South Central Plants for Native Bees (Xerces Society: fact sheet)
A general information guide to selecting common native and ornamental garden plants that attract native bees.

Pollinator Plants for Texas Conservation Practices (Texas USDA-NRCS: technical note)
An overview of various native trees and shrubs of Texas, and their benefits to pollinators.

Plants for Pollinator Habitat (USDA-NRCS: informational poster)
This poster is a publication of the East Texas Plant Materials Center, and profiles several plant species appropriate to the region.

Pollinator Conservation, Plants for the Heartland (USDA-NRCS Manhattan Kansas Plant Materials Center: informational article)
This article provides an overview of pollinators and their conservation, and describes the role of the NRCS Plant Materials Program in identifying and propagating bee-friendly wildflower species.

Native Forb and Non-native Legume Inter-Seeding (Missouri USDA-NRCS: job sheet)
A technical guide to establishing pollinator-friendly legumes and native wildflowers into existing grass pastures and fields.

Selecting Plants for Pollinators (Pollinator Partnership: fact sheet)
A basic regional guide to native plants visited by various pollinators.

Plants for Native Bees in North America (Xerces Society: fact sheet)
A general information guide to selecting common native and ornamental garden plants that attract native bees.

Improving Forage for Native Bee Crop Pollinators (USDA National Agroforestry Center: technical note)
An in-depth guide to enhancing floral resources for native bees, with an emphasis on the selection of bee-friendly trees and shrubs

Plants Attractive to Native Bees (USDA Agricultural Research Service: web site resource)
A list of widely distributed plant genera that both are commonly cultivated and broadly attractive to bees.

Gardening for Native Bees in North America (USDA Agricultural Research Service: web site resource)
An overview of how to choose plants for garden settings to encourage bees.

Pollinator Habitat and Biology (Illinois USDA-NRCS: technical note)
An in-depth guide to native bee ecology and conservation for natural areas and farms in Illinois.

Farming for Bees (Xerces Society: conservation guidelines)
This booklet outlines ways to protect and enhance habitat for native crop pollinators in the farm landscape. It includes advice on simple changes that can be made in farm management for the benefit of native bees, as well as how to create important habitat features.

Organic farming practices: Reducing harm to pollinators (Xerces Society: fact sheet)
Guidelines that rank the impact of various farming practices to native bees.

Pollinators in Natural Areas (Xerces Society: conservation guidelines)
This primer provides a summary of how land and wildlife managers can account for the habitat needs of pollinators. This 8-page booklet provides a series of recommendations for land managers on how tools such as fire, grazing, mowing, herbicides, and insecticides can be adjusted to benefit pollinators.

Pollinator-Friendly Parks. How to Enhance Parks, Gardens, and other Greenspaces for Native Pollinator Insects (Xerces Society: conservation guidelines)
These guidelines offer practical advice about providing habitat for native bees and butterflies in all types of parks and greenspaces. It includes advice on choosing plants that offer nectar and pollen, hostplants for caterpillars, and creating nest sites for solitary bees-in all types of parks.

Making Room for Native Pollinators. How to Create Habitat for Pollinator Insects on Golf Courses (Xerces Society: conservation guidelines)
Published by the U.S. Golf Association in 2002. Maintaining pollinator populations is one of the most valuable ways in which a course can contribute to a healthy environment. These guidelines offer tips for providing habitat for native bees.

Using Farm Bill Programs for Pollinator Conservation (USDA-NRCS: Technical Note)
These guidelines provide a concise summary of how Farm Bill conservation programs, such as the Environmental Quality Incentive Program or the Conservation Reserve Program, can be used to restore or enhance habitat for pollinators on working farms and private lands.

Sustaining Native Bee Habitat for Crop Pollination (USDA National Agroforestry Center: Technical Note)
An overview of how to provide habitat for crop-pollinating native bees in agroforestry settings.

Alternative Pollinators: Native Bees (ATTRA: handbook)
This publication provides information and resources on how to plan for, protect and create habitat for native bees in agricultural settings. The handbook includes a description of common native bee groups, nest management guidelines, wildflower recommendations, farm case studies, and other resources.

Organic-approved pesticides: Minimizing risks to pollinators (Xerces Society: fact sheet)
Guidelines that rank the toxicity of common, organic-approved pesticides to native bees.

Pesticide Considerations for Native Bees in Agroforestry (USDA National Agroforestry Center: technical note)
An article highlighting how to reduce bee poisoning from pesticides.

How to Reduce Bee Poisoning from Pesticides (Oregon State University: Extension fact sheet)
A publication listing common agricultural pesticides and their known effects on multiple bee species.

