Pollinator Conservation: Publications
Featured Publication
Pollinators in Natural Areas: A Primer on Habitat Management provides a summary of how land managers can protect and provide habitat for bees, butterflies and other pollinators. Specifically, this 8-page booklet reviews the potential impacts of fire, grazing, mowing, herbicides, and insecticides. It then provides a series of recommendations for how land managers can adjust their use of these management actions to benefit pollinators. Read more, download or purchase
Pollinator Conservation HandbookBy the Xerces Society in association with The Bee Works; color photos by Edward S. Ross
A comprehensive guide for homeowners, educators, city park managers, and public land managers. A practical, straightforward, how-to guide, it introduces you to pollinators and will enable you to provide, enhance, and manage habitat for pollinator insects. Also included are an extensive resource list and ideas for education activities. Paperback.
$19 members, $23 nonmembers
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Pollinator Conservation: Three Simple Steps to Help Bees and Butterflies (Xerces Society: fact sheet)
This fact sheet provides an overview on the importance of pollinators and outlines three simple steps that you can do to help conserve bees and butterflies.
Protecting Nature’s Essential Service: The Xerces Society’s Pollinator Conservation Program (Xerces Society: fact sheet)
A summary of the Xerces Society’s Pollinator Conservation Program and key accomplishments within the program.
Pollinator Conservation in Minnesota and Wisconsin: A Regional Stakeholders Report (Xerces Society: conservation guidelines)
This report summarizes the findings of an August 2010 meeting of regional stakeholders (farm organizations, universities, nonprofit conservation organization, and state and federal agencies) held at the University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire. It identifies the primary threats to the region’s pollinator and offers conservation recommendations.
Farming for Bees: Guidelines for Providing Native Bee Habitat on Farms
Fact sheets
Native Pollinators on the Farm: What’s in it for Growers
Bumble bees in Decline
Agroforestry notes
California Native Plants for Crop-Pollinating Bees (Central Valley)
Native Bee Pollination of Watermelon
Native Bee Pollination of Cherry Tomatoes
Native Bee Pollination of Sunflowers for Hybrid Seed Production
Online presentations
Online presentation on the life history and conservation of crop pollinating bees
Brochures
Farming for Pollinators