ISBN: 1528764978
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 510

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This volume contains a comprehensive guide to the honey plants of America, together with information on those which are of special value to the beekeeper as sources of pollen. Complete with detailed descriptions and helpful illustrations for each plant mentioned, this text will be of considerable value to those with an interest in the subject. It makes for a great addition to bee-keeping and honey-related literature. The chapters of this book include: Honey Plant Regions, The Minor Plants, Alabama, Alaska, Alberta, Alder, Field Culture, Apocynum, Apricot, Arbutus, Arizona, Aster, Aspen, Astragalus, Azealea, Balloon Vine, Barberry, Basil, Basswood, Bastard-Pennyroyal, Bachelor’s Button, etcetera. This text was originally published in 1920, and we are proud to be republishing it now, complete with a new introduction on bee-keeping.

Author: Tammy Horn
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 0813137721
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 488

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“Integrates history, technology, sociology, economics, and politics with this remarkable insect serving as the unifying concept” (Buffalo News). The tiny, industrious honey bee has become part of popular imagination—reflected in our art, our advertising, even our language itself with such terms as queen bee and busy as a bee. Honey bees—and the values associated with them—have influenced American culture for four centuries. Bees and beekeepers have represented order and stability throughout the changes, challenges, and expansions of a highly diverse country. Bees in America is an enlightening cultural history of bees and beekeeping in the United States. Tammy Horn, herself a beekeeper, offers a social and technological history from the colonial period, when the British first brought bees to the New World, to the present, when bees are being trained by the American military to detect bombs. Horn shows how the honey bee was one of the first symbols of colonization and how bees’ societal structures shaped our ideals about work, family, community, and leisure. This book is both a fascinating read and an “excellent example of the effects agriculture has on history” (Booklist). “A wealth of worthy material.” —Publishers Weekly

Author: Joseph S. Wilson
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691160775
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 288

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An introduction to the roughly 4000 different bee species found in the United States and Canada, dispelling common myths about bees while offering essential tips for telling them apart in the field

Author: Paige Embry
Publisher: Timber Press
ISBN: 1604697695
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 225

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A New York Times 2018 Holiday Gift Selection Honey bees get all the press, but the fascinating story of North America’s native bees—an endangered species essential to our ecosystems and food supplies—is just as crucial. Through interviews with farmers, gardeners, scientists, and bee experts, Our Native Bees explores the importance of native bees and focuses on why they play a key role in gardening and agriculture. The people and stories are compelling: Paige Embry goes on a bee hunt with the world expert on the likely extinct Franklin’s bumble bee, raises blue orchard bees in her refrigerator, and learns about an organization that turns the out-of-play areas in golf courses into pollinator habitats. Our Native Bees is a fascinating, must-read for fans of natural history and science and anyone curious about bees.

Author: FRANK CHAPMAN. PELLETT
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781033000847
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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