Ecological Pest Management Database (ATTRA: web resource)
An online database that helps users select reduced risk pesticides for the protection of beneficial insects.

Managing Alternative Pollinators: A Handbook for Beekeepers, Growers, and Conservationists (SARE: handbook)
A first of its kind, step-by-step, full color guide for rearing and managing bumblebees, mason bees, leafcutter bees, and other honey bee alternatives. Free download; 162 pages.

Nests for Native Bees (Xerces Society: fact sheet)
A resource to that describes techniques used to make nests for native bees.

Tunnel Nest Construction and Management (Xerces Society: fact sheet)
Guidelines on the construction and maintenance of nest sites for tunnel nesting native bees.

Build a Nesting Board (USDA Agriculture Research Center: web site resource)
Instructions on how to construct a drilled nest board for leafcutter and mason bees. Includes extensive color photos of the construction process.

Reed Nests (USDA Agriculture Research Center: web site resource)
Instructions on how to cut and assemble bundled reed nests using the common reed (Phragmites australis).

Stick Nests (USDA Agriculture Research Center: web site resource)
An illustrated guide to constructing stick nests and stake nests for wood nesting bees such as mason bees, leafcutter bees, and various carpenter bees.

Browning Seed, Inc. , Plainview, TX
Browning Seed, Inc. provides grasses and some forbs native to the Midwest.

Buchanan’s Native Plants, Houston, TX
Buchanan’s Native Plants is a nursery that sells Texas native plants.

De Lange Seed, Inc. , Girard, KS
De Lange Seed sells wildflower and grass seeds native to Kansas.

Easy Wildflowers, Willow Springs, MO
Easy Wildflowers provides potted native wildflower plants from Missouri.

Grasslander, Hennessey, OK
Grasslander offers seeds and rhizomes of prairie species, and wetland and upland seed mixtures and prairie seed planting equipment.

Hamilton Native Outpost, Elk Creek, MO
Hamilton Native Outpost produces local eco-type wildflower and prairie grass seed for central Missouri. The company offers prepared seed mixes, and tours and classes for the public.

Heep’s Native Plant Nursery, Harlingen, TX
Heep’s Native Plant Nursery specializes in native shrubs, vines, grasses and groundcovers.

Holland Wildflower Farm, Elkins, AR
An online seed store, Holland Wildflower Farm offers wildflower seeds and seed mixes appropriate for Arkansas.

Johnston Seed Co. , Enid, OK
Johnston provides Oklahoma wildflower and grass seeds and seed mixes.

Kaw River Restoration Nurseries, Eudora, KS
Kaw River supplies local ecotype native seed and plants to western Missouri and east-central Kansas.

Lorenzo’s OK Seeds LLC, Okeene, OK
Lorenzo’s sells wildflower, native grass and wetland seed of Oklahoma species.

Missouri Wildflowers Nursery, Jefferson City, MO
Missouri Wildflowers Nursery sells Missouri ecotype nursery propagated plants and both wild harvested and nursery grown seeds.

Native American Seed, Junction, TX
Native American Seed offers Texas native wildflower and grass seeds, as well as some bare root stock.

Natives of Texas, Kerrville, TX
Natives of Texas deal exclusively in plants native to central Texas, including perennials, shrubs, and trees.

Pine Ridge Gardens, London, AR
Pine Ridge is a mail order nursery with a large diversity of native wildflower, grass, tree and shrub species available in pots.

Sharp Bros. Seed Co. , Clinton, MO and Healy, KS
Sharp Bros. Seed Co. offers Midwest native grass and wildflower seeds.

Star Seed, Osborne, KS
Star Seed provides seeds of wildflowers and grasses native to Kansas.

Turner Seed, Breckenridge, TX
Turner provides native grass and wildflower seeds, wholesale and retail.

Wildseed Farms, Inc. , Fredericksburg, TX
Wildseed offers regional wildflower mixtures and a selection of native grasses.

Discover Life (American Museum of Natural History: web resource)
Discover Life hosts interactive species guides provide identification support for North American bees in the states and provinces east of the Mississippi River. Work is ongoing to add additional species guides for bees from the rest of North American and the world.

Great Sunflower Project (San Francisco State University: citizen science program)
The Great Sunflower Project is a citizen-science monitoring effort to gather information about urban, suburban and rural bee populations across the U.S. and Canada. Participants plant sunflowers in their garden, then submit the results of a once weekly 15 minute observation of bee activity. The website offers guides to common bee groups of North America.