Additional Resources
Books
Books
- Attracting Native Pollinators. A publication of the Xerces Society, Attracting Native Pollinators provides valuable information and actions gardeners can take to protect and provide for these important insect pollinators facing multiple threats to their health.
- The Bees in Your Backyard by Joseph S. Wilson and Olivia Messinger Carril. Meet the 4000 different bee species found in the US and Canada, and learn important identification tips.
- Gardening for Butterflies. A publication of the Xerces Society, Gardening for Butterflies provides valuable information on varieties of butterflies that need help, native plants that attract them, habitat designs and best gardening practices for keeping them healthy and safe at all life stages.
- Pollinator Friendly Gardening by Rhonda Flemming Hayes. Author, acclaimed garden writer, U of MN Extension Master Gardener, and avid gardener, Rhonda Flemming Hayes informs readers about the pollinators and their fellow insects, the synergy between plants and pollinators, and guidelines for creating and sustaining your own pollinator friendly yard and garden.
- Pollinators of Native Plants and Bees: An Identification and Native Plant Forage Guide by Heather Holm. Excellent information and guidance about native bees, native plants and how we can grow landscapes that provide for both in two of her books listed here.
- Protecting and Enhancing pollinators in urban landscapes for the US North Central Region This bulletin explains how to select flowers, herbs, shrubs and trees that support a diversity of pollinators throughout the year, how to manage your yard and garden to protect pollinators, and how to provide food and nesting sites for them.
Websites
Websites
- Rusty patched bumble bee identification by Elaine Evans. An easy-to-use bumble bee identification tool.
- Plants favored by rusty patched bumble bee. Find lists of plants you can grow to provide food and habitat for our endangered state bee, the rusty patched bumble bee from Midwest Region Endangered Species, US Fish & Wildlife Service.
- State Bee: Rusty patched bumble bee. Facts and pictures of our state bee, the rusty patched bumble bee from About Minnesota, Minnesota Secretary of State.
- Lawns to Legumes Program ... Your yard can BEE the change Information and support for bee lawns in Minnesota landscapes from Minnesota Water and Soil Board.
- BugGuide.net. Browse pictures and information on bees on this site.
Articles
Articles