Launched to provide a parallel information service connected with _Toward a Bioregional State, the book; this parallel blog is the commentary, your questions and my answers, on technological and material science news from around the world related to the issues of sustainability and unsustainability and how to institutionalize it in particular watersheds anywhere in the world, in a running muse on various issues of concern or inspiration.
Sunday, June 3, 2007
14. Pollinators
(introduced honeybees where none exist; or in some cases required hand pollination, in vanilla for instance; ultrasound; bombiculture)
Alternative Pollinators: Native Bees By Lane Greer NCAT Agriculture Specialist Published 1999
ATTRA Publication #IP126
The printable PDF version of the entire document is available at: http://attra.ncat.org/attra-pub/PDF/nativebee.pdf 14 pages — 541K
Abstract
This publication discusses using solitary or native bees as pollinators. Some of the larger groups of bees are discussed, including alkali bees, leafcutter bees, alfalfa leafcutter bees, bumblebees, sweat bees, squash bees, digger bees, orchard mason bees, shaggy fuzzyfoot bees, and hornfaced bees. Information is also presented on how to attract and conserve populations of wild bees for pollination purposes. There is also a list of suppliers of native bees and bee equipment.
The Birds and the (Native) Bees
ReplyDeleteAlternative Pollinators: Native Bees
By Lane Greer
NCAT Agriculture Specialist
Published 1999
ATTRA Publication #IP126
The printable PDF version of the entire document is available at:
http://attra.ncat.org/attra-pub/PDF/nativebee.pdf
14 pages — 541K
Abstract
This publication discusses using solitary or native bees as pollinators. Some of the larger groups of bees are discussed, including alkali bees, leafcutter bees, alfalfa leafcutter bees, bumblebees, sweat bees, squash bees, digger bees, orchard mason bees, shaggy fuzzyfoot bees, and hornfaced bees. Information is also presented on how to attract and conserve populations of wild bees for pollination purposes. There is also a list of suppliers of native bees and bee equipment.
http://attra.ncat.org/attra-pub/nativebee.html
The recent bee die-off in most of Europe and the U.S. is dealt with here:
ReplyDeleteMonday, February 12, 2007
Silent Spring, Revisited: Bee Dieoff Shows Importance of Watershed Based Commodity Ecology Oversight
http://biostate.blogspot.com/2007/02/silent-spring-revisited-bee-dieoff.html